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Why the Jazz were so bad defensively?

Why the Jazz were so bad defensively last two years? (up to two options)

  • Ainge prefers drafting/signing offensively gifted players without regard for their defense

    Votes: 5 17.9%

  • The Jazz deliberately made their defense to be bad to lose more games

    Votes: 7 25.0%

  • Hardy is simply a very bad defensive coach

    Votes: 1 3.6%

  • The Jazz want young players to work on offense first: their defense can improve later

    Votes: 2 7.1%

  • Players did not care to play defense on a tanking team

    Votes: 9 32.1%

  • The team is poorly constructed because most players are not meant to be here long-term

    Votes: 7 25.0%

  • It's just a coincidence: no good defensive players were available in recent drafts and trades

    Votes: 3 10.7%

  • Other (please explain)

    Votes: 6 21.4%
  • Total voters
    28
HermanG said:
Just stick your data points where ever and do actual analysis for once.
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I don't think I did any analysis at all. I simply asked the question and gave several options to facilitate the discussion. Several posters reiterated that it is mostly due to tanking and playing young players and I pointed out that the defense was bad even when the Jazz were not tanking and were playing more vets. It was actually you who went deeper and laid out other explanations and I appreciate that. Step-Back Lauri also had good points.

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If the topic is “we played too many young guys”, than showing that we actually played a lot of vets seems relevant to me. Young players are usually bad at defense and a lot of our young players are extra bad at defense. Some of the vets we played in 23/24 were also amongst the worst defenders in the league.
 
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