Who Will Run The Pick & Roll With Deron Williams? And How?
The pick and roll plays an important part of the Utah Jazz’s offense. According to Synergy Sports, they run it about 10.6% of the time on offense, and are pretty successful at it, especially when it came to finding the roll man in positions to score. The Jazz ranked 3rd in the NBA in Synergy’s “Pick and Roll – Roll Man” category with 1.15 points per possession, however that was with Carlos Boozer as the screener (Carlos Boozer was fantastic working with Deron Williams on the pick and roll, ranking 11th individually in the NBA in Synergy’s “Pick and Roll – Roll Man” category with 1.27 points per possession).
The problem is that Carlos Boozer is now in Chicago, and there is a void in Utah’s pick and roll game. In my opinion, Boozer’s replacement comes down to two guys, Paul Millsap and their newest acquisition Al Jefferson. The answer should be pretty simple right? Just look at who runs the pick and roll better, and use them to replace Boozer. The problem with that is that both Millsap and Jefferson run the pick and roll with the same efficiency:
Jefferson and Millsap’s numbers are so similar that it is basically a toss up when trying to figure out who is better at running the pick and roll. So when deciding who will replace Carlos Boozer as the main screener, the Jazz are going to have to look at some outside factors.
