"The typical line is ‘What he does doesn’t show up in the box score.’ Well, why not?"
That’s Jazz head coach Quin Snyder’s public plea to have the NBA box score changed to reflect stats that reflect winning. The source of his unhappiness is the lack of recognition center Rudy Gobert received for the 17 screen assists he recorded on Wednesday night against the Clippers.
Seventeen is a very high number of screen assists in a game, even for Gobert; last season, he led the league in screen assists with 5.9 per game. Those 17 screen assists against the Clippers led directly to 38 Jazz points.