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Midseason Grades For Every Utah Jazz Player

By Ryan Aston

Dec 23, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) warms up prior to their game against the Toronto Raptors at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 23, 2016; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward (20) warms up prior to their game against the Toronto Raptors at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports /
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Utah Jazz Trey Lyles
Jan 13, 2017; Salt Lake City, UT, USA; Utah Jazz forward Trey Lyles (41) dunks the ball during the third quarter against the Detroit Pistons at Vivint Smart Home Arena. Utah Jazz won the game 110-77. Mandatory Credit: Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports /

Trey Lyles

Some Jazz fans will disagree with me here, but this is where I break out the red pen.

Trey Lyles was awesome as a rookie. After some early struggles, he really stepped up when Favors and Rudy Gobert both got bit by the injury bug. The end result was a massive leap forward and what some considered a season worthy of All-Rookie consideration (33 starts, 6.1 PPG, 3.7 REB and 38 percent from three).

Couple that with a lights-out run during Summer League and it was hard not to be excited about Lyles entering the season. However, his performance has been pretty uneven as a sophomore.

His scoring is up to 8.2 points per game, but his shooting numbers have dropped to a level we don’t want to see them at (40.4 FG, 33.5 3PT). He continues to have big games and big moments, but he’s also been inconsistent on both ends of the floor and even looked selfish at times.

His ceiling remains sky-high and it may be due to the fact that I have high expectations for him, but I don’t think he’s quite delivering on his potential.

Grade: C

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