Based on the Jazz performance last season after the trade deadline, most Jazz fans expect the Jazz defense to continue to be very good this upcoming season, holding other teams to an average point total somewhere in the neighborhood of between 94 and 96 points per game. Therefore, the key to the Jazz making the play-offs is to be able to improve point input on offense.
Here are my estimates of where the Jazz might expect to get points on offense, based on historical scoring averages and expected improvement:
Starters:.......................................................Reserves:
Exum...........8 points per game................Burke/Neto........8 points per game
Burks..........15 points per game...............Hood/Millsap...10 points per game
Hayward....19 points per game...............Ingles/..?.............5 points per game
Favors........16 points per game...............Booker/Lyles....10 points per game
Gobert.........9 points per game................Pleiss/..?..............5 points per game
TOTAL......67 points per game............................................38 points per game...=...105 points per game
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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