I think we need to look more than 2 players in passing, at least 4.
I'm new to game and do not know how game mehancis it works, but if it trys to be as close as posible to real basketball than every pass has 4 players involved (players who gives pass, players who recives ball and 2 defenders).
So I think that player who recives pass need drvinig (vs defenders OD, ID, driving???) to get rid off his guard and player giving pass need passing to make accurate pass and driving (or maybe handling??) to get to position to pass (against defenders OD???).