![]() ![]() Still, I don’t think that Clarkson is at any kind of limit in terms of the number of shots he can take. You have to imagine Clarkson plays a bigger role for the team now, but he was already at his career high in shots per game. Whoever ends up playing more minutes in Mitchell’s absence will get some shots up: Georges Niang, Miye Oni, maybe even Jarrell Brantley will probably put up a few shots in their extra minutes. Ingles figures to play a few more minutes, and he’s 2 FGA below his career-high. Bogdanovic is taking about 3 FGA less than he did last season, let’s give him back those three. So how do you begin to do it?Ĭonley’s about 3.3 FGA less than his Memphis career-highs, so let’s give him those. That’s over 22 shots per game that the Jazz need to replace. Given the amount of offensive support he has, from Conley to Clarkson, Bogdanovic to Ingles, that’s pretty amazing! Here’s a shocking stat: Mitchell led the NBA in shots per game since February 1. So, after Donovan Mitchell went down with what seemed to be a relatively severe ankle sprain, what will the Jazz look like during his absence - however long it ends up being?įirst, I think it’s important to recognize just how big of a load Mitchell was taking over the last few months. Without Donovan Mitchell, who gets his shots? The Jazz will certainly continue to have that. ![]() I think it’s worth checking to see if Ilyasova still has an NBA-level pulse and can shake the rust off, but at 34 by the time the playoffs roll around, it’s possible this is just the end of the line for him.īut again, that’s what’s nice about the NBA’s regular season: you get a lot of chances to make these kind of comparisons. My sense is that Morgan is likely to continue to be better than Ilyasova, but I’m an admitted Morgan fan. Morgan actually did look a little quicker and more comfortable in a switch everything defense, and Clarkson and Conley were skilled enough to score without the defense necessarily respecting Morgan’s shot. So Ilyasova’s seven first half minutes were split among Miye Oni and Juwan Morgan in the second half - in fact, Gobert played 21 of the game’s final 24 minutes. You’re just kind of hoping to score enough on one end to make up for it, but it’s not clear that can happen. That somehow misses, but Ilyasova isn’t there for the rebound, and Brogdon ends up scoring by the end.Īnd that’s kind of the problem with Ilyasova at center - he’s not giving you rim protection, he isn’t really quick enough that you feel good about switching him all the time, and he’s not a great rebounder. He doesn’t get the loose ball, and then Sabonis gets an easy layup opportunity, due to the lack of defensive effort. But then he gets there and fouls Brogdon - there wasn’t a whistle, but yeah, that’s a foul. I don’t think it’s actually a good idea, first of all: he leaves an open corner shooter one pass away. ![]()
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