Game Thread Jan 18, 2024 07:00PM MT: Jazz vs. Thunder

[fishonjazz]

You have 100 fouls to give? And keep in mind you can only use it in the time period where you are on the penalty and before the 2 minute point of every quarter.

This is a Jazz Twitter type of conversation. .

Kessler also has to be on the court to use it which is another factor in addition to having to be in the penalty and not less than 2 minutes left in the quarter.
Kessler only plays like 20 minutes per game.
There simply aren't/haven't been many opportunities for a team to use this strategy. When there has been the opportunity to use the strategy it's been used a total of one time over a year and a half.

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Gobert too
48% rookie year.
Had a year in the mid 50's at well iirc

Most years he is mid 60's though. Hopefully Kessler can just improve that much

Kessler has never cracked 60 either in college or the pros. That's incredible.

 

[fishonjazz]

Didnt improve enough.

This is a joke post right? Mailman led the nba in free throw attempts many many years and went to the finals twice and shot like 80% from the line.

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[fishonjazz]

Kessler has never cracked 60 either in college or the pros. That's incredible.

Ya he sucks at shooting free throws. I feel like everyone is in agreement.


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Kessler also has to be on the court to use it which is another factor in addition to having to be in the penalty and not less than 2 minutes left in the quarter.
Kessler only plays like 20 minutes per game.
There simply aren't/haven't been many opportunities for a team to use this strategy. When there has been the opportunity to use the strategy it's been used a total of one time over a year and a half.

The better we get and the more important games we play, the more it will be used.

 

[MTS]

This is a joke post right? Mailman led the nba in free throw attempts many many years and went to the finals twice and shot like 80% from the line.

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I think he was referring to Game 1 of the 97 Finals

 

[fishonjazz]

The better we get and the more important games we play, the more it will be used.

Ya I would think so. But again it can only be used in very specific parts of certain games. Some quarters a team won't hit the penalty. Some quarters they won't until less than 2 minutes left. Some quarters Kessler won't be in the game when the opponent hits the penalty.

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[Fosto]

You have 100 fouls to give? And keep in mind you can only use it in the time period where you are on the penalty and before the 2 minute point of every quarter.

This is a Jazz Twitter type of conversation. .

Right, you'd use it strategically. What matters is that it gives the opponent an advantage, and small advantages add up over time.

Take the difference between an elite rim protector and an average one. If your opponent makes 48% of their shots against you at the rim, that's elite rim protection. If they make 58%, that's average. What does that 10% difference translate to in real games? Let's say an opponent takes 10 shots against said defender in a game. That's only a 2 point difference between an average and an elite rim protector. Is rim protection useless then? No. Every advantage matters.

 

[fishonjazz]

Right, you'd use it strategically. What matters is that it gives the opponent an advantage, and small advantages add up over time.

Take the difference between an elite rim protector and an average one. If your opponent makes 48% of their shots against you at the rim, that's elite rim protection. If they make 58%, that's average. What does that 10% difference translate to in real games? Let's say an opponent takes 10 shots against said defender in a game. That's only a 2 point difference between an average and an elite rim protector. Is rim protection useless then? No. Every advantage matters.

And some games it won't be an advantage at all or even factor into to the game as the opponent won't be in the penalty or they will be in the penalty during a time that they can't employ the strategy.
This is all stuff that Hardy is probably aware of and will make adjustments for if needed. But I will repeat, in around 120 games this strategy has been employed exactly once.
Also the context of this being discussed right now is a poster acting like it was the biggest reason we lost the game last night which is extremely silly.

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[Fosto]

And some games it won't be an advantage at all or even factor into to the game as the opponent won't be in the penalty or they will be in the penalty during a time that they can't employ the strategy.
This is all stuff that Hardy is probably aware of and will make adjustments for if needed. But I will repeat, in around 120 games this strategy has been employed exactly once.
Also the context of this being discussed right now is a poster acting like it was the biggest reason we lost the game last night which is extremely silly.

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Cy is a known Kessler hater, while TU is just a general hater lol. Can't take em too seriously.

But yeah, obviously Kessler was great last night. Which is why he was the one playing in closing minutes. He just needs to bump his FT% another 10%.

 

[Fosto]

P.S. Dissing Keyonte doesn't make me a hater cause he sucks.

 

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Cy is a known Kessler hater, while TU is just a general hater lol. Can't take em too seriously.

But yeah, obviously Kessler was great last night. Which is why he was the one playing in closing minutes. He just needs to bump his FT% another 10%.

If it was easy to "bump" your FT% another 10, he'd have done it a long time ago. It takes a ton of work and perseverance.

I'm just not sure if Kessler has that type of drive. He sometimes seems like he's just happy to be here.