Best and Worst Case Scenarios for Each Utah Jazz Player

George Hill

One of the reasons that George Hill was such an attractive piece for the Jazz is that he has always known and accepted his role on any given team and has fulfilled it to the letter. With the Utah Jazz, Hill will have a much more expanded role than he had with the Indiana Pacers.

Instead of deferring much of the ball-handling and play calling to Monta Ellis and taking a major back seat offensively to Paul George, Hill will now be responsible for being a veteran leader and reliable offensive point guard for his new team.

While he likely won’t shoulder as heavy as an offensive load as Hayward, Hood or Favors, he should expect to match his 2014-15 career high scoring number of 16.1 points per game.

Hill comes over to the Jazz as their best three-point shooter based on last year’s figures, and that’s something that will have to continue for the Jazz’s offense to truly reach another level.

Defensively, Hill is as sound as they come and has shown no signs of drop-off in production. More than anything, Hill’s success with the Jazz will be based on his ability to get his teammates involved effectively, to stretch the floor by draining threes and to not be afraid to be aggressive and take charge when his fellow younger teammates are having difficulties.

Hill is at his best when he’s fearlessly attacking the basket and causing the defense to collapse, which is exactly what the Jazz will want out of him this year.

Best Case Scenario: Matches his career-high scoring figures, meshes seamlessly with the team and becomes best Jazz point guard since Deron Williams

Worst Case Scenario: Becomes timid on the court and in the locker room, struggles to make an impact offensively, is replaced in the starting lineup sooner rather than later by Dante Exum

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