Monday, January 26, 2009

There is no I in team?

I was inspired by the last two entries. All that stat info made me delve deeper into thinking about what is wrong with the Jazz. Alright so let me explain what I noticed.

The top scorers in the NBA are (with their PPG):

Dwayne Wade - 28.7
Lebron James - 28.0
Kobe Bryant - 26.3
Danny Granger - 26.2
Dirk Nowitzki - 25.8
Kevin Durant - 24.7
Chris Bosh - 23.3

So now where does the highest scorer on the Jazz rank. Well he, Deron Williams, has a whopping PPG of 16.8. In fact there is not a single Jazz player within the top 40 scorers in the league right now. Paul Millsap has an average of 15.6, while Ronnie Brewer has an average of 12.8.

While the Jazz as a team score decently, there is not a player that is scoring in the 20's for an average. Every elite team in the NBA has a person who can score at will. Do we really have one?

Another problem we have is rebounding. Paul Millsap is doing a good job here coming in at 1oth in the league with an average of 9.7. The only problem with this is that there is not another Jazz player in the top 35.

What this tells us is that the Jazz need someone to fill the role of the leading scorer. Someone who is the go-to guy. After this issue is fixed they need to find someone to share the load of rebounding.

2 comments:

  1. mitch. funny story. my fiance is huge into sports. jazz in particular. so i totally understand all of your posts. funny. okay not so funny of a story but oh well.

    haha

    megan wolsey

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  2. oh yeah, do another post. now that the jazz are playing the lakers in the first round of the play offs i'm sure you have lots to say :)

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