Utah Jazz head coach Quin Snyder works the court docket throughout a recreation in opposition to the Philadelphia 76ers at Vivint Area in Salt Lake Metropolis on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021. Spenser Heaps, Deseret Information
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On Tuesday, forward of the Utah Jazz’s recreation in opposition to the Memphis Grizzlies, Jazz head coach Quin Snyder spouted stats and pushed again on the criticisms which were hurled at his group. By now you’ve most likely examine or heard the almost 20-minute rant.
For those who haven’t you'll be able to pay attention right here:
What’s humorous is that Snyder begins out by saying that, “loads of occasions folks use numbers to inform a narrative, and it’s necessary to try this responsibly.”
Properly, his numbers weren’t fully correct — which he addressed the next day.
However I don’t actually assume that he wanted to have the precise stats or to have crafted the proper argument, as a result of what Snyder did on Tuesday was a superb teaching transfer.
There’s been a ton of consideration on the Jazz gamers, on their deficiencies, their flaws, their attainable character variations. They had been shedding a ton of video games, they had been getting pissed off they usually had been uninterested in defending themselves.
A coach will generally bark at a recreation official and earn a technical foul, even when they may not really really feel the ire they're displaying, in order that they'll soak up some consideration whereas additionally empowering the gamers by displaying them that the coach is prepared to defend them.
That’s principally what Snyder did on Tuesday. His press convention rant was nationwide NBA information and made the rounds on social media for days. Everybody was speaking about Quin Snyder, the coach of the Jazz who refuses to permit anybody to drive a wedge between his gamers. There have been extra folks concerned with the truth that Snyder appears to be like like he wants night time of sleep than there have been folks speaking concerning the Jazz gamers the final couple of days.
If nothing else, he deflected the highlight momentarily and confirmed his gamers that they aren’t combating alone. It’s a fairly good transfer by a really savvy coach.
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Stat of the week
The Utah Jazz have a defensive score of 105.1 with Rudy Gobert on the court docket this season and a defensive score of 112.3 when he isn't on the court docket. That -7.2 distinction is the most important score differential amongst common Defensive Participant of the Yr candidates this season, and it’s not notably shut. Due to ESPN’s Tim McMahon for declaring this stat.
From the archives
This week in Jazz historical past
On April 15, 1995, Tom Chambers scored 15 factors within the Jazz’s 105-83 victory over the visiting Los Angeles Clippers, turning into the twentieth participant in NBA historical past to surpass 20,000 profession factors. With teammate Karl Malone having reached the 20,000-point plateau in opposition to Cleveland on Jan. 20, 1995, Utah turned the first group in NBA historical past to have two gamers attain 20,000 profession factors throughout the identical season.
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- Rudy Gobert on why the Jazz held a players-only assembly (The Athletic)
- NBA trying to deal with mounting variety of video games through which stars are resting (KSL.com)
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