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Cole Aldrich stuffs Alec Burks

Finally, a guard who isn't afraid to take it to the rim!!!

Just imagine how great CJ would have been had he ever tried doing this instead of sitting outside and cranking it from 30 feet.
 
Scorpjazz said:
How that wasnt a foul, I dont know.
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Me neither. Clean up top, but Aldrich definitely turned and hit him with his hip.
But Cole did exactly what I want to see our 5's do...if a guard is going to drive inside, hit him hard. Nothing flagrant, just make sure the little guy goes down and then thinks twice about driving inside the next time. Make him pull up for the jumper instead.
 
I see Burks has won the hearts of jazz fans already that we are going back and disputing clear blocks as fouls from his freshman year.
 
Nice drive. Clean block. I'm wondering how willingly Burks kept taking the ball inside after that.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
I see Burks has won the hearts of jazz fans already that we are going back and disputing clear blocks as fouls from his freshman year.
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I agree, even being a big-time Burks homer and long time KU hater... that was a clean block... you win some, you lose some. The real story here is, that crossover was very nice. We now have a guard who can create their own shots at the rim and not afraid of contact. (Even if those shots sometimes get blocked.)
 
It looked clean to me. Just amazed that Cole Aldrich's name has been brought up. Ostertag Jr was never a happy subject with me. Glad we didn't draft him.
 
Sure looked like a foul to me, though the footage isn't exactly crystal clear. Aldrich's body just slammed into Burks. The block itself was clean but the contact below was not, and that will get whistled in the NBA (at least in most non-rookie instances).
 
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