"You Gotta Love It Baby" Official Jazz thread

[MarkGrace]

G-Time gets NBA.com's block of the night.

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Now if I could just find a clip of that filthy behind the back move he made that only a white kid from Indiana could pull off.

[MarkGrace]

Apparently G-Time overtook Jefferson last night as the team leader in points per minute.

[smokymountainrain]

G-Time gets NBA.com's block of the night.

That really was a great block.

[MarkGrace]

That really was a great block.

Did you see his behind the back move? Sick! I need to find a video of the damn thing.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

Did you see his behind the back move? Sick! I need to find a video of the @#!*% thing.

Go to 1:50 in this vid.

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[BGRTHNUMEGO]

More good news on Al today. Let's keep this guy around at $15 M per and keep Favors and Kanter on the bench.

Al Jefferson, Utah Jazz

Jefferson has long been a practitioner of the art of empty rebounding numbers. Superficially, his 9.0 rpg average and 17.2 career rebound rate (30th-best in NBA history) might tempt you into thinking he's a premier glass-cleaner, but those numbers belie the underwhelming impact he's traditionally had on his teams' rebounding performances. Last year, researcher Evan Zamir looked at how players impact their teams' rebound rates (over the previous three seasons), accounting for quality of teammates and opponents. The stats show that for all of Jefferson's individual rebounding stats, he's made his teams softer on the glass on both ends of the floor. That trend has continued in 2012-13; Jefferson still has a major difference between his rebounding rate and that of his teammates, the Jazz aren't rebounding anywhere near as well as you'd predict given their component players and Utah rebounds much, much worse with Jefferson in the game.

[smokymountainrain]

Did you see his behind the back move? Sick! I need to find a video of the damn thing.

I think I missed it. I sure hope you find the video! Good luck.

Nevermind, I see BGR found it.

[MarkGrace]

Go to 1:50 in this vid.

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Baller! And he had just taken a shot in the head from Dirk. How much did that move look like Ginobili?

[MarkGrace]

G-Time now at 40% from 3 for the year on just over 3 attempts per. Not bad. For as much as his value as a shooter has been debated, he's approaching 350 three point attempts for his career and has hit 39% of them. That's pretty darn solid.

[MarkGrace]

Much was made about how much Enes got his shot blocked this year, and surprisingly he doesn't seem to have improved much this year in that regard. Last year 15% of his attempts were blocked, and this year he's at the same mark. However, rather paradoxically, he's the team's leader in fg%, and among regular rotation players he leads by a solid margin. He's at 54.4%, with the next closest being MWill at 49.3%. Third is Sap at 48%.

Also, good news on his jumpshot. He's creeping up near 40% eFG% on his j's after hitting on 31% last year.

[smokymountainrain]

Burks is 5th on the team in FT attempts per game. I don't think he's close to 5th on the team in minutes, but I haven't looked.

[MarkGrace]

Foul Drawing % (number of free throws attempted against overall field goals attempted).

Evans - 22.7
Favors - 19.7
Sap - 16.5
Kanter - 14.9
Hayward - 13.9
Burks - 13.0
Caroll - 10.4
Marv - 8.7
Jefferson - 7.4
Foye - 4.5
Mo - 3.6
Watson - 3.4
Tinsley - 2.7

Geez you're lazy, SMR.

Our starters really do a great job of getting to the line. lol.

[smokymountainrain]

Foul Drawing % (number of free throws attempted against overall field goals attempted).

Evans - 22.7
Favors - 19.7
Sap - 16.5
Kanter - 14.9
Hayward - 13.9
Burks - 13.0
Caroll - 10.4
Marv - 8.7
Jefferson - 7.4
Foye - 4.5
Mo - 3.6
Watson - 3.4
Tinsley - 2.7

Geez you're lazy, SMR.

Our starters really do a great job of getting to the line. lol.

I looked. Burks is 12th on the team in minutes per game.

[BGRTHNUMEGO]

I like FTA rate.

= FTA/FGA + TO + (0.44 x FTA)

For some reference, this year Durant is at 0.36, Griffin is 0.31, James is 0.28, Chris Paul is 0.28, Duncan 0.26, and Kobe is 0.25.

Favors - 0.36
Millsap - 0.33
Burks - 0.31
Hayward - 0.30
Carroll - 0.26
Kanter - 0.23
Marvin - 0.20
Jefferson - 0.17
Foye - 0.17
Mo - 0.12
Tinsley - 0.07

[MartyFunkhouser]

Foul Drawing % (number of free throws attempted against overall field goals attempted).

Evans - 22.7
Favors - 19.7
Sap - 16.5
Kanter - 14.9
Hayward - 13.9
Burks - 13.0
Caroll - 10.4
Marv - 8.7
Jefferson - 7.4
Foye - 4.5
Mo - 3.6
Watson - 3.4
Tinsley - 2.7

Geez you're lazy, SMR.

Our starters really do a great job of getting to the line. lol.

Why should the Jazz try to get such a low percentage shot as a FT.