So if the Jazz are going to play basketball up to expectation this season, there is one thing they must do fairly consistently over 82 games: And that's play offense with better pace.
It sounds so…..cliche. Playing with pace. And part of that is coach Quin Snyder and his love with the phrase.
But it's true. The best offensive teams in this league are the ones who figure out how to get easy shots early in the shot clock.
This is one of the places where the Jazz largely failed last season. Consistently, they were a team that faced late clock scenarios.