Interesting that the Hornets are a bad rebounding team...never would have guessed.
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Interesting that the Hornets are a bad rebounding team...never would have guessed.
Darkwing Duck
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Hornets are a great defensive rebounding team, bad offensive rebounding team. .767 DRB
unluckyseventeen
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This is why you need guards crashing the boards if you expect to both play interior defense and recover from it. Jefferson's interior D >>> Bozzer's. Bozzer's idea of interior D was watch the guy go by and "grab it Memo!" if he happens to miss.
Still, small sample size, rough schedule, huge role changes on the team.. to be 9-5 at this point is better than anybody could have asked for.
Still, small sample size, rough schedule, huge role changes on the team.. to be 9-5 at this point is better than anybody could have asked for.
At this point, last season, we were 7-7. And that's with Bozzer...and sans a bevy of new players. Kind of makes you think.
unluckyseventeen
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Gasp! Could Bozzer possibly be... overrated?
How can he be overrated? Most of us were happy that scrub was out. Maybe by the media. But never on this forum.
InGameStrategy
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We know the pitfall of equating blocks with defense--or help defense--but even with the frequency of Jefferson's subpar D, he still has one more than half the blocks that Bozzer did during the entire season.
Given that AJ might at least take a step toward the man, I'd say that--at best--Jefferson's interior D > Bozzer's. One ">" at most. Sadly, Little Al (not "Big Al" until he puts forth consistent effort) has the ability to be ">>" or maybe even ">>>". It's focus and conditioning that he lacks. And in the past two games Phil Johnson proved that he's not going to enforce the effort that they hypocritically teach any more than Sloan is.
Noooooo . . .
With even a modest increase in effort on defense (or enforcement thereof), this Utah team could be 12-2 right now. The offense is coming; but the poor help defense is disappointing. Meanwhile, the poor boxing out is inexcusable. And it's not just AJ deficient in that department.
Deron Williams
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This many posts and no one has pointed out that the Jazz haven't improved defensively? Last year: 102.9 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA.
This year: 103.5 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA
This year: 103.5 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA
InGameStrategy
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Statistically, that's not an improvement. They rank the same, and there is not a high-confidence difference between points allowed per 100 possessions.
And if we step back from the numbers for a moment and are honest with ourselves, I don't know if we can say that the defense has improved much. Not with the vast lapses in perimeter D, help D, and boxing out--three skills that plagued the team for much of the year previously.
What's promising is that the team has the personnal and the potential to improve. What's not promising is that they haven't implemented it yet. Defense doesn't require near the "learning curve" that the Jazz offense does. It's simple: stay in front of your man, help on screens, help on the drives, communicate. Far less complex than knowing your location and movement in the offense.
carolinajazz
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...when you shoot a high percentage, get good shots, work for open shots and make most of them...who needs an offensive rebound? Offensive rebounding is drastically overrated.
LifeOnaPlate
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LOL at the funny description and the true nature of the description. Well played, my friend.
Yes. Remember when Utah started 12-1? Congrats, N.O.!
LifeOnaPlate
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Yes, and Bozzer was putting up some good numbers if I recall.