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NBA Playbook: Who Will Run The Pick & Roll With Deron Williams? And How?

This stat surprised me:

"The pick and roll plays an important part of the Utah Jazz’s offense. According to Synergy Sports, they run it about 10.6% of the time on offense, and are pretty successful at it, especially when it came to finding the roll man in positions to score."

I've never tried to "keep count" but 9 out of 10 plays are NOT PnR with the Jazz. If forced to guess, I mighta said 25-35%. Maybe I just notice and remember them more.
 
mellow said:
I did read it and liked it. I'd like to see more jazz plays diagramed so I can "Understand just what (the jazz) are trying to accomplish."

But I had to laughwhen I read the conclusion: Obviously looking at the evidence, Paul Millsap should be the man that runs the pick and roll with Deron Williams for the majority of the season.

Doesn't that pretty much gaurentee that Sloan will use this combination the least?

Back a few pages from the link is a breakdown with video of Gordon Hayward at the summer league. He says Flash has good instincts and IQ, will play better with better players, but is limited by lack of quickness.
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You can't read, don't lie.
 
It's funny how this article is so intense about breaking down the new pick and roll era for Utah and so many Jazz fans bring it up, yet 89.4% of the time the Utah Jazz are running something else. As I've said in a few other threads, Utah is in the middle of the NBA when it comes to the amount of pick and rolls ran. It's a big misconception that it's still the bread and butter of Utah's offense. With that being said, I'm not concerned about it when Utah is running it. Al Jefferson had a good conversion rate while running the pick and roll in Minny. He just wasn't asked to do it often. It's going to be ok.

Also, Darkwing mentioned something that I think we can all look forward too: Utah is going to be doing a ton more of the 4 cross screens for Jefferson. That was a staple when Malone was here and will once again play a major part of the Utah offense.
 
Hopper said:
This stat surprised me:

"The pick and roll plays an important part of the Utah Jazz’s offense. According to Synergy Sports, they run it about 10.6% of the time on offense, and are pretty successful at it, especially when it came to finding the roll man in positions to score."

I've never tried to "keep count" but 9 out of 10 plays are NOT PnR with the Jazz. If forced to guess, I mighta said 25-35%. Maybe I just notice and remember them more.
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I think a more accurate statement is only 1 in 10 plays end in an pick and roll.
 
....I suspect Hayward and Deron will also run a nice pick and roll or pick and pop....Hayward certainly has the brains to know what to do and when to do it, don't ya think "hopper".... my main man?
 
carolinajazz said:
....I suspect Hayward and Deron will also run a nice pick and roll or pick and pop....Hayward certainly has the brains to know what to do and when to do it, don't ya think "hopper".... my main man?
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Yeah, CJ, I aint never seen that Honzward boy play, but I gots high hope for his white ***. Deron could probably work good with most anybuddy who aint plumb stoopid, even if they aint got no tats, I figure.
 
I wonder if the 10.6% pick and role is low because it doesn't account for all the options that are run off that first pick. For instance if the player pops out instead of rolls. Or when the big comes to the top of the key, as if to pick, then opens to recieve a pass- deron makes the entry pass and the big swings around to look for cutters.

I wonder what percentage of plays are centered on the pf?
 
I'm confused why wouldn't it be Jefferson? Wasn't he effective in pick and rolls?

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Yeah, like Locke said, he is plenty efficient in the PnR to run it consistently.

Really all you have to do is watch him play the game. You can tell by watching his pump fake and drive move that he has the ability to attack the rim from 15 feet out, the only difference is he has to work out some timing when working with another player.

Lucky for him he has Deron who has the PnR timing down to a T so it shouldn't be a problem.
 
i know what locke said... just remember that locke is about one step away from being full-on jazz PR. there are some problems with jefferson running the PnR, provided he doesn't improve.

1) he has NO pull-up game, so he's going to have to roll in to be effective. which is not a huge deal except that if i know that, then opposing teams know it, too. if they know what he's going to do every time, it's far easier to defend. caveat: unless he's in the gym right now working on stop-and-pop 15' jump shots.

2) he has historically struggled to set screens without fouling. these aren't going to appear in locke's stats because locke only looked at roll/pop plays where jefferson ended up with the ball. y!sports says that he rode the pine a LOT in boston because he's two early illegal screens, and that's what scared him away from being a PnR player. caveat: unless the coaches are working with him as we speak on how to open up for the ball so you can get away with a little more movement.

3) he has very little passing ability. think back to the number of times you've seen the big on the high screen flash a pass to a baseline cutter. that's one of the options that the high screen opens up because it brings an opposing defender up away from the baseline. that's why you've seen booz, AK, memo, tag and others make countless passes to cutters. i'm not sure al has that ability, let alone the court vision to see that developing. caveat: unless he's working on that this summer, but this is the hardest of the three to just suddenly learn.
 
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