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Will Barton

He's a better player than AB but the similarities between the two concerns me. I would rather go after guy's like Joe Harris, Bjelica, Ariza, and maybe even Hezonja because I think they would all be a better fit in Quin's system and they'd all likely be cheaper.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I think we have to TRADE with Denver in order for the magic to keep rolling. My impression is he's Alec Burks-ish (otherwise, why isn't he starting?). I am pretty ignorant, though.

If he knows how to D up (and play within a scheme) and can also score, then do it.
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I think he's far better than Burks. He isn't starting because Gary Harris is pretty effing solid.

56.2% TS% this year. Burks was 52.7%
54.7% last season. Burks was 50.1%
53.5% the year prior. Burks was 52.0%

Barton was at 37.0% each of the last two years from 3. Burks shot 33.1% and 32.9% the last two seasons and is 35.3% for his career.

Plus he got that defensive vote infection referenced. Burks could play 100 years in the league and never get that.

So yeah, they may have similar styles but Barton is pretty much superior in all ways.
 
Will the thrill Barton is gonna be too pricey for Utah and will have a long list of suitors. Denver would be smart to retain his services.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
I think he's far better than Burks. He isn't starting because Gary Harris is pretty effing solid.

56.2% TS% this year. Burks was 52.7%
54.7% last season. Burks was 50.1%
53.5% the year prior. Burks was 52.0%

Barton was at 37.0% each of the last two years from 3. Burks shot 33.1% and 32.9% the last two seasons and is 35.3% for his career.

Plus he got that defensive vote infection referenced. Burks could play 100 years in the league and never get that.

So yeah, they may have similar styles but Barton is pretty much superior in all ways.
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Burks is a superior rebounder and Burks had more size. Enough size to credibly play the 3 for stretches.

Barton is a far superior shot creator who can even create for others a little. In a vacuum I would pick Barton for a team 10 out of 10 times. But given the cost constraints I doubt we will be able to pull Barton away.
 
Utah actually had 3 players in the top 20 of shots per game that were wide open. (6+ feet away)
Rubio 10th - 3.9 per
Ingles 11th (tie) - 3.8 per
DM 14th(tie) - 3.7 per

Ingles killed it on the percentages of those shots. DM and Rubio could be better at knocking down those wide open looks.

Utah was 16th in the league at taking wide open shots at 26 per game. Memphis was tops at 34.9. Denver was 25th at 21.7.

Barton was 149th in the league (approx) with 2.1 per game.

FYI, Portland was 28th in the league with 20.5 per game. Lillard and McCollum don't create a ton of open looks for the team as it turns out.

Fun Fact, Marc Gasol was tops in the league at 5 per game. Probably because centers suck at getting out there to guard him on the 3pt line, it messes up the teams defense so they probably hesitate to go out there. He seemed to have a million of those against us towards the end of the year, before he got pulled because he was going to beat us. Their coach saw that and made sure he wasn't in there for the 4th quarter. Don't ruin the tank Marc.
 
I think one interesting exercise would be for someone to list the top 50 or so free agents according to money you project each of those players to get. Maybe plug in teams even. After the first 10-20 guys are signed, there could be a major deal or two to be had by us. I suppose those could even be Exum and/or Favors.
 
I'll admit I haven't read the thread but what do y'all think about Wayne Ellington? If we could get him for the non-taxpayer 8M/yr would you take it? Basically the same thing as Barton.

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