The 47% is Fantastic! The three attempts per game isn't though. (he makes 1.5 threes per game. If i were defending the jazz I wouldn't worry all that much that KO is going to kill us with his 4.5 points per game he gets from the 3 point line)
And his perimeter defense is not good.
He is also a starting 7 foot center who averages 4.8 rebounds per game. Also averages too many turnovers and way too many fouls. His 3 assists per game is pretty good and his scoring is ok but he has so many HUGE team killing deficiencies.
Well he definitely needs to take more threes, that much is a given. I disagree about the team killing deficiencies however. I mean he is a stretch five after all so his rebounding opportunities are going to be limited. Actually he’s a lot more than just a stretch five as he does a lot of playmaking. He’s a bit of a unicorn in that way. Replacing him directly with Kessler who is more of a traditional five as a starter would entail that we completely overhaul our offense and finding a stretch five that does everything that Olynyk does would be nearly impossible and totally impossible in his price range. Lets compare him to two other seven foot stretch players for comparison, Porzingis and KAT (both much higher paid):
Criteria used was this season only.
Per 36 minutes: Olynyk beats Porzingis in FG%, 2pt FG% and 3pt FG%, 554 to 459, 607 to 522 and 471 to 355. And also in FT% at 806 to 794 - so he beats him in every shooting category. Porzingis beats Olynyk in rebounding, blocks and turnovers, 9.5 to 6.2, 1.7 to .8 and 2.1 to 2.8. Olynyk beats Porzingis in assists and steals, 4.0 to 2.9 and 1.6 to .8. Olynyk commits more fouls 5.3 to 3.8. Porzingis has a higher scoring average 22.9 ppg to 16.3 ppg.
Per 36 minutes: Olynyk beats KAT in FG% and 3 pt FG%, 554 to 508 and 471 to 328. KAT beats Olynyk in 2pt FG% and FT% at 624 to 607 and 898 to 806. KAT beats Olynyk in rebounding and assists, 8.9 to 6.2 and 5.6 to 4.0. Olynyk beats KAT in steals, blocks and turnovers, 1.6 to .8, .8 to .7 and 2.8 TOV to 3.2. Olynyk commits more fouls, 5.3 to 4.1. KAT has a higher scoring average, 22.4 ppg to 16.3
Seems like he stacks up pretty well as a starting stretch seven footer to me.