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Burke Gets Invite

It's pathetic how you guys are always hard on Burke all the time. It is great that he got an invite. It'll help him grow and improve in his game more. It helped for Gordon, so would Trey as well. Jazz are committed to him and aren't ready to give up on him that easily. Unless he himself requested a trade like Kanter did.
 
I can't believe how many people here want to trade Burke and let Cotton or Neto take over backup duty. Cotton has played 15 NBA games, Neto has played 0. From what I've seen, Cotton is just as streaky as Burke, is more turnover prone, and worse on defense. I think Burke will learn this year that if he's not feeling it to stop forcing up shots and stick to pushing the tempo, taking care of the ball and distributing. At least if he does that, he will not be a net negative on the court.
 
Broncster said:
Also I like when players act like a man off the court (which he is). Would you rather him act like a little kid off the court?
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Like when he showed the world his weiner?
 
Does anyone know why Favors isn't on this list?
Existing Team USA members: LaMarcus Aldridge, Carmelo Anthony, Bradley Beal, Tyson Chandler, DeMarcus Cousins, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, DeMar DeRozan, Andre Drummond, Kevin Durant, Kenneth Faried, Rudy Gay, Paul George, Blake Griffin, James Harden, Gordon Hayward, Dwight Howard, Andre Iguodala, Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, Kyle Korver, David Lee, Kawhi Leonard, Damian Lillard, Kevin Love, Paul Millsap, Chandler Parsons, Chris Paul, Mason Plumlee, Derrick Rose, Klay Thompson, John Wall, Russell Westbrook and Deron Williams
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New Invites: Harrison Barnes, Trey Burke, Jimmy Butler, Mike Conley, Draymond Green, Tobias Harris and Victor Oladipo.
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Legit lmfao at Plumlee being invited. Is there anyone on this planet who would make an argument for Plumlee > Favors?
 
dalamon said:
Legit lmfao at Plumlee being invited. Is there anyone on this planet who would make an argument for Plumlee > Favors?
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Personally I'd take Favors over Plumlee, Drummond, Chandler and Cousins (purely attitude).
 
Here is what I think the final roster will look like

Locks
Curry
Davis
Durant
Griffin
Harden
James



Curry, Paul
Harden, Westbrook, Leonard
James, Durant
Aldridge, Griffin, Anthony
Davis, Howard
 
Glad he got the invite, hope he can use the opportunity of being in this type of competitive atmosphere to hone his on-court approach/mentality. Working with coach K could be what he needs. Imo, a lot of his struggles are self-imposed. He will never be able to physically overmatch his opponents, so if he's going to be successful, he will have to do so by "playing the right way"- making the extra pass, finding the open shot (be it his own or one of his teammates), knowing when to push the pace & when to slow it down, letting the game come to him, etc. He still has the same ability that he had in Michigan, the problem (imo) is that he still has the same mentality as well. The biggest adjustment that he needs to make is playing within the system. If he is able to do so, I believe that he could still make a very affective back-up PG/6th man scorer on a championship caliber team. I just hope we are able to find out without losing Cotton or hurting Neto's development.
 
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