unluckyseventeen

So I've been thinking lately. With our core players (Williams, Kirilenko, Boozer, Okur), that makes up a good chunk of our offense. However, I've been thinking that we also have a ton of guys that could light it up given any circumstance, so long as they get enough touches.

Here is the theory and an explanation for our last two hugely scoring games (put up 120 twice in a row for the first time in almost 6 years)

Deron Williams will average about 15 PPG this season, Kirilenko 17, Boozer 18-20, Okur 15-17. Put all of that together for any given game, and that's about 65 points per game.

So... what happens when guys from our bench get off during a game?

We have Brewer who could go for 15 any given night, Fisher could drop 20, Harpring can score as much as 30 in a night if his midrange game is going, Giricek could easily put up 15 in a game, and not to mention the 3-7 point chippers such as Miles, Araujo, Collins and Millsap... all of whom could easily go for 10 on a night, with, I think, the exception of Araujo.

So that leaves every person signed to a contract... 12 players out there that can easily score 10+ points in a night.

Really, when our bench hits the floor, we really don't lose all that much offense. If the Jazz play good defense this year, then our offense is really a scary thing to look at. On any given night the Jazz could have 5-7 players in double figures scoring-wise, and I think scoring 100+ will be a regular occurrance.

Assuming that we have the guys to light it up on offense, we have a team full of Juggernauts, and it will be defensive hell for teams to try guarding us when we have 3, 4, 5... 7, EIGHT guys going off in a night.

I think this would also explain the back-to-back 120-point outings and complete blowouts we've had for the final two preseason games.


Anyway, I got all of this idea thinking when I was playing NBA Live and CJ Miles scored 17 in a quarter.... then I realized that he was at the bottom of my bench!

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