THT Shooting Woes Continue

[Tremendous Upside]

Fun THT Stat of the Day:

Did you know that he's 42nd in the entire NBA in touches? Nobody else on the Jazz is even close. Here's a selection of little-known players who are also lower down on the list:

Pascal Siakam
Malcolm Brogdon
Zach LaVine
Marcus Smart
Paul George
Zion Williamson
Paolo Banchero
Anfernee Simons
Draymond Green
Keldon Johnson
DeMar DeRozan
Kawhi Leonard
Jerami Grant
Jimmy Butler
Kyle Kuzma
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jordan Poole
Eric Gordon
Malik Monk
Jaylen Brown
Jrue Holiday
Immanuel Quickley

You get the point.

I decided to ruin my weekend by also looking at how the Jazz players receiving rotation minutes fare at a bunch of stats related to touches. Time of Possession, Average Seconds Per Touch, Average Dribbles Per Touch... you guessed it, THT is always right at the top. But there's one exception: Points Per Touch.

He's dead last.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Fun THT Stat of the Day:

Did you know that he's 42nd in the entire NBA in touches? Nobody else on the Jazz is even close. Here's a selection of little-known players who are also lower down on the list:

Pascal Siakam
Malcolm Brogdon
Zach LaVine
Marcus Smart
Paul George
Zion Williamson
Paolo Banchero
Anfernee Simons
Draymond Green
Keldon Johnson
DeMar DeRozan
Kawhi Leonard
Jerami Grant
Jimmy Butler
Kyle Kuzma
Karl-Anthony Towns
Jordan Poole
Eric Gordon
Malik Monk
Jaylen Brown
Jrue Holiday
Immanuel Quickley

You get the point.

I decided to ruin my weekend by also looking at how the Jazz players receiving rotation minutes fare at a bunch of stats related to touches. Time of Possession, Average Seconds Per Touch, Average Dribbles Per Touch... you guessed it, THT is always right at the top. But there's one exception: Points Per Touch.

He's dead last.

That's so crazy. The PG touches the ball the most? Wow. You're really doing the important work here.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

That's so crazy. The PG touches the ball the most? Wow. You're really doing the important work here.

That's not the point. THT "gets" a lot more touches (and holds the ball more) than many actual, productive stars who are the offensive centerpoints of their teams. And there's tons of guys getting less touches who are either true point guards or have practical playmaking roles on their teams, regardless of position.

And even if we ignore that argument – the idea that it's only natural for Talen Horton-Tucker to be in constant control of the ball on this team is insane. He's not a good point guard AND our offense should be based on ball movement anyway, not 1-on-1 dribbling.

 

[Elizah Huge]

THT’s TS% dropped to 45.7% on the year after his 6/20 game a few days ago.

He’s now shooting 38.8% from the field and 32.1% from 3 on 11.4 FGA per game.

He’s taking the 3rd most shots on the team. That is not a winning formula.

 

[JohnnyClutch]

TANK COMMANDER!

 

[Bawse Dawg]

Seriously though, when you consider both Clarkson's and THT's offensive efficiency, the Jazz might have the worst starting backcourt in the league. We're probably right there with Portland and Memphis.

I think it's the worst with a bullet, are we accounting for injuries and suspensions? Jazz have all their guys right now.

Bane counts as backcourt right? 10x better than any guard the Jazz have, and Ja suspended.

Portland has Scoot, Sharpe, and Simons, Jazz don't have anyone near as interesting as any of those three.

Are there better candidates than those two teams? Wizards? Spurs? I think every single team had a backcourt player who we would take over our rotation, probably two.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think it's the worst with a bullet, are we accounting for injuries and suspensions? Jazz have all their guys right now.

Bane counts as backcourt right? 10x better than any guard the Jazz have, and Ja suspended.

Portland has Scoot, Sharpe, and Simons, Jazz don't have anyone near as interesting as any of those three.

Are there better candidates than those two teams? Wizards? Spurs? I think every single team had a backcourt player who we would take over our rotation, probably two.

Keyonte has as much potential as Bane and Simons. He's just young and needs a couple years.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

i wouldn't call them shooting woes. he just can't shoot. it would be like saying shaq's ft shooting woes continue. at a certain point, they aren't "woes" anymore. he just is who he is.

 

[Elizah Huge]

A quote from THT from a recent article from Andy Larsen.

I have to say this does not instill any extra confidence in THT for me. Sounds like someone who has no clue what is going on. If there are no shots he truly believes he should take out of his game then I don’t know what to say.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

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A quote from THT from a recent article from Andy Larsen.

I have to say this does not instill any extra confidence in THT for me. Sounds like someone who has no clue what is going on. If there are no shots he truly believes he should take out of his game then I don’t know what to say.

He's 22 playing starting PG for the first time in his career on a poorly constructed team.

 

[Rubashov]

Nobody is trying to imitate THT. Dude couldn’t hit a wide open 3 to save his life.

Anyone who is pulling stats after this few games needs to get a cranial exam.

THT can't shoot, tho.

THT Flat out ****ing sucks. If he fell out of a boat he wouldn't hit water. Guy can't shoot, never has been able to shoot, he's a scrub.

 

[Conl3y2Rudy]

I wish THT had a bit more Draymond Green in him. He has the body, size, strength to be an antagonize. The added gamesmanship might make keeping him worth it.