9 out of the 15 players on the roster are shooting career lows from the field.....

[mellow]

This season is taking a serious toll on some of you. You know, projecting your anger onto TyCo incessantly is not healthy. I think you should quit the addiction for 6-7 months and get healthy again.

For the record, I am just playing around and have no angst or ill-feelings for Ty. Life is to short to hate, unless its Torrey Ellis, he can eat roaches.

 

[franklin]

For the record, I am just playing around and have no angst or ill-feelings for Ty. Life is to short to hate, unless its Torrey Ellis, he can eat roaches.

I figured you all were messing around. Blaming Ty for Haywierd, Millsap, & Marvin slumps is obviously silliness as they've been missing wide open looks, Favors can be attributed to being given way more leash this year (something everyone wanted so it would be stupid to bitch at TyCo for doing what we all wanted), Foye is shooting 45 freaking % from three on high volume, Burks & Evans haven't played enough minutes to be put on any list, and Tinsley has never been able to hit his *** with a handful of wheat (truly a shame as he'd be HOF caliber with a good shot). Did I miss anyone? Oh, Jefferson, who started ridiculously slow and obviously as in 100% guaranteed obvious will not shoot 42% for long.

 

[NAOS]

Jefferson got to the line and we gutted out a tough win. I'm enjoying things for a couple days.

 

[billyshelby]

I think the low percentages are because of the offense(...errr the lack offense) that the Jazz are running this year. The Jazz look like they have no clue what they are trying to do on offense. I thought our offense looked more organized last year.

This is exactly correct. You see it in the other numbers, too: 15th in Assists (up from 23rd before Tinsley took over); 24th Eff FG%; 18th TS%. There's one easy takeaway from this: We get very few easy shots every night (as opposed to Denver who had like 25 easy shots last night). We're beating teams with offensive rebounding and the break which makes our overall offensive efficiency look pretty good. But our halfcourt offense is awful.

Fun factoid in case anyone was wondering: We currently rank 3rd in the NBA with 17.1 ppg on the break. Atlanta and Milwaukee are 1 and 2.

 

[gregbroncs]

The list of Jazzmen currently shooting at a career low FG%:

-Burks
-Evans
-Favors
-Foye
-Hayward
-Jefferson
-Kanter
-Millsap
-Tinsley

Obviously ones like Burks, Evans, and Kanter don't matter as much since their young and a small sample size, but still it's pretty unbelievable to think that these 9 players are currently shooting worse than they've ever shot in their careers. Throw in that we've played 9 road games to 6 home games and I'd say our 8-7 start is actually very impressive. If the law of averages kick in for a lot of these guys we could go on a nice little run.

I think this is a good example of how pathetic our offense is. If we actually ran an NBA quality offense maybe these players could get good looks at the basket.

 

[gregbroncs]

I think the low percentages are because of the offense(...errr the lack offense) that the Jazz are running this year. The Jazz look like they have no clue what they are trying to do on offense. I thought our offense looked more organized last year.

Saw this after my post. Great post.

 

[franklin]

Jefferson got to the line and we gutted out a tough win. I'm enjoying things for a couple days.

Too make it even better, I came within two feet of Millsap today in the human world. I'm high on jazz life ever since ( shameless homer & one upper noted).

This is exactly correct. You see it in the other numbers, too: 15th in Assists (up from 23rd before Tinsley took over); 24th Eff FG%; 18th TS%. There's one easy takeaway from this: We get very few easy shots every night (as opposed to Denver who had like 25 easy shots last night). We're beating teams with offensive rebounding and the break which makes our overall offensive efficiency look pretty good. But our halfcourt offense is awful.

Fun factoid in case anyone was wondering: We currently rank 3rd in the NBA with 17.1 ppg on the break. Atlanta and Milwaukee are 1 and 2.

I respect your input a lot but can't wrap my mind around your constant m.o. aimed toward TyCo. Are there any actual specifics you'd like to see changed? The way I see it is the masses don't understand how hard the flex read-react is to implement, especially with zero continuity & no superior players. If Corbin has been The Chosen One to carry on the Sloan system then failure is on a nostalgic ownership. Corbin has most likely been shaking his head with the rest of us at how the players have responded.

 

[HeavenHarris]

Sounds like this team misses Captain Harris.

 

[JAZZGASM]

Last year Corbin didn't have time to change Jerry's offense due to the shortened season/lockout.

This year he has finally put his touch on the offense, and it hasn't exactly been the midas touch. I understand wanting to open up the offense and take more 3's, but you have to do it within an offense. We need a better coach and a better system. I feel like we actually have enough pieces to be a really good team.

 

[TheSilencer1313]

Sounds like this team misses Captain Harris.

Oh gawd.

 

[dipship31]

Last year Corbin didn't have time to change Jerry's offense due to the shortened season/lockout.

This year he has finally put his touch on the offense, and it hasn't exactly been the midas touch. I understand wanting to open up the offense and take more 3's, but you have to do it within an offense. We need a better coach and a better system. I feel like we actually have enough pieces to be a really good team.

I've actually always thought if Ty could just adapt most of Jerry's offensive scheme which usually was very good and just add the 3 point shot more often we'd be great. Of course Jerry was able to work with Stockton/Deron to run those offenses so we'd need a guy from that mold. Even if we had it though it looks more and more like Ty would be confused exactly how to use him.

 

[dipship31]

Last year Corbin didn't have time to change Jerry's offense due to the shortened season/lockout.

This year he has finally put his touch on the offense, and it hasn't exactly been the midas touch. I understand wanting to open up the offense and take more 3's, but you have to do it within an offense. We need a better coach and a better system. I feel like we actually have enough pieces to be a really good team.

I've actually always thought if Ty could just adapt most of Jerry's offensive scheme which usually was very good and just add the 3 point shot more often we'd be great. Of course Jerry was able to work with Stockton/Deron to run those offenses so we'd need a guy from that mold. Even if we had it though it looks more and more like Ty would be confused exactly how to use him.