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Corbin: I was afraid of this

[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];787871 said:
Burks can't create consistently enough for himself, not to mention his teammates. He's a nice piece, but, yeah...
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That was not what he said. Glad you concede the point on the rebounding bigs.
 
Core4 said:
Richard Jefferson - 69 games played, 69 games started, 27 mins/per
Marvin Williams - 57 games, 47 starts, 26 mins/per

This season the Jazz (i.e. Corbin) has built a large part of the offense around guys who WON'T (RJ) or aren't likely (MW) returning. Even after RJ's infamous quote about looking to play for a contender, Ty has continued to start RJ and make him a major part of the offense.

OK, FINALLY we've seen Kanter get a couple of starts (outside of when Favors has been hurt or early in the season when Enes apparently was the cause for our losses instead of the worst PG tandem in NBA history). So why not do the same with Burks? Ty, likely because he was a journeyman player himself, believes these veterans deserve minutes so they'll get offered a contract somewhere next season. Ty...if you ever had any chance of retaining your own job, it was by developing the players who WILL be here next season.

And sorry, I don't buy into the philosophy that players develop in practice. They also need game time. They need to play against opposing starters.
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I only consider 1 thing about this season a complete fail. And that is the coaching staff.
 
[size/HUGE] fixed [/size];787974 said:
"Creating offense" doesn't JUST mean getting your own shot. It means putting pressure on the defense with one's own ability to create a good offensive possession.

Yeah, we have bigs who can rebound.
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Creating offense for himself

Burks clearly does that.
 
Stoked said:
Creating offense for himself

Burks clearly does that.
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He's also been showing some really good passing qualities and play making when the defense has to collapse in on him. He definitely needs to improve, but it's a good sign.
 
Doublea said:
He's also been showing some really good passing qualities and play making when the defense has to collapse in on him. He definitely needs to improve, but it's a good sign.
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Last year he averaged 1.4 apg. This year 2.7. Granted part of that comes simply from the 10 extra mpg he plays this year. I'd love he could get that up to 3.5-4.0 apg.
 
Stoked said:
Last year he averaged 1.4 apg. This year 2.7. Granted part of that comes simply from the 10 extra mpg he plays this year. I'd love he could get that up to 3.5-4.0 apg.
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He can. He was a good and willing passer in college. Right now he plays alot of minutes with bench players and im sure is told to be the scorer of the second unit.

Put him in a starter role and give him 35 minutes per game with him being the main initiater of the offense (ala james harden) and he will average 3.5-4.0 assists per game.

The team might not do too well though since im not convinced he can be a number 1 option on a good team
 
fishonjazz said:
He can. He was a good and willing passer in college. Right now he plays alot of minutes with bench players and im sure is told to be the scorer of the second unit.

Put him in a starter role and give him 35 minutes per game with him being the main initiater of the offense (ala james harden) and he will average 3.5-4.0 assists per game.

The team might not do too well though since im not convinced he can be a number 1 option on a good team
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I would like to see him as a starter next year as well. I do not think he needs to intiate the offense though. He doesn't now and he gets 2.7 apg. Add another 10mpg (that'll place him around 37mpg) and he can average 3.5apg.
 
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