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Hood in January

MDAV28 said:
Per 100 possessions:

Hood: 24.3 points - 5.6 rebounds - 4.5 assists - 41.8% FG - 36.5% 3PT - 88.1% FT
Harden: 23.6 points - 6.0 rebounds - 4.2 assists - 43.6% FG - 34.9% 3PT - 84.3% FT
George: 21.6 points - 10.0 rebounds - 4.3 assists - 44.0% FG - 38.5% 3PT - 80.2% FT
Thompson: 23.5 points - 5.3 rebounds - 3.2 assists - 42.2% FG - 40.1% 3PT - 84.1% FT
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Veddy interesting. Pre-draft I used to say Rodney Hood has a chance at being one of the best Lefty shooters in the league, 1½ seasons later he's gotta be one of the best already..
 
PG_AB said:
Veddy interesting. Pre-draft I used to say Rodney Hood has a chance at being one of the best Lefty shooters in the league, 1½ seasons later he's gotta be one of the best already..
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Those numbers are better than I would have expected. If he turns into an Alpha scorer, then the Jazz will be in good shape. That's the one big thing that they don't have yet. If they managed to get that late in the first round. . . even better.
 
Rodney has taken 59 catch-and-shoot 3s in January and is shooting 50.8%. The only players shooting better in January with more than 50 attempts are Curry and Ariza. His eFG% on Catch-and-Shoot in January is 76.7%
 
Rodney pull-up jumpers may even be more impressive. He has taken 71 pull-up jumpers in January and shooting 45.1%. Taken 29 Pull-up 3s and shooting 41.4%. His eFG% on Pull-Up jumpers is 53.5%. The only players with more than 50 attempts with a better eFG% are Harden, Curry, and McCollum.
 
MDAV28 said:
Rodney pull-up jumpers may even be more impressive. He has taken 71 pull-up jumpers in January and shooting 45.1%. Taken 29 Pull-up 3s and shooting 41.4%. His eFG% on Pull-Up jumpers is 53.5%. The only players with more than 50 attempts with a better eFG% are Harden, Curry, and McCollum.
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That's the big one. It keeps defenses honest and makes them go over screens instead of under (like they do on Burks).
 
God damn. This is awesome, but also pisses me off.

Why aren't we better?? Remember Haywards slump at the beginning of the year? He's obviously out of that. Hood is playing great. Why can we still not close out games? Why do we just look plain bad every couple of games?

You can blame inexperience and injuries I guess. But something just feels off. I watch with my friend and I tell him 'I'm 100% positive we will lose this game' if it's within 5 points with a couple minutes left. You can just feel it coming, and I'm always right.

It's frustrating as hell.


I'm happy with the players, and I guess I'm happy with the direction. But I can't be the only one who feels like it's just not quite coming together. We should be better, that's all there is to it. Is this a classic 'less than the sum of our parts' situation? If so, who is to blame?
 
Bawse Dawg said:
God damn. This is awesome, but also pisses me off.

Why aren't we better?? Remember Haywards slump at the beginning of the year? He's obviously out of that. Hood is playing great. Why can we still not close out games? Why do we just look plain bad every couple of games?

You can blame inexperience and injuries I guess. But something just feels off. I watch with my friend and I tell him 'I'm 100% positive we will lose this game' if it's within 5 points with a couple minutes left. You can just feel it coming, and I'm always right.

It's frustrating as hell.


I'm happy with the players, and I guess I'm happy with the direction. But I can't be the only one who feels like it's just not quite coming together. We should be better, that's all there is to it. Is this a classic 'less than the sum of our parts' situation? If so, who is to blame?
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By advanced metrics we are pretty good, 10th best offense and 15th best defense. Lost a ton of close games. Hollinger certainly isn't betting against us, 70% chance to make the playoffs.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
God damn. This is awesome, but also pisses me off.

Why aren't we better?? Remember Haywards slump at the beginning of the year? He's obviously out of that. Hood is playing great. Why can we still not close out games? Why do we just look plain bad every couple of games?

You can blame inexperience and injuries I guess. But something just feels off. I watch with my friend and I tell him 'I'm 100% positive we will lose this game' if it's within 5 points with a couple minutes left. You can just feel it coming, and I'm always right.

It's frustrating as hell.


I'm happy with the players, and I guess I'm happy with the direction. But I can't be the only one who feels like it's just not quite coming together. We should be better, that's all there is to it. Is this a classic 'less than the sum of our parts' situation? If so, who is to blame?
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The Jazz have one of the worst PG rotations in the league. That holds us back. If we have a top-12 PG, the Jazz should be a 50-win team.
 
Catchall said:
The Jazz have one of the worst PG rotations in the league. That holds us back. If we have a top-12 PG, the Jazz should be a 50-win team.
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And how many games has Favors' been back? And Gobert?
Had injuries to our two best defenders for 17 and 20 games, respectively. 18 games and counting for our 6th man, Burks.
Also the bench was pretty bad. Still not great but Withey has now found his niche and Lyles is playing a LOT better than he did for the first 20 or so games. Coincides with Quin deciding Trey isn't a backup center.
 
Bawse Dawg said:
Why aren't we better?

Why can we still not close out games? Why do we just look plain bad every couple of games?
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Catchall said:
The Jazz have one of the worst PG rotations in the league. That holds us back. If we have a top-12 PG, the Jazz should be a 50-win team.
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Stifle Tower said:
And how many games has Favors' been back? And Gobert?
Had injuries to our two best defenders for 17 and 20 games, respectively. 18 games and counting for our 6th man, Burks.
Also the bench was pretty bad. Still not great but Withey has now found his niche and Lyles is playing a LOT better than he did for the first 20 or so games. Coincides with Quin deciding Trey isn't a backup center.
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To that I say:

So are you all in on Exum to be the guy? Sounds risky.

And if you are waiting for the injury free season to make the jump then you will be waiting for a long time.
 
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