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Trey Burke is #8 on the "brick index"

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colton

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Here's the story for those with Insider access.
https://insider.espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10363711/nba-brick-index-identifies-nba-worst-shooter

For the rest of us, here's some more info, with the rankings.
https://www.pistonpowered.com/2014/01/josh-smith-is-nbas-most-destructive-shooter/

1. Josh Smith
2. Tayshaun Prince
3. Michael Carter-Williams
4. Dion Waiters
5. J.R. Smith
6. Glen Davis
7. Brandon Jennings
8. Trey Burke
9. Zach Randolph
10. Kirk Hinrich

The basic idea seems to be that the "brick index" takes the shooting percentage relative to the league average shooting percentage, and then based on the player's shooting frequency calculates how many points were lost because the player didn't shoot better.
 
Some of these numbers just don't make much sense to me. There's no way to quantify any variables like quality of teammates and opponents, playing hurt or coming back from injury or offensive vs. defensive style of play.

Stats are good tools, but I really think some people try to read too much into everything nowadays. The most important statistic is wins and losses. Jazz are in a down year as a team, but Trey Burke is not the reason for their struggles. In fact, he's one of the key things keeping them from being truly bad. They're a different team when he's not on the court.

Trey Burke is a winner. That to me is worth more than any random interpretation of numbers to support an agenda.
 
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd link all of my posts for yesteryear and say, "HA, told you!"

He sucks. Has since before he put on a Jazz uniform. Feel free to pass it, Trey.
 
E.J. Wells said:
If I wasn't so lazy, I'd link all of my posts for yesteryear and say, "HA, told you!"

He sucks. Has since before he put on a Jazz uniform. Feel free to pass it, Trey.
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He does. 2nd highest assists per game by rookies after MCW. 5.7 per game so far. He's doing just fine.
 
He's struggling a little but the taped fingers probably account for a few percentage points. Overall his mid range game has been solid for a rookie.

3' to 9': 40% (20/65)
10' to 15': 41% (16/39)
16 to 3PT: 37.2% (45/121)
 
Rookie point guards never shoot it well... He'll learn a lot about his shot selection this year.
 
Doublea said:
Rookie point guards never shoot it well... He'll learn a lot about his shot selection this year.
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And this is why it's so critical for ALL of the Core5 to be out on the court playing. You learn these things by trying, succeeding or failing in the moment, putting it on tape, watching the tape, learning from mistakes and going out there to try it again.

Especially in a season when you don't grade by wins or losses, but by improvement, maturity and growth through experience. You don't learn that stuff by sitting on the bench.
 
Ellis269 said:
And this is why it's so critical for ALL of the Core5 to be out on the court playing. You learn these things by trying, succeeding or failing in the moment, putting it on tape, watching the tape, learning from mistakes and going out there to try it again.

... You don't learn that stuff by sitting on the bench.
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Did Harden and Bledsoe hear about this theory of yours?
 
From the way this board goes on you would think that Hayward and Burks would be vying for number 1 on the list. Maybe we all are not as smart as we think we are.
 
doubledribble said:
Did Harden and Bledsoe hear about this theory of yours?
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you mean the harden that got ~1,750 minutes as a rookie (more than kanter's and burks' combined rookie totals)?

or what about bledsoe's 1,850 rookie minutes (ditto)?


I'm confused as to how they are proving the theory wrong.
 
his jumper is too inconsistent at the moment. he will get better. i expect him to be a 43% shooter early in this career
 
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