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A decent, albeit imperfect metric to compensate for the effect of unbalanced schedules in the early going: Spurs 9-2 Grizz 4-1 Nuggets 4-1 Thunder 6-2 Jazz 3-1 Warriors 5-3 Clippers 4-3 Wolves 4-3 Blazers 4-3 Rockets 2-3 Mavericks 2-3 Suns 2-3 Lakers 2-5 Pelicans 2-7 Kings 0-6

Tell me more about these solid bench players the Lakers have drafted.

I think you're looking at points per shot. That's not the same thing as points per possession, which is the better measure of defensive efficiency.

Just curious. Where are you getting 6th? ESPN Hollinger stats have us at 10th with a DEFF of 100.0.

Jesus Christ, shut the **** up. You sound so angry and dumb. The Jazz made a nice comeback and won tonight w/o their starting PG for most of the game. Don't you get tired of wallowing in negativity on the internet? You're never funny. You never provide any original insight. Your rants rarely...

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Should Corbin be playing Burks/Evans more at the expense of Marvin/Foye? John Hollinger (12:51 PM) Evans shouldn't be playing. Burks should be, but Foye's floor-spacing is really helping them right now. The DeMarre Carroll thing is the part I don't get; they could be slotting Burks those...

in 2011-12.

No way! I learned on JF just last week that giving up our best player, who averaged 19 & 9 last season, for this same average at best PG would be a "steal" from the Jazz's perspective.

You know simple rating also accounts for the production of the guy Al's guarding, right? I enjoyed your implication that all the Jazz's other stars are carrying Jefferson to an undeservedly high rating. Obviously, Jefferson has nothing to do with his "five-man unit scoring a lot." The...

Letting a perimeter player fly by to score doesn't hurt one's +/-. Got it. Thanks for the clarification.

Of course, simple rating does account for defense, and Al still rates as the best player on last year's team by that metric. And I love how Hibbert's 12-8-2 is offered as evidence that he's better than Al (19-9.6-1.7).

Jefferson=highest PER on team, best simple rating on team. But let's trade him for a below average point guard b/c he's a "ballstopper." Then the Jazz can play real "team ball," whipping crisp passes around the perimeter, leading to contested 19 footers.

Why is the whole board obsessed with trading the Jazz's best player for below average role players?

If Lakers pull this out, that would seem to make it more likely SA will sit starters vs. GS.

You seem to be confusing two teams. The '07 team that played vs. Houston had Fisher at the 2 with Giricek off the bench. No Korver. That was Millsap's rookie year. The '08 team, whose lineup you laid out above, would absolutely destroy the current iteration of the Jazz.

Don't necessarily think he'll come out this year, but what about Trey Burke of Michigan? I like his game.

I lean Monroe.

The 3pt% against is likely somewhat of a fluke that will regress back to the mean. Even with the low FG% allowed, the Jazz's propensity for fouling & difficulty rebounding have made them only the 10th best defensive team in the NBA. That's a bit better than last year but not much.

Bigger question might be: Can we do this when they have Bynum?