Utah Jazz 2011-2012: Big Men Minutes Breakdown per Game

by AllThatJazzBasketball on Feb 20, 2012 11:22 PM MST in Utah Jazz - Rosters & Rotations

During the off-season the Utah Jazz quickly jettisoned Mehmet Okur to the New Jersey Nets in order to make room for our younger bigs. Derrick Favors was the #3 draft pick in the 2010 NBA Draft. Enes Kanter was the #3 draft pick in the 2011 NBA Draft. With all due respect to 19 year old Kanter, I didn't think we should pick him -- he does seem to be competing with Favors for minutes and we already had Favors. The removal of Memo was supposed to help things, as our crowded frontcourt was reduced to a foursome -- with our youth behind solid, but unspectacular Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap. And I think that our younger guys have been given a shot here or there -- Favors even started the season if you forgot.

However I did not think that they were getting the consistent game-to-game minutes that younger players need in order to not freak out when they finally DO get in the game. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. I did the work. Yeah, in the time it took the guys with Journalism degrees to stand around and get a non-story about Greg Miller and Karl Malone I was cracking jokes on twitter *and* making this image. It's not hard print media -- step your games up. It's not the stone age anymore.

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Over the course of the season the minutes per game break down of 33 / 31 / 19 / 14 is very reasonable. I'd be very okay with Favors getting around 22 a game, and Kanter getting a bit less -- if possible. But it's not just about the averages, both Favors and Kanter will play anywhere from 9 mins in a game to over 20. That's pretty wild, and not the type of consistency that people build confidence with.

That's just my idea on it. What are yours?

Full Chart (easier to read) after the Jump : )

	A. Jefferson	P.Millsap	D.Favors	E.Kanter
Gm 1	24	27	18	20
Gm 2	30	21	16	14
Gm 3		35	39	15
Gm 4	35	25	23	13
Gm 5	34	25	22	13
Gm 6	35	25	21	12
Gm 7	35	35	15	9
Gm 8	34	22	25	13
Gm 9	36	26	22	9
Gm 10	43	41	11	9
Gm 11	23	27	26	18
Gm 12	37	35	7	11
Gm 13	26	30		22
Gm 14	32	37	10	13
Gm 15	36	32	15	11
Gm 16		49	41	17
Gm 17	29	32	17	12
Gm 18	33	32	15	14
Gm 19		38	26	21
Gm 20	35	29	18	12
Gm 21	32	28	19	16
Gm 22	31	26	22	17
Gm 23	35	29	19	12
Gm 24	31	31	17	16
Gm 25	34	34	13	13
Gm 26	33	34	15	12
Gm 27	25	22	25	22
Gm 28	28	24	17	20
Gm 29	31	26	18	17
Gm 30	34	35	14	12
Gm 31	38	36	12	10
Avg	33	31	19	14

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Big Men Minutes

Here’s what Enes and Favors would give you on a 36min basis.

Enes Kanter: 12.6pts, 12.8reb, 1.2blk

Derrick Favors: 14.8pts, 9.4reb, 1.8blk

Currently Kanter is averaging 14.8mpg and Favors is averaging 19.9mpg. I just think the opposite and believe that Enes should average minutes as much as Favors. Remember, Enes has not played competitive ball in “3 years” and the kid is only 19 yrs old. He needs more minutes to get used to the NBA game.

by metea on Feb 21, 2012 2:11 AM MST reply actions

By the time our olds have moved on and it’s time for our youngs to get substantial minutes, they’ll need about two years to develop. That’s two more years of mediocrity. Fun.

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by Mac_Diego on Feb 21, 2012 6:15 AM MST reply actions

This could all be fixed by just trading one of the older bigs.

It seems like such a logical move at this point. Favors needs those starters minutes in my opinion to develop. The only reason I was ok with keeping Millsap was because I thought he would be coming off the bench.

The sad thing is that Kanter is actually showing me more consistency than Favors. He is obviously not as gifted physically, but he is waaaaay tougher, and it seems like he is getting better even with limited minutes. I think with a guy like Favors you have to give him a big consistent role. I think the Jazz need to seriously consider this before too much longer.

by davidthecomposer on Feb 21, 2012 8:01 AM MST reply actions

i think they are getting exactly the min they should be getting. mostly they play against 2nd team players and to me they are not getting better. they would get ate up by 1st team players. on the other hand all of them top to bottom look worse now than a month ago.they key right now to them winning is al and millsap. millsap was shooting great for a month now for a month he’s not. it’s not from getting doubel teamed some of the shot’s he is wide opean. could make the argument to replace him with favors but favors is doing less he has not earned more time. unless he is mad because he is not starting and not trying. in that case i would call that pouting in that case why would you reward his pouting.. if you want kanter and favors starting they need to trade al and millsap. even if you just cutt their min you know they will be pouting and should they are better players.i watched the houston game on a houston channell and clyde said millsap was the best player on the jazz he also said about favors . he was a 1st round pick?. man he is not very good around the post. they other announcer said 3rd pick. clyde said man

by louisianajazzman on Feb 21, 2012 8:04 AM MST reply actions

blerg last night they had a combined 20 mins

we have lost 9 out of 12 and outside of the month of January we are winning 25% of our games but heck if our youngs get minutes because we wouldn’t want to teach them the ways losing.

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by dianaallen on Feb 21, 2012 9:38 AM MST reply actions