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The 3 point % thread made me want to look up our other teams stats. The following is what I found.

30th in field goal attempts
10th in field goal percentage
29th in rebounding
28th in offensive rebounding
21st in defensive rebounding
26th in assists per game
25th in steals per game
22nd in free throw percentage
17th in free throw attempts
17th in 3 pointers attempted
11th in fg% allowed
1st in opponent's field goals attempted per game
2nd in 3 point percentage
8th in blocks


I know we're 5-3 and we've had some injuries but these are some pretty God awful and perhaps alarming stats. The sky isn't falling but these should be recognized, perhaps rebounding most of all, since Quin and the staff stressed it (specifically at the end of games I guess) this off-season. The sample size is relatively small but I thought people would want to see these.
 
We are 14th in rebounding rate though which is a better indicator and with Favors beginning to play more and Hayward back, I would think this would improve.
 
Where do we rank in possesions? A slow pace equates for less possesions and for less rebounds/assists/attempts etc.
 
Besides free-throw percentage, all of your bolded stats are an expression of pace. We're still a grind-it-out team. Your second post adjusts for this in one category (rebounding). The other categories need adjustment as well.
 
sahlensguy said:
Where do we rank in possesions? A slow pace equates for less possesions and for less rebounds/assists/attempts etc.
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30th. By far.

27th-Orlando-96.9 possessions per game
28th-San Antonio-96.6
29th-Toronto-96.4
30th-Utah-94.2
 
My least favorite stats are free-throw percentage, assist ratio, and rebound percentage. I hope those climb. I'd also expect our pace to increase as we get healthy and more integrated (hopefully); but we'll still be a slow team.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
The 3 point % thread made me want to look up our other teams stats. The following is what I found.

30th in field goal attempts

28th in offensive rebounding
21st in defensive rebounding

1st in opponent's field goals attempted per game

I know we're 5-3 and we've had some injuries but these are some pretty God awful and perhaps alarming stats.
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Cunning, we're getting less attempts to rebound since both we and our opponents are taking less shots than anyone in the league.
 
Cunning Linguist said:
We are 14th in rebounding rate though which is a better indicator and with Favors beginning to play more and Hayward back, I would think this would improve.
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The rebound numbers are affected by the slow pace and grind out games Utah plays. Not very reliable on their own.

The stats to look at (IMO) are FG%, rebounding rate, assists, TOs, FT% and the same for opponents.

Clear work to do on assists and FTs.
 
NAOS said:
My least favorite stats are free-throw percentage, assist ratio, and rebound percentage. I hope those climb. I'd also expect our pace to increase as we get healthy and more integrated (hopefully); but we'll still be a slow team.
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Our pace is like the neutral zone trap in the NHL in the mid 90's. It slows the game down, which did win the Devil's the Stanley Cup, btw. Plus like in the NFL, the fewer plays there are in a game, the fewer chances your stars will go out with a concussion or other injury. So with Rudy signing his $100 mil extension, we better get used to it.
 
Actually our offensive stats look to be top 3rd of the league in most areas when adjusted for pace. With Hayward, Hill, and Favors back and healthy, those numbers are only going to go up.
 
sahlensguy said:
Our pace is like the neutral zone trap in the NHL in the mid 90's. It slows the game down, which did win the Devil's the Stanley Cup, btw. Plus like in the NFL, the fewer plays there are in a game, the fewer chances your stars will go out with a concussion or other injury. So with Rudy signing his $100 mil extension, we better get used to it.
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When you play tough, positional D and limit shots, things are going to slow down. Most teams are going to go deeper into the shot clock rather than just jack up garbage. If you play gambling, pressing D, you can increase the pace, but that isn't how we are built.
 
So, what you're saying is that the Jazz:

1. Look the best they have since 2010 or earlier
2. Have a 5 - 3 record which is the best start in years
3. Have learned how to close games even against the Spurs on the road
4. Have fewer close games because we are not letting teams back in games

And in spite of all of that, there is serious room for improvement on rebounding, assists, and more!

I think we should all feel a little like this guy (I give it a PG13 rating for those sensitive types so maybe don't open this in front of your kids... but it's worth a giggle):

https://cdn1-www.craveonline.com/as.../2014/07/man_file_1053329_z-cactapus-dick.jpg
 
For some reason there's a misconception that slower pace automatically = bad.

It can be bad if it means we aren't taking advantage of fast break opportunities or if we consistently have trouble finding good shots within the shot clock, but it can also be a great thing if it means we're limiting our opponents in the exact same way.
 
More Bolomboy. Less Mack.

The rebounding combo of Lyles and Diaw can be problematic, especially with a lot of our 3s being more wings than mini 4s, and even with Hayward and Johnson playing some 4. That leaves all the glass burden to Favors and Gobert. Bolomboy is an elite rebounder and I believe that translates.
 
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