Clarkson Opts In

[SoberasHotRod]

Dunn was very close to a triple double the last game. He was the fifth player taken in the draft one year.

I think he deserves a chance. One of the good things about Hardy is he'll let people compete for playing time in camp. We'll see how it works out. I won't be surprised if Ainge isn't completely comfortable with our options at PG and gets someone else though.

 

[Agent#00]

Ya we PLAYED in a TON of close games (tied the record for most games decided by 1 point with 11) but the narrative that we won almost all of them is incorrect. We lost a good amount of close games too.

and we also played alot of back to back games iirc. the lord hates utah

 

[homeytennis]

I think he deserves a chance. One of the good things about Hardy is he'll let people compete for playing time in camp. We'll see how it works out. I won't be surprised if Ainge isn't completely comfortable with our options at PG and gets someone else though.

One thing to watch is KD's and Vernon Carey Jr. head coach in the GLeague is now a Jazz assistant coach. He probably has a good idea of both players strengths and weaknesses.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

Seriously who's gonna pass the freaking ball

 

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Seriously who's gonna pass the freaking ball

It's definitely a big question mark. Lauri, Collins and Kessler are all going to need a guard to feed them the ball and I'm not really sure who that is at this point...Andy was on the radio today and he mentioned that 75% of Lauri's shots last year were assisted. Guys like Clarkson, Sexton and THT can facilitate a little, but I don't think it's enough.

 

[Agent#00]

Seriously who's gonna pass the freaking ball

Kessler is in the jokic lab

 

[FalseFlagg K]

It's definitely a big question mark. Lauri, Collins and Kessler are all going to need a guard to feed them the ball and I'm not really sure who that is at this point...Andy was on the radio today and he mentioned that 75% of Lauri's shots last year were assisted. Guys like Clarkson, Sexton and THT can facilitate a little, but I don't think it's enough.

there's gotta be more trades / signings coming yeah ?

 

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there's gotta be more trades / signings coming yeah ?

Has to be.

 

[rjfan]

Seriously who's gonna pass the freaking ball

Sexton and Clarkson (and THT) putting up shots, Lauri, Collins, Kessler and Hendricks (and Olynyk) crashing the boards.

So basically the rim.

 

[Agent#00]

Might be worth revisiting this post by his brother

 

[HermanG]

It's definitely a big question mark. Lauri, Collins and Kessler are all going to need a guard to feed them the ball and I'm not really sure who that is at this point...Andy was on the radio today and he mentioned that 75% of Lauri's shots last year were assisted. Guys like Clarkson, Sexton and THT can facilitate a little, but I don't think it's enough.

For reference, Embiid had 62.7% and Jokic had 62.9% assisted rate last year. Latter is actually even one of the two main ballhandlers in his team and scores a lot more points from putbacks than Lauri both of which skew the numbers towards unassisted. Both are very decisive and thus their assisted rates are on the high side.

Once you go deep dive and analyze that number you will find out it tells nothing except maybe a bit about who generally likes to dribble before shooting. Luka 15.3%, SGA 21.0% and Trae 21.3% lead the league in that category.

Some use that number to make arguments about self-creation but then you can look at centers and the top 5 (min 30 GP) would be:
1) Robin Lopez (47.9% assisted)
2) Steven Adams (50.3%)
3) Julius Randle (50.5%) <--- yeah I know, not a center
4) Alperen Sengun (52.0%)
5) Boban Marjanovic (56.1%)

And if we make a minutes restriction to remove Robin Lopez and Boban, then we add Bol Bol and Mitchell Robinson.

 

[Agent#00]

It's definitely a big question mark. Lauri, Collins and Kessler are all going to need a guard to feed them the ball and I'm not really sure who that is at this point...Andy was on the radio today and he mentioned that 75% of Lauri's shots last year were assisted. Guys like Clarkson, Sexton and THT can facilitate a little, but I don't think it's enough.

I think the guys we have just need to facilitate a little more. You still want them to be aggressive on offense and not so passive like Conley. Lakers was a good example. They played dlo, reeves, Schroeder and lebron all of them can facilitate. It worked Vs Memphis but not Vs Denver. They needed a 3rd scoring threat. If they have sexton or jc they could’ve made it more competitive.

The Lauri assisted rate is getting a bit overblown. Andy made it sound like spoon feeding. Rudy lob is spoon feeding. With lauri you think of it like YAC in football. How far you can take the ball after catching it and how many times you reach the endzone. Lauris endzone rate is pretty high. The name finisher is really appropriate.