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Walker Kessler Hype & Appreciation Thread

Last night in Kesslers first start in a long time he was over his season average in field goal percentage field goal attempts, free throw percentage, free thow attempts, assists, steals, and blocks. He was also under his season averages in turnovers and fouls.

4-6 from the field, 2-2 from the line, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, zero turnovers, 1 foul in 27 minutes. 3rd on the team in plus/minus (behind George and Dunn)

Not bad.
 
fishonjazz said:
Last night in Kesslers first start in a long time he was over his season average in field goal percentage field goal attempts, free throw percentage, free thow attempts, assists, steals, and blocks. He was also under his season averages in turnovers and fouls.

4-6 from the field, 2-2 from the line, 10 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, zero turnovers, 1 foul in 27 minutes. 3rd on the team in plus/minus (behind George and Dunn)

Not bad.
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Also, last 8 games he's 10/12 from the line. Obviously you'd want more FTs than that, but I feel like they have looked significantly better this period. Short period, of course, but promising never the less.
 
hgb said:
Also, last 8 games he's 10/12 from the line. Obviously you'd want more FTs than that, but I feel like they have looked significantly better this period. Short period, of course, but promising never the less.
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Very promising. By far the thing he needed to improve the most.
Really encouraging

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Last night Kessler passed brook lopez in blocks per game. He is now 2nd in the nba.
 
Just pulled up some Jazz advanced stats and Im not exactly sure how these are calculated but it has kessler second on the team in offensive rating behind Lauri (KO was actually second and Kessler third but KO is gone) and first on the team in defensive rating.

Kessler also first on the team in true shooting% and EFG% (markannen is second in both categories), and second in rebound % (yurtseven is first). He is obviously #1 in block %. Not bad

Oh and in case anyone didn't know, Kessler also has really low usage.

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fishonjazz said:
Just pulled up some Jazz advanced stats and Im not exactly sure how these are calculated but it has kessler second on the team in offensive rating behind Lauri (KO was actually second and Kessler third but KO is gone)
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You can't use ORTG without looking at USG% as well. Usage has a huge effect on offensive efficiency.

With Ochai gone, Walker now has the lowest usage % on the team (13.1). He's a non-dribbling, non-shooting traditional big who only scores on open dunks and layups at the rim. It would be an absolute disaster if his ORTG wasn't near the top.

Even Kelly had a very low usage % (15.5) but that's mostly because he was a facilitator and ball mover, two things that the USG stat doesn't consider at all.

Lauri plays with 24.8% usage, which definitely isn't sky high, but when you take into account his difficult shot profile and tendency to play far from the basket, his high ORTG tells you he's an elite offensive player in this league and miles ahead of Kessler.
 
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Tremendous Upside said:
You can't use ORTG without looking at USG% as well. Usage has a huge effect on offensive efficiency.

With Ochai gone, Walker now has the lowest usage % on the team (13.1). He's a non-dribbling, non-shooting traditional big who only scores on open dunks and layups at the rim. It would be an absolute disaster if his ORTG wasn't near the top.

Even Kelly had a very low usage % (15.5) but that's mostly because he was a facilitator and ball mover, two things that the USG stat doesn't reward at all.

Lauri plays with 24.8% usage, which definitely isn't sky high, but when you take into account his difficult shot profile and tendency to play far from the basket, his high ORTG tells you he's an elite offensive player in this league and miles ahead of Kessler.
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I actually can.

But it's fine, just for you I will edit my post.
 
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fishonjazz said:
Don't worry TU, I've got you covered

That's only because kessler has been coming off the bench most of the season and playing against backups and that stat/chart doesn't take into account how horrible Kessler is at defending the perimeter and at close outs.

JK, great find megadoo

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Who said he's not a great rim protector? Literally nobody.

Let's cool it with these strawmen
 
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