Interesting Locke stats

[Weezur]

Since I want to talk about anything but the game last night, here are some really interesting stats from Locke about the best and worst 2 and 3 man groups.
Guess who's name is at the top of the 'best of' list and who is the bottom of the 'worst of' list.

3 BEST 2 MAN GROUPS
1. Alec Burks/Paul Millsap
2. Alec Burks/Al Jefferson
3. Gordon Hayward/Jamaal Tinsley

3 WORST 2 MAN GROUPS
1. Earl Watson/ Gordon Hayward
2. Earl Watson/Derrick Favors
3. Alec Burks/Derrick Favors

3 BEST OFFENSIVE 2 MAN GROUPS
1. Alec Burks/Al Jefferson
2. Alec Burks/Paul Millsap
3. Alec Burks/Randy Foye
Note: This is really one 5 man group that has played well with Gordon Hayward as well.

3 WORST OFFENSIVE 2 MAN GROUPS
1. Alec Burks/Derrick Favors
2. Earl Watson/Derrick Favors
3. Earl Watson/Gordon Hayward

3 BEST DEFENSVIE 2 MAN GROUPS
1. Alec Burks/Paul Millsap
2. DeMarre Carroll/Enes Kanter
3. Jamaal Tinsley/Gordon Hayward

3 WORST DEFENSIVE 2 MAN GROUPS
1. Earl Watson/Al Jefferson
2. Derrick Favors/Al Jefferson
3. Mo Williams/Derrick Favors
4. Randy Foye/Gordon Hayward

Here are a few other notes. Looking at just the top 30 most used 2 man groups all having played at least 300 minutes together might have more of a signal and less noise

BEST OVERALL – Tinsley/Hawyard then Carroll/Kanter then Gordon/Marvin tied with Carroll/Hayward
WORST OVERALL: Watson/Hayward and Watson/Favors
BEST OFFENSE: Tinsley/Hayward then Hayward/Jefferson and Hayward/Milsap
WORST OFFENSE: Watson/Favors and Watson Hayward then Hayward/Favors
BEST DEFENSE: Carroll/Kanter and Tinsley/Hayward then Hayward/Kanter
WORST DEFENSE: Favors/Jefferson then Mo/Foye and Foye/Jefferson

Discuss

[dipship31]

Favors not in any of the best categories??

TRADE THIS WORTHLESS BUM

[Qman]

Is Burks great because he only gets minutes when he is playing well?

[DutchJazzer]

burks has small sample size

[Weezur]

Burks does have a small sample size. Good job Dutch, you're smarter than Locke.

TipOff is interesting too.
I know Locke can't outright say that Corbin is a bad coach if he believes it but TipOff today was as close to him saying coach made a bad move as it has been all year.
The bad move was Foye on Harden.

[Hack]

More stupid Locke stats

[NAOS]

The bad move was Foye on _________.

Agreed.

[The Norm]

So what stats did Locke cherrypick to come up with this information?

[dipship31]

The bad move was Foye on Harden.

So 4 days ago Ty puts Foye up against Kobe and last night up against Harden.......

[Biggs]

Just listen to Locke talk with DJ and PK and you'll see he's a stupid homer. Talks about how Golden State is the same as Utah in terms of building a team. But then says Golden State has Steph Curry, and that's why they're better. Holy **** Steph Curry wouldn't play if Ty had him.

[bluenote]

One of the most solid (and fun to watch) lineups the Jazz ran this year was Burks, Foye, Jefferson, Millsap and Hayward. Too bad they just ran it for a couple games.

[colton]

One of the most solid (and fun to watch) lineups the Jazz ran this year was Burks, Foye, Jefferson, Millsap and Hayward. Too bad they just ran it for a couple games.

That's lineup #20 on this site: http://www.82games.com/1213/1213UTA2.HTM

They have only run it for 19.6 total minutes all season. But they outscored the opponents by a whopping 26 pts in those 19.6 minutes. (Outscoring your opponent by more than a pt per minute is phenomenal.)

[Weezur]

That's lineup #20 on this site: http://www.82games.com/1213/1213UTA2.HTM

They have only run it for 19.6 total minutes all season. But they outscored the opponents by a whopping 26 pts in those 19.6 minutes. (Outscoring your opponent by more than a pt per minute is phenomenal.)

How about Burks, Foye, Hayward, Jefferson, Favors? Does that lineup work as well?

[Ellipse]

More stupid Locke stats

Perhaps, but I noticed that Watson was mentioned frequently on the "worst" pairings and never on the "best" pairings -- which certainly backs my observations of Watson.

I believe that Watson is the reason Kanter can't get minutes, because Corbin judges Kanter's play by how well the "bench" is doing and Watson drags everyone down.

[Gyp Rosetti]

More stupid Locke stats

This. Sadly, ball is not played two-on-two and Burks does not receive any sort of meaningful minutes for me to deduce **** from this. And that's what all this is. A pile of deuce.