How long until Burks gets injured again?

[Crawlnstall]

Burks has been my favorite player on the team and I hate seeing him hurt. I do agree that this is his make or break year with the team. I'm still hoping he can turn into a jamaal crawford type of player and be our spark off the bench.

 

[ghsartin]

I don't think Utah expects too much from Burks this year. They have built this team to not have Burks play. If he does, great. If he doesn't, we will be fine.

Exactly! I think that if the right offer comes along the Jazz may even trade him during the summer. If they do not, early season will be probably enough to figure the pecking order at the 1, 2 and 3 positions. My bet is that Burke ends up traded before the deadline - and rightfully so - unless someone gets seriously injured. We should have in mind that his once big contract is not that big anymore with the increase in the salary cap.

 

[str8line]

He plays stupid. Too much Houdini crap. The few games where he has focused strictly on being a facilitator, he's looked great. Leaves you wondering why he doesn't play like that more often. But Alec always reverts back to the one on one stuff, attacking the basket. Sooner or later, that type of play catches up to you. I wonder if he's ever stopped to think how much he's shortened his career by playing that way. Terrific athleticism but low basketball I.Q. Still have my doubts about him being a good fit in Utah.

He has the mentality of Jordan(GOAT), but he ends up on the ground way too much. Would love to see him become more of a facilitator like you said.

 

[SCS]

I'm hoping this is the year he can remain healthy. He's only had one relatively healthy year in his career, in 13-14 when he played 78 games. The other four years were rough, 59 games, 64 games, 27 games, 31 games. It sucks because he is probably our most talented offensive player.

 

[fishonjazz]

I'm hoping this is the year he can remain healthy. He's only had one relatively healthy year in his career, in 13-14 when he played 78 games. The other four years were rough, 59 games, 64 games, 27 games, 31 games. It sucks because he is probably our most talented offensive player.

The 59 and 64 game seasons had nothing to do with injury. One of those seasons was only 66 games long due to the lockout and the other missed games were due to a bunch of dnpcd's cause corbin liked raja bell, Josh Howard, cj miles etc more.

Burks has had 3 healthy nba years and one year when he had shoulder surgery and one year with a serious in game injury.

 

[SCS]

The 59 and 64 game seasons had nothing to do with injury. One of those seasons was only 66 games long due to the lockout and the other missed games were due to a bunch of dnpcd's cause corbin liked raja bell, Josh Howard, cj miles etc more.

Burks has had 3 healthy nba years and one year when he had shoulder surgery and one year with a serious in game injury.

My bad, I forgot about that lockout, and I try to forget some of Ty's decisions. But yeah, hopefully he's healthy this upcoming season.