Alexander-Walker...25% from the field

I think he’s just pressing, he’ll settle eventually.

Bad shot selection mostly

Although he has had a couple wide open shots he missed too

Gotta be a mental thing with him

It’s a different game with a different level of defense and effort in the regular season.

This is pretty damn common for shooters and scorers as rookies.

At some point, he may need to hit the bench so he can see the game for awhile and then be slowly worked back in as he improves in practice.

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you guys are in love, kid needs to play less.

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I think he’s a future all star... growing pains now though

And Frank Jackson is playing well. I think NAW has been getting too many minutes.

[Edit: I got some stats wrong here, so I fixed this.]

Y'all must've been watching completely different games than I've been watching.

NAW leads the team and, among players with at least 50 minutes played, is 11th in the NBA right now in assists per minute. His ball movement makes the offense flow and the entire team better. He's the only one on the team other than Ingram (and Zion, of course) who can consistently break his man down and penetrate into the lane.

That's why, even with his poor shooting, he still has a 2.5 positive +/= rating. The team is better with him on the floor than without him.

Yes, since the start of the regular season, his shot hasn't been falling. He shot 47% from 3 in the preseason, though, so we know that he can shoot. Sometimes, shooters can be streaky, and it's got to be a little unnerving the first time that you're facing guys like Chris Paul and James Harden, whom NAW has probably admired all his life. The outside shooting will come.

I'm slightly more concerned by the fact that his shots at the rim aren't falling, but that problem is made worse by Okafor being on the floor and being unable to flush his misses. You saw what Jaxson did to one of NAW's misses yesterday, and Zion is going to gobble those up when he gets back.

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He couldn't miss in summer league and preseason so it's gotta be psychological

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It called bring a rookie guard when the games actually matter.

Teams are playing harder.

He's going against more starting unit guys, as opposed to end of the bench guys.

He seems to be playing too fast and over penerating, which is common for rookie guards.

He's hardly taking bad shots. He's just missing everything. He needs to work for easier shots. Get to the rim. Get fouled. Make some FTs and get into a rhythm.

He's handling the ball very well and he's going up against some tough offensive players. His breakout game will come.

NAW and Frank play different positions and aren't competing for minutes. In fact, a lot of Frank's points have come on assists by NAW. The two of them work really well together.

Honestly, he needs to keep shooting. Gotta shoot his way out of the slump. You develop him and take all the bad while he’s figuring it out. You let NAW play freely and develop for the long game. Can’t be messing with his head this early in his career. His supreme confidence will be valuable on the back half of the season when you absolutely need him to play valuable minutes to help make a playoff push. I’m not worried about him unless he starts showing poor body language or play with low confidence.