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The headliners as far as the Jazz were concerned were the picks and Colin Sexton. Back in mid-September, our very own James Hansen and Calvin Chapell mused that ...

What jumps out from the heat map is that he makes most of his buckets from the right side. Not a bad place to shoot from, to be sure, but check out his chart from this season: Here are his made shots from 2019-2021, which donโ€™t paint a much better picture: (19-20 in pink, 20-21 in red) Here are all of his made baskets from 8-24 feet out through 51 games: (which was his entire season) We already knew simply by watching that coach Will Hardy is giving the Finnisher more freedom to create his own shot, and this data confirms it. Here are his dunks through 51 games this season:

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