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A last minute reassessment of the draft

UGLI baby said:
Fan analysis. Have you ever Played the game in your life or do you just fly around on the team plane and think you're an expert because of it?



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I laughed a'loud (said in a THICK Cockney accent). I genuinely did.

Also, who else wishes that fellas screen name was "CountachBuckets"? I certainly do.
 
MCW if he can shoot would fit well with your criteria:

Bottom line is this.. We need 3 guys on the floor that can slash, shoot, and the IQ to make the good pass.
We need 3 guys on the floor that can defend the paint .. but with the IQ and athleticism to know how/when to help defend.
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MCW has the following:

- Quick first step

- Can definitely make good passes

- Can slash & get into the paint

- Has IQ court vision

- Long enough to defend the paint

- Long enough to be a help defender
 
Sounds like a lot of people here want Wolters... Can shoot, makes everyone else better, passes, etc...
 
Assembling a team of the future to beat a "2.9 offense" is preparing to the wars of past. By the time this team is up and running "2.9" will be either the thing of past or beaten by a new generation of run-n-gun teams like GSW who will have on the floor at all times at least 4 players who can shoot 40%+ from three in any situation and everyone will be looking for next Curries and Thompsons.
 
My revised draft day wish list:
McCullum
Bazz

Trade 21 for Robinson

That's a very solid draft to add depth to this rebuild.
 
zbone said:
Assembling a team of the future to beat a "2.9 offense" is preparing to the wars of past. By the time this team is up and running "2.9" will be either the thing of past or beaten by a new generation of run-n-gun teams like GSW who will have on the floor at all times at least 4 players who can shoot 40%+ from three in any situation and everyone will be looking for next Curries and Thompsons.
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I think that GS is a 2.9 offense because they shoot so many threes they force the defenses to come out of the lane and guard the perimeter. Thompson & Curry shot an astounding 1156 3's last season. The W's shot about 20 threes per game. And incredibly there were 12 teams who shot threes at a higher rate. Houston and NYK shot 3s at an astounding rate of 29 per game. The number guys say that Houston should shoot more. 5 years ago 5 teams shot more than 20 3's per game. 10 years ago 2 teams. The Jazz had a huge increase in three pt attempts last season (17 per game) but are still about 5 years behind the league.

Houston shot an unbelievable 34 3pt attempts per game in the playoffs. The number guys say they should shoot more. The trend will continue . I believe the NbA will eventually have to address this trend like they have addressed other trends....rule changes. But for now the Jazz are so far behind the rest of the league that a McCollum in place of Burks would (5.4 in college vs Burks 1.8 in college 1.4 in NBA) would be a huge advancement.
 
mellow said:
I think that GS is a 2.9 offense because they shoot so many threes they force the defenses to come out of the lane and guard the perimeter. Thompson & Curry shot an astounding 1156 3's last season. The W's shot about 20 threes per game. And incredibly there were 12 teams who shot threes at a higher rate. Houston and NYK shot 3s at an astounding rate of 29 per game. The number guys say that Houston should shoot more. 5 years ago 5 teams shot more than 20 3's per game. 10 years ago 2 teams. The Jazz had a huge increase in three pt attempts last season (17 per game) but are still about 5 years behind the league.

Houston shot an unbelievable 34 3pt attempts per game in the playoffs. The number guys say they should shoot more. The trend will continue . I believe the NbA will eventually have to address this trend like they have addressed other trends....rule changes. But for now the Jazz are so far behind the rest of the league that a McCollum in place of Burks would (5.4 in college vs Burks 1.8 in college 1.4 in NBA) would be a huge advancement.
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Exactly. And assuming the team the Jazz building will enter serious contention in 4 to 5 years from now assuming things go well with the rebuild, "2.9 offense" will be a common place and only the team having the best system to beat this offense and correlating defense will win the championship. That's why I believe we don't need to aim to build "2.9 offense". We will have to beat "defense against 2.9 offense" which will be the next best thing.
 
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