Utah Jazz 2016-17 season review: Shelvin Mack

Shelvin Mack spent his first full season with the Utah Jazz on and off the court due to injury and his team’s rotation. How did his year turn out in hindsight?

Coming over to the Utah Jazz at the trade deadline of the 2015-16 season, Shelvin Mack has served in many roles with the team. He was brought over as the starting point guard, bolstering a weak backcourt suffering from the absence of an experienced leader.

This year, he was slotted in behind new acquisition George Hill and also split court time with the likes of Raul Neto and Dante Exum. His season culminated with him starting the Jazz’s last game, a playoff loss against the Golden State Warriors.

Playing in a career-high 21.9 minutes per game, he averaged 7.8 points, 2.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assists on 45 percent shooting from the field.

Thanks to a sprained ankle suffered in mid-February, Mack missed a sizable amount of time during the home stretch of the season, only returning to the lineup just eight games before the end of the regular season.

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The Jazz saw enough in Mack to trade for him when he had little experience as a trusted rotation player, so it’s not hard to infer that his value might be higher in Utah than in other places.

Let’s take a look at his areas of strength and weakness, as well as how he fits into the Jazz’s plans for next season and beyond.