SHOOT OR SIT: NBA Playoff REALITY. Shooting is a MUST skill for Isaiah Collier and Cody Williams

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Utah Jazz face a future-defining question: can young talents like Cody Williams and Isaiah Collier develop the elite three-point shooting now essential for NBA playoff rotation roles? David Locke reveals that 75% of current postseason rotation players shoot at least 34% from deep, making shooting not a luxury but a baseline requirement. With neither Williams nor Collier currently near this threshold, and only 13% of playoff rotation players in their first three years, the youth movement in Utah may hit hard limits when it comes to postseason impact.

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0:00.0	If you want to be an NBA playoff rotation player, you better be able to shoot. Probably shouldn't be young. It's next. Unlocked on Jazz. Butam, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, pow. You are Locked-on-on-Bum-Bou-P-P-Bow.
0:28.5	You are Locked-on Jazz, your daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
0:33.5	Part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:44.7	How are you? I'm David Locke. On today's show, we're going to go to no ceilings, our NBA draft show experts who have a new stat they've launched out about the prospects of this draft. I did my Darren Peterson first watch. Wow. Wow. It's kind of my summation of that. We're going to start off with what maybe is important for Isaiah Collier,
0:58.3	Cody Williams, Kyle Filipowski, and their future,
1:02.4	and whether they are a part of a playoff rotation for the Utah Jazz.
1:07.0	Today's show, as always, thank you very much for tuning in i greatly appreciate it all part of the
1:13.9	locked on podcast network your team every day all right let's get to it right away did some
1:19.9	analysis tried to you know we're looking at cody williams we're looking at isaiah
1:24.0	collier we're looking at these guys, we're watching their development,
1:28.8	they all got better this year, and we're wondering what that means for their future.
1:38.5	The truth of the matter is you have to be able to shoot in the NBA. And at this point, in their careers,
1:50.2	Cody Williams and Isaiah Collier have not shown an ability to shoot the three ball.
1:58.3	Cody Williams finished at 21% this year, similar to a year ago.
2:03.1	Isaiah Collier finished the year at 25% or 27% similar to a year ago.
2:08.8	Worth noting John Conchar was at 25%.
2:11.3	And even Kyle Filipowski, by the end of the year, was down to 32.5%.
2:18.7	There are currently 122 players playing in the NBA playoffs in the rotation who are players
2:31.8	that would shoot a three.
2:33.2	So Rudy Gobert out, right?
2:36.2	Okay?
2:36.8	Like, Kata in Boston shoots a three every now and then,
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