Cappy_Smurf
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he's IMO isn't far away from being in the mix of a top 10 player at his position in a year or so if he indeed corrects those 3 areas. Which are very correctable.
Lol, are you sure you watched Burke? Trey Burke?
he's IMO isn't far away from being in the mix of a top 10 player at his position in a year or so if he indeed corrects those 3 areas. Which are very correctable.
Just watched the the early part of the season. Burke is not the chucker people say he is. His biggest flaw is his shooting touch isn't there. Plus his body positioning is terrible defending the PNR the way the team defends PNR.
I know it's easy to pick a player and make him the scape goat. However most of the things people say about him I just don't see after watching him. A chucker is someone that takes ill-advised shots all the time. Trey takes really good shots most of the time when he's the starting PG and consistently makes the right plays. He just has to be able to make jumpers far more accurately then he has his first two years. Along with finishing at the rim better(or at least get the calls from the ref when he's obviously fouled) and of course get stronger to defend the PNR better.
I know people don't want to hear it(especially from a Burke supporter), but this guy is far better than the credit he's getting on this board. He may never correct his flaws, but he's IMO isn't far away from being in the mix of a top 10 player at his position in a year or so if he indeed corrects those 3 areas. Which are very correctable.
Lol, are you sure you watched Burke? Trey Burke?
If he's shooting that poorly that frequently, then they are not "really good shots". They are in fact "ill-advised shots".
Not necessarily. Somebody has to shoot. And often times Trey finds himself shooting low in the shot clock. I understand he has to shoot better anybody in their right minds should agree but you can't always look at things on the surface. Trey shot a great deal of 3's(almost 40% of his total shot attempts), and while his 32% isn't great it isn't that far off the league 35% average. Also he finished at the basket at a poor percentage.
He was moved to the bench to provide a "scoring punch" and it's clear he took that role to heart. Even though his shooting touch didn't justify such role.
Hey, I completely agree with him. If Trey becomes a MUCH better shooter, a MUCH better finisher, and a MUCH better defender, then he would easily be a top 10 PG in the league. But I'm not holding my breath.
I see this as more of a forced choice than a willing one. Hood and Burks injuries decemated the reserve and Snyder had to do something. He had limited options and was confined to the players on his roster.
When you shoot such a horrendously bad % you are a chucker. Regardless of how or when you take your shots, even if it is to a point forced on you.
Would be interesting to see how many of his FGApg came with under 5 seconds on the shot clock.
Hey, I completely agree with him. If Trey becomes a MUCH better shooter, a MUCH better finisher, and a MUCH better defender, then he would easily be a top 10 PG in the league. But I'm not holding my breath.
These are all things players get better at through varies ways. Burke is a guy who has had success in his basketball life shooting jumpers. Fully understand the NBA is another level but expecting him to shoot better and get stronger isn't something that requires a miracle. If anything it should be expected.
These are all things players get better at through varies ways. Burke is a guy who has had success in his basketball life shooting jumpers. Fully understand the NBA is another level but expecting him to shoot better and get stronger isn't something that requires a miracle. If anything it should be expected.
Not necessarily. Somebody has to shoot. And often times Trey finds himself shooting low in the shot clock.
I understand he has to shoot better anybody in their right minds should agree but you can't always look at things on the surface. Trey shot a great deal of 3's(almost 40% of his total shot attempts), and while his 32% isn't great it isn't that far off the league 35% average.
More interesting would be to see how often he got the ball with >10 seconds on the clock and shot with <5 seconds on the same play. I didn't get to watch very many games last year yet I still saw that happen with regularity.
This is a great post. I love that you have the guts to stand up for a guy you believe in, and I hope that your assessment is right. I have a feeling he'll be on the team next year (at least until the trade deadline) so we're going to get a better measure of his potential.Just watched the the early part of the season. Burke is not the chucker people say he is. His biggest flaw is his shooting touch isn't there. Plus his body positioning is terrible defending the PNR the way the team defends PNR.
I know it's easy to pick a player and make him the scape goat. However most of the things people say about him I just don't see after watching him. A chucker is someone that takes ill-advised shots all the time. Trey takes really good shots most of the time when he's the starting PG and consistently makes the right plays. He just has to be able to make jumpers far more accurately then he has his first two years. Along with finishing at the rim better(or at least get the calls from the ref when he's obviously fouled) and of course get stronger to defend the PNR better.
I know people don't want to hear it(especially from a Burke supporter), but this guy is far better than the credit he's getting on this board. He may never correct his flaws, but he's IMO isn't far away from being in the mix of a top 10 player at his position in a year or so if he indeed corrects those 3 areas. Which are very correctable.
I hate that excuse--so do all of the other PGs in the league. That's already factored into their shooting percentages. You don't get to ADDITIONALLY factor that in for one specific player but not for the rest.
A 3 percentage point difference in 3pt% might not seem like much, but it's about a 10% difference in the number of points scored. If a team experiences a team-wide 10% drop in number of points scored, that's about a 10 point difference throughout the course of a game (if all players go down by that same amount). That's huge. Looking at it in terms of eFG% instead of just 3pt% so that his 2pt% is also factored in, Trey ranked 23 out of 25 qualified PGs, with an eFG% of 43.0%. https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/...Efficiency/seasontype/2/position/point-guards. The #10 PG was Brandon Knight, with an eFG% of 49.3%, and #1 was Steph Curry with eFG% of 59.4%. As far as I can tell, the league-wide average for all players was an eFG% of about 49.6%. Trey's not just a slightly worse shooter than average. He's a HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE, shooter.
Edit: bottom line is that while "somebody has to shoot", the Jazz would have been much better off if that "somebody" had been anyone other than Trey Burke.
Boy this Sandy Braille guy was a real idiot. What happened to him?
Schroeder is looking really good right about now.
Too bad no one on this board thought that st the time of the draft........No kidding. God damn it, right??? He looks like 10-times the player that Burke is. Oooof