carolinajazz
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Explain to me how the fundamentally sound Utah Jazz, supposedly the farthest thing from "five slama jama" LEAD THE ENTIRE NBA IN DUNKS?
You say......WHAT?
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elan_prodigy
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Hold on, Ill start a new thread to respond.
TheStormofWar
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Dude, Sloan would be joygasming right now.
That said, Utah offense looks for lanes and the good open shot, PnR where appropriate, and a tuckfun of screens. Simple as that. Need a bit more offensive firepower, but we have something equaling an offensive scheme.
carolinajazz
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Good points! Be that as it may, seems to be strange that a team taught to lay the ball into the basket is now leading the league in dunks made per game! Can our offensive scheme be stifled come playoff time by smarter teams and coaches? I don't think so! Unless one of our key guys gets hurt or we go brain dead what is working NOW should work THEN!
Sloan never disliked dunks, he disliked unnecessary showiness. If you were at the basket and got a good jump, you dunked. Harder to get blocked that way.
Don’t forget Ingles and Rubio who do set up the dunk on the pick n dive.
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SoUjazzfan
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Rudy's safest shot is the dunk and as of late his footwork and patience has allowed him to do it more and more.
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How is a dunk not fundamental. It is the most difficult shot to block and any good offensive scheme is geared to generate many lay-up and dunk attempts and then secondarily open jumpers. Malone was one of the Kings of dunking in his day. Gobert might be the best in the modern NBA (debatable of course). But a dunk is fundamental basketball, no doubt.
carolinajazz
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Dunking the basketball is basically a modern day phenomenon, and was even outlawed in the college game for a while during the Bill Walton era! Now a days, of course, dunking is looked up to as the most exhilarating basketball move you can make! The Jazz lead the NBA in team dunks per game with a tad bit more than 8. Do you know who is second?