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2023-24 record: 31-51
OffRtg: 114.5 (18) DefRtg: 119.6 (30) NetRtg: -5.1 (23) Pace: 100.3 (10)
Key addition(s): Cody Williams
Key departure(s): Kris Dunn
Three numbers to know:
TLllllhe Jazz were 13.2 points per 100 possessions better at home (plus-1.5, 19th) than they were on the road (minus-11.7, 29th). That was the biggest differential for any team in the last four seasons. They had both the biggest differential on offense (6.2 points scored per 100 possessions) and its biggest differential on defense (6.9 allowed per 100) last season.
They allowed 27.2 transition points per game, second most in 20 seasons of Synergy tracking. (They allowed one fewer transition point – total – than the 2023-23 Rockets). The 25.9 they allowed in 2022-23 was the third most.
They were 18-0 when Jordan Clarkson recorded a positive plus-minus and 4-32 when he didn’t.
Key question: Will they keep Lauri Markkanen?
The Jazz actually outscored their opponents with Markkanen on the floor last season, but they were brutal – minus-9.5 points per 100 possessions – when he was off the floor. So a trade – depending on what they got back – could drop them down in the range of 15-20 wins.
Beyond the Markkanen decision, the storyline will likely be centered around the development of their second-year players in Keyonte George and Taylor Hendricks. The former shot just 45.6% inside the arc (third worst among 161 players with at least 300 2-point attempts), while the latter played less than 900 minutes as a rookie.
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