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Utah Jazz former player updates-How are our bro's doing?!

Ricky Rubio has 73 assists to 9 TOs over his last 7 games.

He's second in the league with 9.2 APG.

He's posting close to a ridiculous 5 AST/TO ratio.

He's on pace to become the first player ever to average over 12 PPG and 8 APG with less than 2 TOPG in a season.

He's +97 on the season (18 games played).

He's got a +7.7 net rating, highest among all starters outside the top-10 teams in the league (Jazz are led by Bojan at 4.2, Rudy at 3.8).

He's doing all of the above with Ayton suspended for 25 games since the season opener and with Baynes missing 9 games recently due to injury, on a Suns team featuring Frank Kaminsky, Dario Saric and Cheick Diallo at C (they're all PFs, and Kaminsky and Saric are missing a lot of bunnies around the rim, but they at least can catch a ball).

He's also doing so next to a ball-dominant guard like Devin Booker who still gets to average over 6 APG, while letting Ricky run the show and taking advantage of his leadership and understanding of the game, helping Book post an ultra-efficient 51-41-91 shooting line with close to 26 PPG.

Besides his excellent D and all-out effort, he's back to being an incredibly fun and impactful player on offense. Quin is an excellent coach, but it's just such a shame we never got to see the Jazz play around Rubio's strengths, instead relying on the same system that asked for such a different type of guard. The endless handoffs, hero ball in the 4QT and putting the rock in Ingles' hands could only take them so far.
 
Sugarless said:
Ricky Rubio has 73 assists to 9 TOs over his last 7 games.

He's second in the league with 9.2 APG.

He's posting close to a ridiculous 5 AST/TO ratio.

He's on pace to become the first player ever to average over 12 PPG and 8 APG with less than 2 TOPG in a season.

He's +97 on the season (18 games played).

He's got a +7.7 net rating, highest among all starters outside the top-10 teams in the league (Jazz are led by Bojan at 4.2, Rudy at 3.8).

He's doing all of the above with Ayton suspended for 25 games since the season opener and with Baynes missing 9 games recently due to injury, on a Suns team featuring Frank Kaminsky, Dario Saric and Cheick Diallo at C (they're all PFs, and Kaminsky and Saric are missing a lot of bunnies around the rim, but they at least can catch a ball).

He's also doing so next to a ball-dominant guard like Devin Booker who still gets to average over 6 APG, while letting Ricky run the show and taking advantage of his leadership and understanding of the game, helping Book post an ultra-efficient 51-41-91 shooting line with close to 26 PPG.

Besides his excellent D and all-out effort, he's back to being an incredibly fun and impactful player on offense. Quin is an excellent coach, but it's just such a shame we never got to see the Jazz play around Rubio's strengths, instead relying on the same system that asked for such a different type of guard. The endless handoffs, hero ball in the 4QT and putting the rock in Ingles' hands could only take them so far.
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A true PG that brought the energy, grit and cojones that this team lacks right now. I’m becoming very disenfranchised with the Jazz this season.
 
AB with 18 points (on 10 shots), 6 assists, and 8 rebounds in 30 minutes last night.

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Sugarless said:
Ricky Rubio has 73 assists to 9 TOs over his last 7 games.

He's second in the league with 9.2 APG.

He's posting close to a ridiculous 5 AST/TO ratio.

He's on pace to become the first player ever to average over 12 PPG and 8 APG with less than 2 TOPG in a season.

He's +97 on the season (18 games played).

He's got a +7.7 net rating, highest among all starters outside the top-10 teams in the league (Jazz are led by Bojan at 4.2, Rudy at 3.8).

He's doing all of the above with Ayton suspended for 25 games since the season opener and with Baynes missing 9 games recently due to injury, on a Suns team featuring Frank Kaminsky, Dario Saric and Cheick Diallo at C (they're all PFs, and Kaminsky and Saric are missing a lot of bunnies around the rim, but they at least can catch a ball).

He's also doing so next to a ball-dominant guard like Devin Booker who still gets to average over 6 APG, while letting Ricky run the show and taking advantage of his leadership and understanding of the game, helping Book post an ultra-efficient 51-41-91 shooting line with close to 26 PPG.

Besides his excellent D and all-out effort, he's back to being an incredibly fun and impactful player on offense. Quin is an excellent coach, but it's just such a shame we never got to see the Jazz play around Rubio's strengths, instead relying on the same system that asked for such a different type of guard. The endless handoffs, hero ball in the 4QT and putting the rock in Ingles' hands could only take them so far.
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Wow. This deserves its own thread. Happy for Ricky.
 
Games with 9+ assists and 1 or less turnovers:

Rubio 7
LeBron 4
then 7 guys with 2
and 23 guys with 1

Games with 11+ assists and 4+ steals:

Rubio 3
Rest of NBA 6

AST – TO ratio (MIN 10 games played and 23 minutes per game)

  1. Ricky Rubio 4.88
  2. Marcus Smart 3.64
    = Difference of 1.24
  3. Draymond Green 2.41
    = Difference of 1.23
Marcus Smart is closer to #31 then he is #1.

Ricky has only played in 17.5 games too.
 
Looks like Rubio and Burks have found a place where they both fit. Rubio is definitely in a system that tailors more to his skill set, and Burks may just have needed more actual playing time to find his groove. Unfortunately with us we were trying to win and couldn't afford to let him figure it out.

I'm happy for both of them. Great guys and teammates.
 
How is Jerebko doing? We need a PF and the guy is a PF. We have Niang taking a chunk of our PF minutes right now and I bet he is at least better than Niang
 
Looks like analytics are garbage. You fans were always tearing down Burks and Rubio. May the problem is the system that rewards and encourages lazy three point shooting over playing basketball. Look three point shooting isn't bad it just shouldn't be what our offense is based on. Look at how we are currently treating Mudiay and Exum. ... to be continued

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Mission Accomplished said:
Looks like analytics are garbage. You fans were always tearing down Burks and Rubio. May the problem is the system that rewards and encourages lazy three point shooting over playing basketball. Look three point shooting isn't bad it just shouldn't be what our offense is based on. Look at how we are currently treating Mudiay and Exum. ... to be continued

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There is nothing wrong with basing your offense on three point shooting. But there is everything wrong with basing your offer on three point shooting WITHOUT multiple elite shooters. Your opponents gonna want the likes of Crowder, Rubio, Jeff Green, Exum, Mudiay, Niang to shoot as many threes as they want because they knew that is not gonna hurt them in a 7 game playoff series. Maybe one or two games, but not seven.
 
jom2003 said:
There is nothing wrong with basing your offense on three point shooting.
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You are spot on with the rest of that post, but I wanted to address this line in particular. The NBA adjusts, so I wonder if it has or will reach a tipping point where the mid-range game is seen as more effective. With all the defenses geared towards taking away the 3-pt and giving away 2-pts that aren't dunks--there is probably a window of opportunity there. Some coach or GM will discover a way to exploit it.
 
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