Wowww... I'm just reading the reactions to my initial post and feeling like I did a bad job reflecting my perceptions through my message. Anyway. Let me clarify my opinion in a better way, although certain ones here who just do not have the capability and capacity to look at from other perspectives not to bash and label others and who blindly defend some stupid hatreds and ideas, will not get it. Among all NBA team benches, The Jazz Bench;
- Ranks #26 in OFF. EFFICIENCY
https://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/teamstats/11/7/eff/1-1
- Ranks #27 in MINS PLAYED
https://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/teamstats/11/7/min/1-1
- Ranks #21 in FG PCT
https://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/teamstats/11/7/fgpct/1-1
- Ranks #10 in FAULS COMMITTED (might be #1 considering differences btw the amount of PT)
https://www.hoopsstats.com/basketball/fantasy/nba/teamstats/11/7/pf/1-1
Meanwhile, the Jazz starters are #4 in entire NBA in minutes played, and rank #7 in Efficiency (data provided from same adress). The Jazz bench is #10 overally, which is good IMO.
I tried to say the Jazz,so far this season, have not got reliable, consistent production from their bench and being shorthanded, undermanned has proved costly to them. The fact the missing player is Okur, who has been with the team before, has been an important piece of the puzzle just adds to that problem. The Jazz starters have had to play enormous mins and they have finished the games while many of the elite teams have had the chance to play 2-3 bench players in late game situations.