Ask any Utah Jazz fan what their team needs to upgrade this offseason, and they’re almost certain to mention 3-point shooting as one of the top priorities. That couldn’t have been more evident in the first-round defeat to the Houston Rockets in which the Jazz shot a playoffs-worst 26.3 percent from deep.
Utah’s typically reliable 3-point shooters were well under their season averages and they were led by a middle of the road shooter in Royce O’Neale who converted at a less than riveting 34.8 percent. Those figures were somewhat of an anomaly, but they don’t change the fact that the Jazz truly suffered from a shortage of reliable shooting and floor spacing all season long, particularly in the postseason.