Stats for SL top 3 scorers:
Lance Stephenson: 19.8 ppg, 53% FG, 2.5 Reb, 4.8 asst.
Marshon Brooks: 17 ppg, 39% FG, 2.5 Reb, 4.3 asst.
Alec Burks: 17.2 ppg, 45% FG 3.4 Reb, 2 asst.
I know I shouldn't try to extrapolate too much, and that SL is built for ball-dominant SGs like these three. I didn't get to see the games, but can anyone tell me why I should expect more from Burks going forward than from Stephenson & Brooks (other than that Burks isn't a knucklehead -- maybe that's enough?). I don't really expect either of those two to be anything more than average NBA players at best.
I'm not anti-Burks by any means, but I will say in defense of Kanter for all the grief he's taken in these few days that his total SL stats are probably better than any other big from the SL (Sullinger's probably the only close one, but with a pretty low shooting %).
Lance Stephenson: 19.8 ppg, 53% FG, 2.5 Reb, 4.8 asst.
Marshon Brooks: 17 ppg, 39% FG, 2.5 Reb, 4.3 asst.
Alec Burks: 17.2 ppg, 45% FG 3.4 Reb, 2 asst.
I know I shouldn't try to extrapolate too much, and that SL is built for ball-dominant SGs like these three. I didn't get to see the games, but can anyone tell me why I should expect more from Burks going forward than from Stephenson & Brooks (other than that Burks isn't a knucklehead -- maybe that's enough?). I don't really expect either of those two to be anything more than average NBA players at best.
I'm not anti-Burks by any means, but I will say in defense of Kanter for all the grief he's taken in these few days that his total SL stats are probably better than any other big from the SL (Sullinger's probably the only close one, but with a pretty low shooting %).