With injuries to Keyonte George and Jordan Clarkson in recent days, Will Hardy has been forced to change his rotations. The Jazz coach thus relaunched Collin Sexton in the major five. The former Cleveland fullback has now started for eight matches and it's working out quite well for him.
He, who was in difficulty at the start of the season, averages 22.9 points and 4.6 assists with 50% shooting success, including 38.5% at 3-points in 31 minutes since he started matches.
During the latest one, against the Spurs, in full confidence, he pleased himself with a counter-attack dunk worthy of a competition. While the match was far from being won… “Sometimes you have to take risks. Will I have problems? »he has fun for Deseret News.
Response from his coach. “I said so many bad words”confesses Will Hardy in the face of his player's dunk. “Collin is truly amazing. I don't know why… We were four points ahead with 20 minutes to play. I don't know why he tried that. He's only 1m90, it's pretty crazy. The look on his face after that dunk indicates he was happy but also worried. »
The balance between points and passes
His coach can be reassured: the Jazz won and the guard finished the match with 20 points at 8/10 on the shoot and 6 assists, losing only one ball.
“He’s in the rhythm at the moment,” remarks Will Hardy. “The important thing for me is that he had matches where he made good decisions and scored a lot of points. I think it shows him that even though he has a scoring mentality, you don't have to think about that on every play to score a lot of points. »
Very good at populating the points column of his statistics sheet since the start of his career, Collin Sexton, on the other hand, is always having more difficulty making the play and serving his teammates. But things have gotten better lately.
“Teams are starting to respect his sense of the game a little more,” believes the Jazz coach. “It’s to the credit of the staff and his own because he is becoming more and more mature, whether as a player or on a more human level. »
| Collin Sexton | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2018-19 | KEY | 82 | 32 | 43.0 | 40.2 | 83.9 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 16.7 |
| 2019-20 | KEY | 65 | 33 | 47.2 | 38.0 | 84.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 20.8 |
| 2020-21 | KEY | 60 | 35 | 47.5 | 37.1 | 81.5 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 24.3 |
| 2021-22 | KEY | 11 | 29 | 45.0 | 24.4 | 74.4 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 16.0 |
| 2022-23 | UTH | 48 | 24 | 50.6 | 39.3 | 81.9 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 14.3 |
| 2023-24 | UTH | 30 | 23 | 45.6 | 35.1 | 88.7 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 15.1 |
| Total | 296 | 31 | 46.3 | 37.7 | 83.2 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 18.6 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
