Fishsticks
Banned
1 Trey Burke
2 Michael Carter-Williams
3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
4 G. Antetokounmpo
5 Mason Plumlee
Trey Burke, Jazz
Burke had the ultimate nightmare for an NBA point guard against the Clippers, hurting his team with three turnovers in the last three minutes of a tight game (two of the turnovers came with the Jazz down by only two points). Missing shots is one thing, but not getting one off at all is a far worse transgression. They were mistakes made out of aggressiveness more than carelessness, but he had six turnovers total in the game, which came on the heels of a seven-turnover game in a win over the Lakers.
But Burke showed what he's made of in his next game, committing only one turnover in Utah's win against Charlotte. He finished December with a better than 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, while making 36.8 percent of his 3s. For a point guard who just turned 21 and missed a lot of prep time in the preseason due to injury, those are eye-popping results. Utah is 10-8 in games in which Burke has played more than 20 minutes, 1-16 when he hasn't.
2 Michael Carter-Williams
3 Tim Hardaway Jr.
4 G. Antetokounmpo
5 Mason Plumlee
Trey Burke, Jazz
Burke had the ultimate nightmare for an NBA point guard against the Clippers, hurting his team with three turnovers in the last three minutes of a tight game (two of the turnovers came with the Jazz down by only two points). Missing shots is one thing, but not getting one off at all is a far worse transgression. They were mistakes made out of aggressiveness more than carelessness, but he had six turnovers total in the game, which came on the heels of a seven-turnover game in a win over the Lakers.
But Burke showed what he's made of in his next game, committing only one turnover in Utah's win against Charlotte. He finished December with a better than 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio, while making 36.8 percent of his 3s. For a point guard who just turned 21 and missed a lot of prep time in the preseason due to injury, those are eye-popping results. Utah is 10-8 in games in which Burke has played more than 20 minutes, 1-16 when he hasn't.
