Sorry but that isn't safe to say at all.   You don't reach top 15 in career assists by looking shot first. 

There's a reason he shot such a poor percentage from three point land, too. I agree here.

What's funny is that his court vision was his greatest attribute and we saw many, many, many flashes of that brilliance time and time again. Think about how big his assist numbers are right now. Then think how many could have had, had he not taken so many three pointers. It's incredible.
 
Another interesting analysis would have been how many of threes were early in the shot clock.

Essentially, the PG position comes down to one thing: efficiency. You control the ball and make sure everybody is in the right position. You have to know what each player does on every play and where they're supposed to be and sometimes even where they aren't. NBA GMs can draft all the centers they want, give me a solid floor leader who knows who needs to get the ball and when. That's also the position a college team can NEVER do without. Wonder why Ohio basketball struggled before Groce arrived? Look at the PG position between the year Fears left and the year Groce was first hired.

Think about when you play pick up basketball. What's the one position nobody wants in a 5-on-5 game? Its the PG position. People hate bringing it up. They almost automatically run down to the other end of the floor and find their favorite spot to shoot a jumper. #1 you're not gonna see the ball much in an ordinary pickup game after you give it up. #2 you don't have a feel for what everyone else can do around you, so it's tougher to make a decision on who to pass to and when. #3 Pickup games rarely have someone who is basically automatic from three (unless that's all they did in HS), so defensively as soon as that PG makes a dribble drive toward the basket you can collapse and help and make him pass. Again, this is a normal pickup game where most people don't know each other save a few guys. I'm not saying all pickup games are like this, because I've played some very competitive ones with college and HS players who know how to cut, screen, roll, pop, etc.

DJ is an excellent PG and excellent basketball player. His teams were some of the most productive and most successful in Ohio history. So, kudos to him and thanks for the memories. However, I think about how much better it could have been. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, blah, blah, blah...

the team always seemed to play better when DJ could just sit back and dish and not worry about shooting.

What I don't know is how much of him taking shots was driven by ego/overconfidence or called by Groce, and how much of it was driven by other team mates not being more aggressive and calling for the ball/making shots.

Agree with the thoughts about DJ:  Great player but he didn't run our offense like a PG who was looking to get everyone involved.  He seemed to survey the floor then pass if that was there...but mostly look to dribble penetrate with his own shot as the first (though not only) priority.  I don't too often recall him moving guys around on the court--espec moving guys around on the court in ways that enhanced ball movement so that someone/anyone got a shot.  Too many possessions coming down to the last few ticks on the clock, ending up with DJ taking it. The number of attempts record is strong statistical/factual evidence.  I think that, bless him, DJ's approach made us less than our potential last year.