Stats For The Big 7 Thru 2 Preseason games

[Stoked]

Thoughts:

Hayward and Favors are clearly our 2 best players. There is no question about it and our team will, in large part, do as good as they do on a night-to-night basis. If we can find that quick 4 who can knock down the corner 3, I think this offense will reach it's peak.

Burks is our best scorer, but not sure his points really help the team as much as other's do. Also, Burks really only has 1 3pt attempt because his 1st one last game was a last second shot clock heave, I believe. It's weird that he takes less 3's in Quin's offense than he did in Corbin's. Still not sure he is a fit for Quin's half-court offense (can he use a pick? can he shoot 3's? 2 biggest staples of Quin's halfcourt for wing players), but he will benefit from the emphasis on transition.

Kanter made his 1st 3 of the preseason, check your stats. Kanter sucks in Quinn's offense though. He isn't quick enough to play the 4 spot with Quin on the perimeter and he isn't good enough at defense to play the 5 in place of Favors, where he would probably look best offensively.

Booker is quick enough, just needs to keep working on that 3 ball.

Burke may establish himself as the 3rd best player ahead of Burks this year if he keeps this play up.

Good catch, thanks.

 

[candrew]

-Burks has no 3 point makes but I'm going to guess he has 5 or 6 "and-1's" in 3 games.
Those are pretty valuable too.

-Gobert's line is insane. And you can top off his stat's with a little attitude as well. When was the last time you saw that from a Utah big?

-Hayward is getting a lot more good looks in QS's system. In the 4 games I watched this season I think I counted 1 or 2 off-balance 22 foot jumpers from Hayward - which was a hallmark of last season.

-One thing you can tell with Hood is his mind is racing a hundred miles a minute when he's at the free throw line. Same thing when he's in the open court on defense - although that might have had to do with guarding a Dukie legend in Redick and then Kobe. Both very fixable - he'll learn to relax with time.

-Loving Exum's learning arc. High praise from Doc means something. Just have to be patient.

-I've never been more excited about Trey after his performance in LA against The Clippers. I have wonder where he's been hiding that game

-It's so frustrating to watch Kanter sometimes.

 

[Stoked]

-Burks has no 3 point makes but I'm going to guess he has 5 or 6 "and-1's" in 3 games.
Those are pretty valuable too.

-Gobert's line is insane. And you can top off his stat's with a little attitude as well. When was the last time you saw that from a Utah big?

-Hayward is getting a lot more good looks in QS's system. In the 4 games I watched this season I think I counted 1 or 2 off-balance 22 foot jumpers from Hayward - which was a hallmark of last season.

-One thing you can tell with Hood is his mind is racing a hundred miles a minute when he's at the free throw line. Same thing when he's in the open court on defense - although that might have had to do with guarding a Dukie legend in Redick and then Kobe. Both very fixable - he'll learn to relax with time.

-Loving Exum's learning arc. High praise from Doc means something. Just have to be patient.

-I've never been more excited about Trey after his performance in LA against The Clippers. I have wonder where he's been hiding that game

-It's so frustrating to watch Kanter sometimes.

I agree that Burks "and 1"s are also important.
If Hayward averages 18-22 ppg on 50% FG and 40+ 3% while having a 5 rpg and 5 apg then I am thrilled with him.
Exum, Gobert and Hood are learning fast.
Love Goberts attitude. I want the whole team to have it. Not just Gobert and Booker.

Thrilled with this team

 

[fishonjazz]

Really, outside of kanter there is nothing not to like from this team so far

Kanter will come around..... He is a slower learner and slower starter

 

[Stoked]

Really, outside of kanter there is nothing not to like from this team so far

Kanter will come around..... He is a slower learner and slower starter

Even if Kanter ends up as a good back up that isn't a bad thing. Good teams need quality back ups. This team is going to have a couple of guys that never develop past good backups.

I can accept that.

 

[Hantlers]

If Kanter ends up a backup, he won't stay here. Just my thoughts.

 

[stitches]

Stats thru 6 games:

Hayward has 14 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 4 apg, 3 spg, 55% FG, 58% 3s, 91% FTs in 27 mpg.

Favors has 14.4 ppg, 7 rpg, 1.4 apg, 1 bpg, 1 spg, 55% FG, 66% FT in 23.8 mpg

Kanter has 10 ppg, 7 rpg, 1 apg, 40% FG, 8% 3s, 66% FTs in 26 mpg.

Gobert has 7.6 ppg, 9.4 rpg, 1.4 bpg, 65% FG, 70% FTs in 20.6 mpg.

Hood has 8.5 ppg, 4 rpg, 1.5 apg, 56.5% FG, 45% 3s, 50% FTs in 24.75 mpg. (4 games)

Burks has 17.6 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 1.6 apg, 2 spg, 50% FGs, 68% FTs, 0% 3s (2 attempts) in 32 mpg (3 games)

Burke has 15 ppg, 3 rpg, 6 apg, 1 spg, 46% FGs, 50% 3s, 58.6% FTs in 29.6 mpg (5 games)

Exum has 7.6 ppg, 1.6 rpg, 3 apg, 41% FGs, 41% 3s, 84.6% FTs in 22.6 mpg.

Glaring things to me:

Kanter has made one 3 in 12 attempts.

The Jazz collectively need to work on their FT%. Terrible.

Jazz have 4 of the above guys shooting over 40% on threes.

Gobert is the leading rebounder despite having less time than anyone on this list.

Hayward is crazy right now. Averaging 14 ppg on 8 shot attempts per game. Look at thos %s...

What are your thoughts?

My thoughts:

-Gordon plays like a max-contract player! Very, very good so far! And it's not just the offensive numbers - I love how he's been defending as well. I'd love it if he can keep it up through the season.
-I love our rookies. Hood's shot is thing of beauty. He seems like such a smooth offensive player. He needs to learn defense. Exum's learning curve seems to be very steep and I am very optimistic about him. As long as he keeps providing us with flashes of the brilliance he's capable of producing I am OK with not even being concerned with his particular numbers this season. With that said. If he keeps the numbers like they are right now, that'd be a fantastic first season for one of the rookies that were most raw in this year's draft.
-Kanter's ability to shoot the 3 has been massively overstated. His shot seems awkward and hesitant from 3. This experiment might prove unsuccessful. Better to crash and burn(fail) now and concentrate on the things he can do well, than fail slowly throughout the season, when the games really matter. His defense has been abysmal.
-Booker is awesome energy guy, who provides toughness and grit for a young team that might not have it. If Kanter doesn't pick up the slack I can see him starting with Favors by all-star week.
-Gobert is a monster on the boards and in the paint! His level of play will demand playing time. If he keeps playing like that I can't see him playing less than 20 minutes a game. If Kanter doesn't pick up the slack I can see Booker and Gobert fighting for the starting spot. We need to experiment some more with two bigs who can't shoot to see if it even makes sense to try it in games that matter.
-I love Favors' progress. I think he's visibly better this year than last. He's improved his post moves, he's learned how to finish off the movement, he even dropped several 15-16 footers.
-Burks has shown off his individual slashing skills all pre-season long. The question is can we incorporate them into the system without breaking it. If yes, we might have a special player on our hands. I also want him to shoot some 3s. I know that his comfort place is driving to the rim, but if he doesn't develop 3 and midrange game, teams will learn how to guard him or how to limit his success around the rim(stacking the low post).
-Burke has been great. I don't know if it is Exum creating real urgency and competition for him, but he seems to have raised his level. I am still not certain he's elite level PG, but at least now he looks like an NBA starter. Good for him and good for the Jazz...
-Novak cannot defend ANYBODY! As bad as Kanter's defense is, I think Novak's is much worse. I can't see him spending much time on the floor at the 4 spot. I wonder if we can use him as a 3 when we get favorable matchups.