Alec Burks Highlights vs. Wizards

[aybars]

Perhaps I didn't express it well enough. My point was I'd be worried about his assist ratio if he was just given the ball and he'd launch it up. In Burks' case he's actually trying to get to the rim and get to the line. When he gets more comfortable with the game those passes will come as getting to the hole frees up players (players who will have to collapse on Burks) instead of just throwing up long *** shots, and Burks has proven he has the ability to be a good passer.

now we talkin apples

 

[Siro]

Not meant to be, but his statement is a basic philosophical stance, "you are not enjoying something as fully when you examine it". I also have no desire to impress anyone on here in any way; when you try to impress someone, you usually want something: money, sex, power etc. I did my elaborate response more as an exaggerated and harmlessly facetious way of getting my point across. Sorry it came across as trying to impress to you.

I don't think that's the case at all. People spend significant time and effort to project a certain image. Most of the **** people do, be it buying expensive stuff (cars, homes, clothes), or trying to stand out (goths, hipsters, face tattoos), and countless other gestures are done to impress people in general. Impressing people is often an end in itself.

As far as Tree of Life in concerned, I'm personally a sucker for movies that try to be visually poetic. Even when there is absolutely no substance whatsoever.

And Burks is awesome.

 

[BYE]

I don't think that's the case at all. People spend significant time and effort to project a certain image. Most of the **** people do, be it buying expensive stuff (cars, homes, clothes), or trying to stand out (goths, hipsters, face tattoos), and countless other gestures are done to impress people in general. Impressing people is often an end in itself.

As far as Tree of Life in concerned, I'm personally a sucker for movies that try to be visually poetic. Even when there is absolutely no substance whatsoever.

And Burks is awesome.

You're right, but I would classify this as power, personal power/control. The moment a human comes out of the womb, he/she begins to imitate the general environment into which he/she is born. Imitation never really ends, and identity comes through the control/power attained through that neurological Kool-Aid we get through doing idiosyncratic stuff. Sorry, I'm channeling my inner Malick today.

And, yes, I have high hopes for Burks on both ends of the floor. Go Jazz!

 

[northeast]

Sure, no stat is perfect, but it's easy to compare others with this stat because it's common and I don't have to compute it; I just read the computation. I'm a bit confused on this stat that you're proposing. Are you doing it simply for comparative purposes or trying to figure out some sort of shooting percentage? With this formula, Burks against NOLA has a rating/percentage?? of 78.3 or .783 (9/(10 + 3/2) = 9/11.5) when he shot 33%, correct?

I am just proposing a formula that is simpler to calculate , and simpler to understand.

The TS% formula is a bit more complicated, apparently for the purposes of giving a slightly more accurate measure of points per shot attempt, but it does not take into account that some players may have an unusually high or low % of free throws that are not a result of shot attempts.

I just didn't know what TS% was. It is an approximation of points per shot attempt. I just had to comment , since it is called "True Scoring %" , when it isn't really "true" , it is an approximation. However, it is an improvement over field goal % in evaluating a player, and highly relevant to the Burks discussion.

 

[NUMBERICA]

We should be really worried about a 20 year old rookie that hardly gets minutes, but when he does, he usually does a pretty good job.

 

[northeast]

Our two rookies are very close to each other with their TS%, both slightly above average for the rookie class this year, but not at elite numbers yet.

 

[Hitman]

I'm a little confused..

Cj is shooting overall 38% from the field and 26% from 3
Burks is 42% from the field and 38% from 3

am i missing something?

Yes - I was citing 2PT%, not overall FG%. My point being (to spell it out) that in spite of being labelled a "chucker", CJ shoots better inside the arc than Burks the "driver". Yet many of the same posters who are wanting more time for Burks for his "good" play want CJ benched/cut/traded for his "bad" play, but CJ is actually outplaying Burks.

 

[Hitman]

Uh, no. The foul drawing does make a difference, and on a per possession basis, Burks has thus far been the Jazz's most efficient perimeter scorer off the bench. That is, he creates more points per possession, accounting for times he attempts a shot or is fouled in the act of shooting or turns the ball over, than CJ, Josh or Earl.

Does this metric take into consideration assists (your use of "scorer" implies not, but "creates" implies it does)? If it's just based on points, then is it merely a reflection of his team-leading shots/minute rate (counting shooting foul as shots in this case)?

 

[Hitman]

There's no difference? Sure seems like there is difference from the eye test. Just on a basic level I'd much rather see a guy be more aggressive then take fall away 20+ footers without doing much else.

Well, Miles has been doing a lot more than that this season (finally) - he has been aggressive too, getting to the line almost as much as Burks, and more than any other Jazz player. Miles has also been getting assists on the offensive end, whereas Burks hasn't.