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fgcamel said:
Hayward just turned it over a little too often in the clutch. Having more ball handlers will hopefully help in that regard.
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He isn't a guy you throw it to and say go get a bucket in isolation. Hood is, but isn't going to use a ton of possessions that way. I was always a little perplexed when we would force feed hayward down the stretch when Hood seemed to be much better at creating his own shot.

Hayward is good in the clutch and had a few too many turnovers trying to do stuff he's not great at. With Hood, Hill, and even Joe Johnson we won't have to force feed Hayward and have him isolate.

I think we swing the ball and look for the mismatches this year and create from there. It might actually be an advantage to not have a guy like Kobe where you know he's shooting that shot every time. Move it around and keep defenses guessing so they can't load up on you.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He isn't a guy you throw it to and say go get a bucket in isolation. Hood is, but isn't going to use a ton of possessions that way. I was always a little perplexed when we would force feed hayward down the stretch when Hood seemed to be much better at creating his own shot.

Hayward is good in the clutch and had a few too many turnovers trying to do stuff he's not great at. With Hood, Hill, and even Joe Johnson we won't have to force feed Hayward and have him isolate.

I think we swing the ball and look for the mismatches this year and create from there. It might actually be an advantage to not have a guy like Kobe where you know he's shooting that shot every time. Move it around and keep defenses guessing so they can't load up on you.
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Yea, good call. I think this all falls into the same category of tactics when closing out games. It was something Quin didn't seem to do manage too well last year, excited to see him grow with the rest of the guys.
 
I'm a fan of Simmons. I think he's entertaining, it's like a die-hard sports fan being able to have a platform to just talk about any idea or opinion they have.

But, I can guarantee he would be all about this Jazz squad if they were wearing Celtic green.
 
MDAV28 said:
I'm a fan of Simmons. I think he's entertaining, it's like a die-hard sports fan being able to have a platform to just talk about any idea or opinion they have.

But, I can guarantee he would be all about this Jazz squad if they were wearing Celtic green.
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He'll make a good homer replacement for Tom Heinsohn when he retires.
 
MDAV28 said:
I'm a fan of Simmons. I think he's entertaining, it's like a die-hard sports fan being able to have a platform to just talk about any idea or opinion they have.

But, I can guarantee he would be all about this Jazz squad if they were wearing Celtic green.
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So true. I don't mind him, but he's such a Masshole. It's pretty annoying. Sick of his blatant bias to Boston teams. I prefer sports analysts (or whatever he is) who at least seem to be neutral. He doesn't even try.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
He isn't a guy you throw it to and say go get a bucket in isolation. Hood is, but isn't going to use a ton of possessions that way. I was always a little perplexed when we would force feed hayward down the stretch when Hood seemed to be much better at creating his own shot.

Hayward is good in the clutch and had a few too many turnovers trying to do stuff he's not great at. With Hood, Hill, and even Joe Johnson we won't have to force feed Hayward and have him isolate.

I think we swing the ball and look for the mismatches this year and create from there. It might actually be an advantage to not have a guy like Kobe where you know he's shooting that shot every time. Move it around and keep defenses guessing so they can't load up on you.
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I was more surprised when we ran pick and rolls with Hayward in the clutch. In Iso situations Hayward did very well. In pick and rolls he got double teamed and trapped. Even when he passed out of it the team struggled to get a good shot off. I would much rather Hayward run Iso's than Hood. Hayward was better at it.

I actually just looked at some stats that are interesting. Clutch time stats show that Hayward and Hood played 4.6 and 4.8 respectively. However Hood shot more in clutch situations at 2.2 to Haywards 1.9 per game. Hood shot 40% and Hayward shot 43%. 0.9 of Hoods shots in that situation were 3s that he shot at a .24 percent rate. Hayward got to the line a little more than twice as much and shot a better FT percentage in the clutch. Our team went 14 out of 28 in these games that were within 5 points in the final 2 mins. Hayward did turn the ball over 0.5 times to Hoods 0.2 per game. Hayward had a slightly better assist rate and a higher usage rate.

Jazz offense was decent in the clutch. We struggled defensively. We lets teams shoot an eFG% of 53.6 (49.5 the rest of the game) which is the second worse in the league. We shot an eFG% of 46.5 which was 11th best in the league. But that gap is too big. Our defensive rating went from 101.6 throughout the game to 121.3 in the clutch. We also shot the 4th worst from the FT line in clutch situations as a team. That hurts quite a bit. We scored the third most amount of points per game (even with one of the slower pace's in the league even in the clutch) in these situations even though we were at the bottom of the league the rest of the game with points per game. Jazz also let teams get to the FT line in the clutch more than any other team in the league, although the 2 min report can conclude that is not all our fault the refs were not on our side. We also gave up the 4th most amount of offensive boards in the clutch to opponents.
 
Tom Pitt said:
Also, I think I heard a stat not too long ago from Locke That Hayward has the 4th highest FG % of any player in the league over the past two years in a game that's is within 5 with 2 minutes left. Something like that. If that's even remotely close, I'm sure Simmons has not idea.
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I don't think that is really the case. According to 82games.com, in games 4th quarters or overtime, with less than 5 minutes left, with neither team ahead by more than 5 points, Hayward shot .430 last season. The season before he shot .373 in the same circunstances.

But let's take what I think is a smarter look at it: last season, when Hayward's clutch shooting was .430, he produced 26.5 points with 18.7 per 48 minutes in these situations, which is good and solid and, perhaps more important, a level of usage that is not much different than the usual for him. The season before, when his clutch shooting was .373, he produced 39.0 points with 24.7 shots per 48 minutes in the same circunstances. From that I think we can conclude that if Hayward is asked to do much more than he usually does, if he is asked to take over the game, his efficience suffers.

https://www.82games.com/1516/CSORT11.HTM
https://www.82games.com/1415/CSORT11.HTM
 
framer said:
Yeah, Celtics currently have a ceiling of Memphis. Good enough to eventually contend for a top 4 seed, eventually. . .
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lol and you think the Jazz ceiling is high because of why exactly? No stars to take over the game when you need and the Memphis Front court was vastly superior to the Jazz.
both Memphis front court players made multiple all star games. Jazz front court a combined ZERO all star games.
Just sayin
 
ncoloradojazz said:
lol and you think the Jazz ceiling is high because of why exactly? No stars to take over the game when you need and the Memphis Front court was vastly superior to the Jazz.
both Memphis front court players made multiple all star games. Jazz front court a combined ZERO all star games.
Just sayin
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Hello mouthbreather,

Maybe I missed it but which team is it again that you are a fan of?
 
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