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Your bold prediction for the season (2016-2017)

Jazz SHOULD be trying to run the opposing starters off the court. Utah now has a bench that should be + against other subs. Guess I'm drinking the Kool-aid but I'm really looking forward to seeing Exum, Burks, Johnson, Diaw and Lyles (if that's the 2nd unit) go against their counterparts. Or swap out for Hood. Hill, etc. Point is, Jazz are stronger 1-10 than most any other team. So force opponents to sub often by playing up-tempo.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Mack was the starting PG who played with the Utah Jazz.

George Hill will be the new starting PG.

The most shots George Hill has ever shot per game is 12.4, and that was the year Paul George was injured.

Shelvin Mack shots 11 shots per game while starting for the Jazz.

I do not think the addition of George Hill will take away any shots from Hayward, or at least not anymore than Mack did. If anything I think it will create more shots for Hayward.

I'm not talking about usage, I'm talking about shots taken per game.
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By looking at PG only, I think you are missing the bigger picture.

Still not sure why you are focused only on PG, there is only one ball on the court to distribute to all 5 players, not 2. Lyles will take more shots than Booker, Hood will take more shots than last year. Burks is high volume shooter added back to the mix. And Neto/Jingles are very low volume shooters who will be playing less.

You may think it absurd that his shots/game goes down. I'd say the only way it goes up is with pace, not because he is taking a higher percentage of the team's shots, as you have argued.
 
Dr. Jones said:
Agree with all yall.

He's going to play way smarter and more under control while picking his spots better than ever. More efficient, but not more volume.
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This. There were times when Hayward was forcing up shots because they did not have offensively skilled players around him. This year, not so much. His efficiency will improve, usage will drop.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Common sense tells us to compare the situation of adding a legitimate 2nd scorer/playmker (who is a HOF level player) to a team who only had 1 high level scorer, to the situation of the Gordon Hayward and the Jazz adding the 10th-15th best starting PG in the league.
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Yeah, you are missing the point, but whatev.
 
colton said:
Bold prediction: Jazz end up top 5 in the NBA in 3 pt shots taken, 3 pt shots made, and 3 pt percentage.
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I love this one. And think that, though it is bold, it is a possibility...... Then I remember that there is a team that has the two best three point shooters in the league on it and durant to boot. ****ing warriors.

Oh well, I would be ok with second best three point shooting team in the league.
 
Here's my not so bold prediction for the season:

Neto or Mack is gone by the trade deadline. I can almost guarantee it! There aren't enough minutes for 4 points and the quality at the top is good enough to push 2 backup points to 3rd string and 4th string.

My BOLD prediction:

We package Alec Burks and one or perhaps two of our draft picks to move up high in the 2017 draft.
 
Common sense also tells us Utah got rid of one of the biggest chuckers in Trey Burke. Sure, he didn't play much after the Mack trade, but before that he was getting minutes and launching up shots. Just distribute all those attempts to others and Hayward can maintain the same number per minute as he did before - or increase a bit. My guess is his scoring avg stays about the same - better efficiency, but not as many mins/per game.
 
BabyPeterzz said:
Favors adds the corner 3 this season.


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This is my dream and what I think perhaps should be the biggest individual skill focus this offseason. His inability to hit the 3 and stretch the floor in this era limits us, somewhat severely actually, and if he can shoot it around 1.5-2x a game at a 33% clip, it would be huge.
 
Favors will look good, but we will wonder why he never dominates.

Rudy will play like an all-star at times and be unplayable at other times.

The team will mumble about playing time.

Alec Burks will get injured.
 
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