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Kesslers shoulder is the tank commander?
Where will the Jazz rank in defense this year?
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John Lucas the 3rd crawled up in that joint and is shadow boxing his tendons right now.
Had Kessler not gotten hurt I think we'd be in the 25-29 range. I think Nurk is a decent defensive player and having the majority of the minutes go between those two instead of Love/Flip minutes would carry us out of the gutter. But that's about all the optimism I have to share. I don't think we've seen much improvement from the other players on the roster and we haven't seen a coaching/scheme improvement either. The results are what they are.
HadAnEffectHere
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With Sarr healthy, the Jazz have opened a one point "lead" on the Wizards for worst DRtg in the NBA. As the Jazz lean more into tanking, this will probably get more extreme.
This is very sad.
Wizards countering by trying to trade for Trae
HadAnEffectHere
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The Jazz over the last month are roughly eight points worse than the #29 defense (the Lakers)
purplegreengold
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I went to the Jazz-Blazer game last night, and I can tell you without hesitation, the Jazz played the worst defense I have ever seen. They play tougher defense in the All-Star game. The Blazers were just spamming the Jazz with wide open 3's and one alley-oop after another. It was completely pathetic.
HadAnEffectHere
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While every player on the Jazz has bad defensive on/off numbers, it's pretty clear that the Jazz's collapse to one of the worst defensive teams of all time is driven mostly by the Kevin Love at center minutes.
www.basketball-reference.com
With Love off the court, the Jazz are allowing 120.4 points per 100 possessions, good for 27th best in the NBA.
With Love on the court, the Jazz are allowing 136.1 points per 100 possessions, easily the worst number in NBA history by a huge margin.
2025-26 Utah Jazz On/Off | Basketball-Reference.com
On/Off Team Statistics
www.basketball-reference.com
With Love off the court, the Jazz are allowing 120.4 points per 100 possessions, good for 27th best in the NBA.
With Love on the court, the Jazz are allowing 136.1 points per 100 possessions, easily the worst number in NBA history by a huge margin.
While every player on the Jazz has bad defensive on/off numbers, it's pretty clear that the Jazz's collapse to one of the worst defensive teams of all time is driven mostly by the Kevin Love at center minutes.
2025-26 Utah Jazz On/Off | Basketball-Reference.com
On/Off Team Statistics
With Love off the court, the Jazz are allowing 120.4 points per 100 possessions, good for 27th best in the NBA.
With Love on the court, the Jazz are allowing 136.1 points per 100 possessions, easily the worst number in NBA history by a huge margin.
Is Love a part of the problem? Yes. Is he mostly driving the problem? No.
Comparing small chunks of minutes to overall team minutes doesn't quite work that way.
HadAnEffectHere
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I'm not saying "Love is the only or driver" of the issue, I'm saying that the Jazz are getting absolutely annihilated in these minutes when Love is in the game (which can be paired with Collier, Brice, etc)