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SaltyDawg said:
I was wondering if Burks was on the inactive list or something (until he got the last couple minutes of garbage time).

Cut Tinsley, play Foye and Burks at the backup guard spots.

I'd also like to see Milsap come off the bench and Favors start, but that's another topic.
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Bump
 
Based on what has developed, it appears to me that the Jazz are trying to convert Burks from a shooting guard to a point guard. And obviously he has a long way to go, so maybe that's why they were sitting him on the bench to study the position and then slowly start to break him in ... of course I'm speculating and it may just have to with Mo being out and Watson playing so poorly.
 
I wish he'd get back in the habit of getting to the rim more often.
He's been taking too many mid-range jump shots and those shots are the worst to take in the NBA.

Good thing he's making them but he needs to get back to what made me like him so much.
 
I wish he'd get back in the habit of getting to the rim more often.
He's been taking too many mid-range jump shots and those shots are the worst to take in the NBA.

Good thing he's making them but he needs to get back to what made me like him so much.
 
injuries have forced ty's hand re: burks. reports elsewhere (other jazz forums) suggest he had burks on a short leash last season (locke has alluded to this in the past with that whole "too cool for school" line). if it wasn't for mo going he'd probably still be riding the pine despite putting his head down and working this off-season. the same reports suggest management aren't happy with burks' lack of playing time.

mo's injury may be a blessing, though. giving him the responsibility of playing the 1 means he thinks pass first. takes a little bit of that recklessness out of his game, outside of junk time, obviously. he and gordon work well together. gordon generally seems to like getting his fellow young'ns involved.

the movement to dual ball-handlers in the nba right now works in burks' favor i reckon. even when mo returns, he'd better get decent minutes. mo relinquishing some pg duties would open up his scoring some, too.
 
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SaltyDawg said:
Bump.

Burks has pretty much silenced all the critics now.

Someday we'll laugh at the fact that a washed up Tinsley played instead of Burks for half the season. And while it was happening, Tinsley had one of the worst stretches in his career, going several weeks without making a 3 pointer (and possibly without making a fg at all during a long stretch).

It's clear now that between Foye, Hayward, and Burks they don't need Tinsley to bring the ball over half court, immediately pass it to someone else, and then back out of the play and never touch the ball again (which is all Tinsley did the first month of the season).
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Exactly Salty.
It was obvious to us that Foye and Burks could bring the ball up, and start the offense. Who knew it would even be as good as it is.
Having two good passers on the court makes more sense than ever when you actually see it.

Ty may be doing it now, but his hand was forced.
We wanted this before Mo went down.
 
Finally, His Deliciousness is free.

Take a sigh of relief, everyone. The wait is over.

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spycam1 said:
Finally, His Deliciousness is free.

Take a sigh of relief, everyone. The wait is over.

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In a month when burke, marvin, and rush are back...... the wait will be back on
 
Revolution 9 said:
Foye is a decent player, but he's not the future. Alec has the potenial to be great. We need to think big picture if we are going to
try, and win a title. We've got to find time for Burks on the floor. If Foye coming here means no Burks then it was a bad move.
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amen Revo! Repped
 
Scorpjazz said:
All of you.... one game, which by the way, I think we won...kindly shut the **** up..you have all season to show how smart you...
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Gameface said:
I'm perfectly fine with the playing time Burks got. The Jazz won. Burks is a selfish chucker from everything I've ever seen.
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Shaggy said:
I didn't know Alec Burks had so many accounts on jazzfanz.
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CitizenofCapua said:
Geez... Calm down everybody. Its just the very first game of a huge season. Foye & Mo played together within the 5 that made the huge run and they were both +19. Corbin played Tinsley over Burks cause he didn`t impressed wih Foye`s playmaking skills and when Foye & Burks played together Jazz offense was like a headless chicken at pre-season. I`ll still play him over Tinsley though and Ty`ll consider this more after this night. But its a long run, he`ll get the pt due to many factors (injuries etc.) & Foye`s performance which i think is not reliable in the meaning of consistency.

Right now the only thing Foye`s better at it than Burks is 3PT - which is a very important one, never underestimate it- and that`s why Foye getting pt and Burks not. Watch out when he can hit from downtown with high %. He need to work on that part of his game.


Carrol need to play i dont see hes getting Burks minutes (Gordon should stick with 2) and he deserved pt for what he has done so far he`s bringing energy, defensive presence in and playing his butt off every game, i love his attitude.
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YB85 said:
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franklin said:
At this point, Foye>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>.Burks at running an NBA offense. Burks is not even in the point guard conversation outside dreamy eyed homers on jazzfanz.

Quick, someone find a highlight of Burks showing anything besides Burks shooting. See you next season.
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Off with your Heads!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Zulu said:
Off with your Heads!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Why do you Burks fans want to lynch every Jazz fan who rooted for the Jazz to win games at the start of last season? Foye's outside shot was the perfect complement to alfense, Burks' was not.

I'm a fan of the Utah Jazz, not necessarily the individual players.
 
I'm a fan of the current FO and the current players.... More than what we had last year!!!
 
Zulu said:
I'm a fan of the current FO and the current players.... More than what we had last year!!!
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Isn't literally every single poster happy for the rebuild?

Seems like the Burks uberhomers have a lot of animosity towards anyone who wanted to keep a winning culture last season, especially Corbin for his winning coaching. It's the same as someone creating 10 troll accounts that all hope for Burks and Hayward to break their legs so we can tank for Wiggins, then going in your face mode if it were to happen and acting like everyone else didn't want Wiggins.
 
franklin said:
Isn't literally every single poster happy for the rebuild?

Seems like the Burks uberhomers have a lot of animosity towards anyone who wanted to keep a winning culture last season, especially Corbin for his winning coaching. It's the same as someone creating 10 troll accounts that all hope for Burks and Hayward to break their legs so we can tank for Wiggins, then going in your face mode if it were to happen and acting like everyone else didn't want Wiggins.
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But imo opinion and many others burks is better for a winning culture the last two years than watson, tinsley, howard, raja, cj miles, jefferson, and maybe even foye.

So in our opinions playing burks give the jazz that winning culture that you speak of
 
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