• The Jazz got solid floor games from Isaiah Collier and Keyonte George. The Jazz started the two of them together with Collin Sexton out of the game. It was a fun combination to watch. They have not played much together this year. Collier has only played 130 minutes with Keyonte so far this year.
• Playing with Collier is allowing Keyonte to play off the ball. The eye test says it makes him much more comfortable and lessens his burden of running the offense and controlling the game. So far this year Keyonte has taken 58 shots when on the floor with Collier and his EFG% is 59.5%. He is outperforming is shot quality by 10% so some of this could be small sample size. Keyonte without Collier on the floor has an EFG of 47.9% right at his shot quality.
• What does this mean? Right now, Keyonte is shooting much better when he is playing off the ball. However, the shot quality he is getting is not that different, so this may be just a very small sample size, and over time, they will level out. However, for the time being, the shots Keyonte is getting when he is playing off the ball with Collier, he is making at a much higher rate than otherwise.
• It also allows Keyonte to play without the ball in his hand so the number of turnovers is way down. The Jazz were great at taking care of the ball last night only turning it over on 12% of their possessions. The Jazz last two games are their best two games of the season at taking care of the ball.
• I am curious if Will might leave Collier in at point guard just because the turnovers are down by so much. In the games Collier has started the Jazz have their best game at taking care of the ball, their 2nd best, 5th best, 7th best, 10th best so 5 of their 10 best games this year of taking care of the ball are with Collier at the point and he has only started in 8 games.
• Not sure how you would do that, but maybe you will bring Sexton off the bench and then have he and Brice play together some in the second unit.
• Drew Eubanks is athletic. In each of the last two games Eubanks has lured an offensive player into going for a dunk at the rim by playing rop a dop and hanging back and then when they come to the rim he rises and blocks the shot. He also had a one-handed alley opp dunk where he got UP, had an impressive low post spin to the baseline, and rose up for a dunk. He is a Bonafide backup big in the NBA
• Jazz defending the dribble drive in this game was poor.
• Everything I discussed above was about Keyonte on offense. His career will be largely determined by whether he ever defends.
• I have no idea what I think of LaMelo Ball after watching him in person. Everything is loud. The good and the bad, It is hard to even keel in evaluating Ball. He is unbelievably talented. Is his looseness responsible for their losing? He mentally checked out of the game for a while when he didn’t get a pass he wanted. Then in the 4th he made a ton of plays.
