I disagree completely.
Number one, assists in this game are much harder to get than in the NBA (for guards at least). An assist really means the player helped out with scoring. Therefore, if a player is atrocious in passing he should be able to help others score at all. If he could, it would devalue higher passing. If your main concern is "how can a player be able to handle/shoot the ball without being able to pass at all, then I believe the new training system takes care of that partially.
If your player played as PG as well there's a high likelihood of him going against good ODs. From personal experience, I know good defenders can make it very hard for bad passers to pick up assists.