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Trey's not going to stop, till he's one of the best.

I still like Trey alot. I think he'll improve alot and surprise everyone once again. It's pretty pathetic how some of the 'chumps' on here are already giving up on him.
 
I see him as a Derek Fisher type player, no overwhelming athletic ability, never great, never an elite point guard, never an all-star, but a serviceable role player and capable of hitting big shots. You still need players like this on a championship caliber team...
 
I will continue to support Burke until I don't. I still like what I see from him.
 
Trey is the best point guard the Jazz have had since D-Will; unfortunately, that isn't saying a lot. I would like to see an upgrade at pg ... or any of the other 4 floor positions. That doesn't mean I want any of our players traded, because I'd rather see one of our core group legitimately pushed to the second unit by our draft pick.
 
Doublea said:
I think a lot of people are down on him because he doesn't have the highest ceiling.
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I think the problem is his physical gifts not necessarily his ceiling.

As a Hornets/Pelicans fan I watched Chris Paul early in career even at WF. He doesn't have top notch quickness or explosiveness. What he had was great handles, great ball-handling, crafty moves, length, good upper and lower body strength, and excellent body control. These are pretty much Trey's characteristics. While Chris was farther along in some of those and a few other attributes Trey IMO isn't far behind. So I certainly don't think Burke has a low ceiling he just isn't the athlete that John Wall is. Just looking at the games consensus two best PG's over the last decade Paul and Nash being that elite athlete really isn't the prerequisite as some like to think it is.
 
da ThRONe said:
I think the problem is his physical gifts not necessarily his ceiling.

As a Hornets/Pelicans fan I watched Chris Paul early in career even at WF. He doesn't have top notch quickness or explosiveness. What he had was great handles, great ball-handling, crafty moves, length, good upper and lower body strength, and excellent body control. These are pretty much Trey's characteristics. While Chris was farther along in some of those and a few other attributes Trey IMO isn't far behind. So I certainly don't think Burke has a low ceiling he just isn't the athlete that John Wall is. Just looking at the games consensus two best PG's over the last decade Paul and Nash being that elite athlete really isn't the prerequisite as some like to think it is.
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If Trey has good body strength, body-control and ball-handling, then why can't he get to the rim and finish? As I recall Paul always had the ability to get into the paint at will.
 
Jazz Fanz were so excited when Trey proved he wasn't a complete bust and could actually play in the league. Then reality hit them when they realized that even though Trey could play, we were over matched almost every single night at the point guard position. His shooting percentage was under 40% and he didn't penetrate and draw fouls near enough. Yes, he has the ability to improve, but he's not going to get any taller and he's not going to get any quicker.

We are definitely not a team that is looking for it's last piece of the puzzle to put us over the top, but if we can improve the PG position, I say we do it because if your over matched at PG, you're not going to win very much.
 
He is very underrated among Jazz fans lol. He will be an all-star in this league.
Funny how people say he can't shoot. He had above-average FG% for a rookie year. Not to mention he took those mid-court shots at the ends of quarters which hurt this FG%. Besides he got 90% FT ffs.
 
jjscap said:
He is very underrated among Jazz fans lol. He will be an all-star in this league.
Funny how people say he can't shoot. He had above-average FG% for a rookie year. Not to mention he took those mid-court shots at the ends of quarters which hurt this FG%. Besides he got 90% FT ffs.
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lol
 
homeytennis said:
Like Kanter he was recovering from an injury. A broken finger on a players shooting hand where a pin was placed can be kind of a big deal to a point guard.
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This is a good point
 
Qman said:
If Trey has good body strength, body-control and ball-handling, then why can't he get to the rim and finish? As I recall Paul always had the ability to get into the paint at will.
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I would say body strength is one of those areas where Paul had Burke outclassed coming into the league and their respective benching numbers at the combine supports this ideal. Even then Paul only finished at 49% at the basket his rookie season. I think it's safe to assume Burke will get stronger.

Paul was a PNR heavy player like Burke. However Paul was given the offense from day one. Burke has mostly played second fiddle to Hayward as Utah playmaker this year. Which has prevented Burke from playing to his strengths. I would say this season the problem hasn't been Burke's inability to get into the paint. It's been his coach's unwillingness to allow him to by making him a spot up shooter in the halfcourt sets. As someone mentioned before in another thread Burke will never be a drive and finish at the rim in traffic guy at a high clip, but neither is Paul which they don't have to be. They have the court vision to drive and kick it out to open shooter, slashing wings, or open bigs. This was what made both players "special" leaving college. The biggest difference is Byron Scott let Chris do this the day he walked into the league and Ty Corbin didn't allow Trey to do the same.
 
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