Core 4 or Gettin Old 4?

Posted by: Jazzmanfan on January 8th, 2013

The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.

Supposedly Dennis Lindsey is a statistical analysis type.  I wonder what key stats he looks at in evaluating players.  I searched out basketball-reference.com and decided I liked the “per 36 stats” (the projected numbers a player would have if he played 36 minutes).  It seemed like an accurate depiction of what players could do if they got a good chunk of minutes.

Core 4                 Pts                   Reb               Ast

Burks                    14                     5                    3

Favors                  15                   11                    1

Hayward              18                   4                     3

Kanter                   16                   10                  1

4 others

Al                            19                   11                   2

Paul                        17                   9                    3

Mo                           15                   2                   8

Marv                      13                    5                   1

The “other 4″ out score the “Core 4″ by 1.  Core 4 out rebounds by 4.  Assists aren’t really close, but the Core doesn’t have a point guard either.  Common Jazz make a move!

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4 Responses

1. Jazzed uponit says:

   January 9, 2013 at 1:31 am

   nice! I like your analysis. I think the no brainer difference maker is defense. C4 is much better from the other 4 defensively
2. KCJones says:

   January 9, 2013 at 7:35 am

   Lets just call them the O4 and the C4. I actually would like to keep Marvin. He plays great defense on opposing wings, can hit threes, can post up. Solid player.
3. Nick Knows All says:

   January 10, 2013 at 8:45 am

   We can have a team full of circus clowns or a team full of all stars. Won’t make much difference as long as the bufoon-in-chief is the head coach.
4. Kevin says:

   January 10, 2013 at 10:49 am

   If we had Favors, Kanter, Kidd-Gilchrist, Kyrie Irving, and Damian Lillard on the team, can you guess who our starters would be? Mo, Foye, Marvin, Millsap, Jefferson. It really does make zero difference. The only time substitutions actually make sense is when injuries FORCE Corbin to make a decision. And even then it isn’t HIM making the decision. It’s the only possible choice. I HATE being so negative about this team because I love most of our roster (except Bell and Watson), but it is too painful watching Corbin make an a** of himself all the time.