Utah Jazz: Midseason report card for Tony Bradley

Offense

Pretty much the only strength Tony Bradley had early on was his skills of cleaning the glass.

Thanks to his good length, Bradley could grab some offensive rebounds and complete easy dunks and layups from point blank range. His ability as the roll man in the pick and roll was better than Davis’ from the get-go, and that’s only improved throughout the course of this season.

On average he gets 1.1 possessions per game as the roll man, scoring 67.6 percent of the time, good enough for the 84th percentile.

Bradley also has good hands and can hold onto the ball when he gets fed in the post. This allows him to fill up the stat sheet in limited minutes, which makes his per 36-minutes line pretty impressive:

15.5 points, 14.3 rebounds, 1.6 blocks per 36 minutes.

Outside of the paint, Bradley isn’t much of a threat which is just fine for the Utah Jazz. As long as Jordan Clarkson and Joe Ingles are running the offense and Bradley stays out of the way, that’s good enough for a backup center.

His field goal percentage is a solid 63 percent, which is evidence he gets his buckets within the offensive system. His free throw percentage could stand to improve, as he is only hitting 64 percent of his shots from the charity stripe.

Back in his rookie year, he shot 81 percent on his free throws with the Salt Lake City Stars from a decent sample size, so I know he has the touch. Also footage of him shooting threes in practice is an encouraging sign for the future. Here’s to hoping he can unleash that three point touch in actual games next season.

The Jazz offense is nearly six points better per 100 possessions with Bradley off the floor this season, but that speaks to how great of a player he is backing up. As for now he is a serviceable backup big on the offensive side of the ball.

Grade: B-