In this day and age a PG doesnt need 8+ apg to be conducive to winning. If you look at the last 20 champs, I'd bet Rondo & Curry are the only PGs to average 6+ apg on a championship winning team in the finals.
I think its more important to have multiple playmakers who can get theirs in today's NBA. Ante, Kevin and Cedi are all above average passers.
Just need Collin to average 5+ in the season and continue to score.
Not sure if you meant APG in the actual NBA Finals series or not, so I went with the entire postseason of play for a player who's team won the Finals that year because separating for just one series is prone to too much flukeness and is a pain in the ass:
- Draymond Green, Golden State, 2018: 8.1 APG
- Stephen Curry, Golden State, 2017: 6.7 APG
- Draymond Green, Golden State, 2017: 6.5 APG
- LeBron James, Cleveland, 2016: 7.6 APG (8.9 APG in the Finals)
- Stephen Curry, Golden State, 2015: 6.4 APG
- LeBron James, Miami Heat, 2013: 6.6 APG
- Jason Kidd, Dallas Mavericks, 2011: 7.3 APG
- Rajon Rondo, Boston Celtics, 2008: 6.6 APG
- Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers, 2001: 6.1 APG
- Avery Johnson, San Antonio Spurs, 1999: 7.4 APG
So yeah, not a huge list here. I will say that the Spurs winning so much kind of skewed things a bit, since most of those teams had multiple guys averaging 4+ APG because of that league-best system they've been running since Pop has been there.
My main issue with Sexton isn't even the fact that he's not getting a ton of assists. Assists are not a direct indicator of passing ability. My problem is that he often misses wide open guys, drives with his head down too much, and just has a lot of Jordan Clarkson-like tunnel vision. Osman, Nance, and Love are all good playmakers for their position, so again, I'm not super worried about Sexton not putting up 4-5 APG his rookie year. I am worried about the fact that I'm not convinced at all that he is ever going to be more than a league average passer with shotty vision.