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Jazz are surprisingly good transition team?

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Elizah Huge

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Utah plays at the slowest pace in the league and only Dallas gets a lower percentage of their shots via transition.

We already knew that for the most part, but here is where it becomes interesting.

Jazz trail only the Warriors in points per possession on transition chances.
 
No, we are terrible in transition. We only attack the easiest of opportunities hence the high points per possession. If every team refused to fast break unless it was a 3 on 1 they'd all have high points per possession on transition.
 
No, we are terrible in transition. We only attack the easiest of opportunities hence the high points per possession. If every team refused to fast break unless it was a 3 on 1 they'd all have high points per possession on transition.
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so true ,but we should be attacking more,we have the most athletic Center who is only 23 yrs old and a young team that plays in high attitude.In mind boggles me when you have a GHill who seems to be able to play both styles ,uptempo and slowdown and throw in GHayward,Hood,now Burks, and a greyhound in Exum.Jazz are proving to be at times a sweet passing team.Why don't they open it up?
 
tleikheen said:
so true ,but we should be attacking more,we have the most athletic Center who is only 23 yrs old and a young team that plays in high attitude.In mind boggles me when you have a GHill who seems to be able to play both styles ,uptempo and slowdown and throw in GHayward,Hood,now Burks, and a greyhound in Exum.Jazz are proving to be at times a sweet passing team.Why don't they open it up?
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We run a lot, but more within the half court. Our players are consistently on the high end of miles ran in a game, especially on offense. Tempo is a deceiving term in regards to fast or slow. We take advantage of the altitude and our youth very well. Hayward and Exum would both look better in teams that pushed in transition more but that might be it. Gobert would be okay but even as a faster big he still starts transitions furthest away usually and isn't going to out run the guards to get position very often. Overall I like our system and it suits our team.
 
Ron Mexico said:
We run a lot, but more within the half court. Our players are consistently on the high end of miles ran in a game, especially on offense. Tempo is a deceiving term in regards to fast or slow. We take advantage of the altitude and our youth very well. Hayward and Exum would both look better in teams that pushed in transition more but that might be it. Gobert would be okay but even as a faster big he still starts transitions furthest away usually and isn't going to out run the guards to get position very often. Overall I like our system and it suits our team.
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Hayward is a big reason we suck in transition. He always backs the ball up where other players of his level would force the issue.

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Ron Mexico said:
I think it's because that is what the coaches want him to do but that is just my guess. When he does push it things go well he is good in the open court.
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No, he will push it and it will be a 2 on 2 or a 1 on 1 and he will just back it out. He does the initial push but he doesnt make the other team actually play defense and he lets everyone get back so they can play half-court. I don't think Quin tells him to do that. I seriously doubt he micromanages his best player to that extent.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
No, he will push it and it will be a 2 on 2 or a 1 on 1 and he will just back it out. He does the initial push but he doesnt make the other team actually play defense and he lets everyone get back so they can play half-court. I don't think Quin tells him to do that. I seriously doubt he micromanages his best player to that extent.
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Im positive Quinn wants the players to pull back unless they have a numbers advantage. If it's even then pulling back works in our favor with this teams strategy.
 
Ron Mexico said:
Im positive Quinn wants the players to pull back unless they have a numbers advantage. If it's even then pulling back works in our favor with this teams strategy.
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So you think he tells an All-Star wing to not attack when their is a 2 on 2? That makes no sense. It also doesn't hold up because Burks will attack in transition and not just tease push.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
So you think he tells an All-Star wing to not attack when their is a 2 on 2? That makes no sense. It also doesn't hold up because Burks will attack in transition and not just tease push.
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Yes and Burks has never been good at doing what the coaches want, Hayward is.
 
For the Jazz: Hayward shoots the most and scores the most points per game in transition. Hayward gets 2 transition possessions per game which is the highest for the Jazz. Hayward makes takes the most transition shots per game and shoots the second highest FG% and EFG% next to Gobert on the team, although Hayward shoots 3x as many points as Gobert in transition. Hayward has the lowest turnover % of anyone on the Jazz that actually handles and runs in transition. Oddly Favors has never turned the ball over in transition this year.
 
Ya, I doubt Quin has anything to do with it. Come on. It's Hayward's decision.
 
The Jazz a grind-it-out team. They know that if they keep the game in the half-court and limit positions they are going to be more efficient then their opponent. They do a good job of forcing them to take difficult shots/low % shots. Of course this isn't true breaks down entirely when Gobert and Hayward are off the floor. I'm certain that Quin Snyder has told Hayward to control the tempo and told Burks that there are times when he needs to push it.
 
8. Utah's U-turns

Thank the basketball gods for Alec Burks, the one Jazz Man with the zip and balls-to-the-wall attitude to rush coast-to-coast and challenge defenders waiting at the rim. Utah plays at the league's slowest pace, and only one team -- the calculating Mavs -- gets a lower percentage of its shots via transition, per Synergy.

No team U-turns its way out of more fast-break chances. If the numbers are even, the Utah players running a 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 will make one or two passes, and then politely back the ball out to give the defense a fair chance. If they have an advantage, it might end with a Utah player catching near the rim, peeking over his shoulder at an onrushing defender, and spinning back outside in a panic. They approach contested transition layups as if they are radioactive. Gordon Hayward might lead the league in fast-break anxiety.

Too bad, because Utah is a deadly transition team. They trail only the Warriors in points per possession on transition chances, and rank fourth by that measure on all possessions following steals, per the tracking site InPredictable. Being choosy boosts those numbers; the Jazz are punting so-so fast-break opportunities, and cashing in only on sure things.

They can afford to be a little less picky. Have some fun, people! Keep running, leap for the rim and see what in the hell happens!
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White Chocolate said:
Utah plays at the slowest pace in the league and only Dallas gets a lower percentage of their shots via transition.

We already knew that for the most part, but here is where it becomes interesting.

Jazz trail only the Warriors in points per possession on transition chances.
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The Jazz are masters at the U-turn fast break. They miss many opportunities that should be higher percentage than their standard 1/2 court sets. This is a problem, not a good thing.

EDIT: sorry, covered by others already. I hate when I agree with Cy.
 
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