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All Time Utah Jazz Players
Win Shares |
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Bruce Lithgow
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Looking at the data in a few different ways
can provide a few different results. For example, if you ranked the Jazz
players by how many Win Shares they generated for the Jazz each season
in a Jazz uniform, they would rank as follows:–
full list
Note that Wesley Matthews is 16th all time on this list. Perhaps he was
worth what Portland offered him . . . . ?
Funny -- in a sad way -- that both Humphries and Snyder are near the
very bottom of this list. Should have drafted Jefferson and Smith.
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All Time Utah Jazz Players Ranked By Value To Team |
By
Bruce Lithgow
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The methodology basically consisted of
combining a few readily-available indicators
of value to a team: Win Shares (explained at
basketball-reference.com), PER (using
the PER numbers available at
basketball-reference.com), seasons
played in a Jazz uniform (more time played
with a team generally means more value
provided for that team), and NBA honors
(such as All Star appearances, All NBA 1st,
2nd, or 3rd team recognition, All Rookie
team recognition, All Defensive team
recognition, MVP shares, and Defensive
Player of the Year recognition). While I
recognize that some of the NBA honors are
simply popularity contests, on the margins I
thought that achieving such an honor merited
some consideration. It also helped recognize
players like Mark Eaton, who would rank only
76th all time in the PER category, for other
valuable contributions (such as at the
defensive end of the court -- though much of
that was already picked up by Win Shares,
which includes defensive contributions).
The methodology certainly is subjective and
could use some tweaking, but it provides
some degree of comfort to see Malone and
Stockton atop the list and John Amaechi at
the very bottom.–
full list
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Jazz players highest
single-season PER
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By
Bruce Lithgow
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Who's on the bottom? |
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full list
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Quincy Lewis |
7.1 |
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John Duren |
7 |
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John Amaechi |
5.4 |
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full list
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Therefore
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By Ron Richards
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Since my last
article beseeching
the Jazz and
the Jazz front
office to give
the fans something
to hope about,
my how the
Jazz world
has changed!
There is again
renewed hope
for the future
with the signing
of Al Jefferson
and Raja Bell
to replace two
key players,
who many thought
were leaving
huge holes in
the Jazz team,
holes that could
not be filled
easily.
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Thu 07 vs Portland
7:00pm |
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Mon 11 @ Portland
8:00pm
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Tue 12 @ Phoenix
8:00pm
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Thu 14 vs Phoenix
7:00pm
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Sat 16 @ LA Clippers
5:30pm
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Tue 19 @ LA Lakers
8:00pm
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Fri 22 vs Sacramento
7:00pm
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