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All Time Utah Jazz Players Ranked By Value To Team |
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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.
It seems we,
I, lacked faith
in the Jazz,
Greg Miller
and Kevin O’Connor.
Years of seeming
complacency
in the face
of franchise
disaster were
changed in an
instant with
the announcement
of Al Jefferson
coming to Utah
for the trade
exception gained
by Kevin O’Connor
in a hey, wait-a-minute
fashion. One
thing is sure,
and that is
Kevin O’Connor
is respected
much more by
his compatriots
in the GM business
than by the
casual or not
so casual Jazz
fan.
It seems in
retrospect that
it is entirely
likely that
Kevin O’Connor
was considering
the very scenario
that actually
happened this
summer. Carlos
Boozer would
find a suitor
or two willing
to pay more
than the Jazz,
and indeed that
came to pass.
Goodbye, and
don’t let the
door hit you
in your substantial
posterior, Carlos.
Oh, Carlos Boozer
is not a bad
guy, or an evil
person. In my
estimation,
he is simply
one of those
people who think
about themselves
first, foremost
and always.
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