PACE

[The Jazz Wonderbra]

Last year the Jazz were dead last in pace. 30th of 30 teams.

Quin as a coach came to the Jazz preaching pace, passing, and defense. But in actuality we weren't a great passing team the last few years relying heavily on isolation plays. Our defense was top 3, but pace had nothing to do with this team. DL and Q both had commentary that it was due to the roster makeup and that pace isn't measured around the league the way that we measure it. But at the end of the day, we shot late in the shot clock and often times we just relied on Hayward.

In just 5 preseason games I have seen a big difference in the amount of transition plays, how fast the ball moves in our offense, total passes, a reduction in isolation, and more. My guess is that our pace has gone from bottom in the league to at least 15th. Is there any doubt at this point that we had a major shift in our approach to the game facilitated by the Rubio?

Thoughts on pace and the strategic shift are welcome below, yo!

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?74181-Predict-Pace

I predicted we'd be somewhere around middle of the pack to bottom ten.

Looks like the Jazz wonder bra predicted middle of the pack.


Still not sure exactly how much faster it will be, but no way we are dead last again. That won't work with our starting line up the way it is.

Right now, I'm mostly curious to see how our starting lineup will change, because I think it will. I'm predicting Mitchell will become a starter sometime before the new year. I'm guessing Hood will move to the 3, but I don't think it's a given.

 

[fgcamel]

Is it possible to be a top 10 pace on offence, and a bottom ten pace on defence?

 

[stitches]

In preseason we are playing much faster than last year(almost 10 p/100 faster), but everybody does that in pre-season. We are still 24th out of 30 NBA teams by pace in the pre-season. I don't think we will in the top half of the league, but we might not be dead last.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

In preseason we are playing much faster than last year(almost 10 p/100 faster), but everybody does that in pre-season. We are still 24th out of 30 NBA teams by pace in the pre-season. I don't think we will in the top of the league, but we might not be dead last.

When we have pushed the pace it seems we are not as effective and it feels pretty sloppy. It will likely look a little better as we move along but I'm pretty meh on the pace pushing.

 

[gomretat]

Pace will likely go up but preseason doesn't tell us much. It didnt' in the past and this preaseason even less so. I am guessing the pace will go up but wont be at all surprised if we stay in the bottom 3rd. Probably more transition baskets but if the transition shot is not there, we will be a ball movement grind it out team.

 

[Quin's Murderface]

I think the Jazz are doing it the right way. They are pushing it up after a miss and if they get into an advantageous spot they are attacking. That's really all they need to do, imo. without Exum now the second unit will be interesting to watch in that regard.