According to media reports, there are many senior management teams that are considering re-evaluating the trading value of players in various systems in the Jazz lineup. Yes, everyone is on the sidelines right now. Everyone wants to see the Jazz after the defeat can adjust their lineup and then release their unwanted players for themselves to choose. So it becomes that there are a lot of teams that have been hoping to dismember the Jazz. Personally, I feel that the Jazz will change, but the core will not change much. Mitchell's core system, unless he does not want to play, it is impossible to change much.
In this series, the Jazz actually have a lot of defeats. Evaluating jazz's results from all aspects of performance, you will find that this is a collection of mistakes that should not occur. And these so-called mistakes, in essence, the team can avoid it by various means. However, the Jazz have not put it into action, leaving the team in trouble again. We have to praise Doncic's output support in the second half, but also to criticize, jazz is not doing enough now.
What problems did the Jazz have that shouldn't have? The first point is mitchell's own mistakes. Everyone saw that he did not pass the ball to Gobert, and if Mitchell could have a more efficient output after he took control of the ball, everyone would only say that his offensive choice surprised everyone. But strictly speaking, Mitchell didn't get to the point where everyone was praised. He has many weaknesses. For example, in order to limit Mitchell's impact damage, the Lone Ranger specially customized a unique pinch attack tactic. Multiple players assisted in defense, limiting Mitchell's offense and passing. At this time, Mitchell's performance was actually a higher level of turnover, and the ability to create opportunities on the field that was outrageous.
For comparison, Doncic performed much better than Mitchell in this area. After being pinched, Mitchell was undoubtedly caught in a vicious circle of inextricable self-extrication, singles, broken clips, failures, and then mistakes. The cycle is constant, and finally destroys a round of chemistry. One might say, didn't Mitchell deliver a good assist? Gobert even completed a quasi-kill at Mitchell's behest. But anyone who has watched this game should know that this is an accidental event. Mitchell's pass is the most valuable thing, which is in the final moments of this game. And before that, he had wasted countless opportunities. The Jazz are the strongest teams in the regular season, and their regular season has been a proud achievement since mitchell at least since his appearance. But in the playoffs, their problems are always coming up, and the management and players, especially the leaders, are very poor in dealing with problems, resulting in them losing in the early stages, or even going to the end. For Utah City fans, continuing like this will only waste the blood and time of the fans.
So if you analyze it from a lineup point of view, what is the jazz's current problem? Is Mitchell's offensive ability not enough, or is Gobert's defensive ability limited to an acre and a third around him? In fact, there are all, and the jazz's comprehensive loopholes are very exaggerated. We can't attribute the team's defeat to one person, so this thing must be a comprehensive result. That is to say, these elements are actually objectively existent, but their respective proportions are different in this series.
Among these combined factors, I prefer to believe that Mitchell's factor is dominant. Because Gobert's own defense is still worthy of his value and status. In all areas within the three-point line, Gobert was able to limit his opponent's offense. The most restrictive is in the mid-range zone, where the opponent's true shooting percentage is even depressed by 5-6 percentage points. Outside the three-point line, Gobert's control is limited, but the opponent has not fully improved, and the overall shooting rate has only increased by 1% compared to the average level. This is a qualified achievement. So if it is said that Gobert's defense can't keep up, resulting in the Jazz losing, it is a bit far-fetched.
We've said from the time Mitchell first entered the league that if his problems aren't solved effectively, the team can't break through the current ceiling and become a new level of team. Many of Mitchell's capabilities are not stable enough, which makes this technical means only a conventional weapon, not a critical weapon. The difference between conventional and critical weapons is whether they can also be used in the playoffs.
Let's start with a few simple data to illustrate this situation. In the regular season, Mitchell's average shooting percentage from outside the three-point range was near the average, and his shooting percentage at the top of the arc was above average, reaching 37.9%. In the middle distance in the bottom right corner, the hit rate reached 50%, which is a very good result. In the playoffs, almost all of Mitchell's outside projections were below average, with an arc-top shooting rate of only 11.1%, and the original best right-hand middle distance was only 3 of 11, shooting only 27.3%. None of this is the result a qualified scorer should have, and any player who can take on the pressure of the playoffs can have a more efficient level. It can be said that in this round of the series, Mitchell pulled a batch of crotches.
The offensive level of the ball, Mitchell can only have an advantage in the low defensive level rounds. So you can see that Mitchell always killed everyone in the regular season, and even a little bit of a super scorer. Once encountered with multi-person defense, or a forward-type long-handed monster to carry out a multi-position sweep, Mitchell's performance will be very difficult. If you still think mitchell is a two-way defender, there will be a clear change in this game: his passing vision and ability to create opportunities are obviously not up to the level of qualification. Just using it purely as a scorer might be a better option.
On the surface, Jazz's heritage is strong. Gobert's defense deterred most of the players. Mitchell can hold the ball, and his scoring ability and individual performance in the regular season are a must. Conley looks as if the sword is not old, Clarkson is super six, these are the capital of the Jazz. However, their shortcomings are also very serious, Gobert has almost no self-propelled offensive ability if he is not fed, Mitchell shows a tendency to be alone, Conley's personal performance deteriorates, Clarkson's actual performance is lower than expected, and there is also a bit of ball domination behavior. When these shortcomings are combined, the Jazz are full of loopholes. So did the Jazz lose badly? In fact, it is not unjust at all. It's just that for the adjustment of the lineup, they still have to think and optimize.