Jazz Offensive Outlook: Is 15th ranked a possibility
The Utah Jazz face a challenging season, as highlighted by their final preseason game against Portland. David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider, explores the team’s offensive struggles and the potential for growth. With insights into players like Walker Kessler, Keyonte George, and Lauri Markkanen, Locke examines how the Jazz can improve their pace and efficiency. The episode also introduces “points gained,” an offensive metric system developed by Locke to predict team performance, revealing surprising insights about the Jazz’s potential.
Can the Jazz overcome their offensive hurdles? Locke analyzes the impact of player roles and possessions, questioning whether stars like Jordan Clarkson and Colin Sexton can elevate the team’s game. The discussion extends to other NBA teams, such as the Clippers and Rockets, with unexpected findings from Locke’s analysis. As the NBA season kicks off, this episode offers a deep dive into the strategies and challenges facing the Utah Jazz and their competitors.
0:00 Utah Jazz Preseason Struggles
6:11 Offensive Possession Challenges
14:21 Points Gained Analysis
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9 Comments
15th in the west? definitely possible.
15th? Has it really came down to this? I have much higher hopes for the Jazz.
Still feels weird talking about potential progress and improvement when progress and improvement takes away from what the actual goal is this year.
Signed up for a couple of NBA newsletters…. Thank you all….
They should low the tickets. Not gonna pay much if at all to watch a bunch of losers. Overpaid losers. Bad product should be boycotted.
I'm glad you talked about passing with Lauri. I think we've focused so much on his loose handle coming through the lane, but I agree that it seems to be more the fact that everyone knows he's going to keep it and they can collapse. He doesn't see passes ahead of time, and mostly passes to get out of a trap. If he can learn to see those plays before he's in trouble, I think he'll see fewer of those triple teams in the lane.
Points gained used to be called. PAAC. Shout out to the everydayers that remembered😎
Just accept the fact that the jazz will suck this year. 15th in the west, yes
Part of me wonders why they don’t let Lauri do what he does best instead of turning him into something he’s not. Side note… His arms seem a lot bigger and more muscular this year, but seems bothered more than ever by physical defense and loses the ball. Wonder if hand strength and hand flexibility might be more important than bulk muscle. Could be that more bulky arms slow down your arm/hand speed.