So no one can stay in front of him and his greatest skill is drawing contact and he can't score 20 ppg?
The reason: because people can stay in front of him.
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So no one can stay in front of him and his greatest skill is drawing contact and he can't score 20 ppg?
The reason: because people can stay in front of him.
Coach Ellis
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I bet Quin takes care of that. Watch Burks have a breakout year depending on what role they carve out for him.
♪alt13
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The reason is because once he gets by his man he barrels into a wall of bigs. IIRC his assists last year didn't come as a result of drive and kicks or drop offs. I think most of his assists were from swinging the ball from outside the arc(No data but that is what I remember).
However, just before he went out for surgery I recall him hitting someone in the corner for an open 3(missed) off one of his drives. That got me excited. I think it is something he and Quin were already working on last season.
I mean, don't get me wrong, people do have some trouble staying in front of him, but he isn't Russell Westbrook with his blow by capability. People can and do stay in front of him.
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Burks averages 8 fg attempts per game for his career and 3.5 free throw attempts per game in 22.7 minutes a game.
I'm confident that if Burks averages 36 minutes per game and has, let's say 18 field goal attempts per game, that he would average 20 pts per game.
Getting past his defender is not what is preventing him from averaging 20 points per game.
Then again, I'm not even sure why you brought the whole 20 pts thing up.
Ingles could average 20 pts per game if he shoots enough and plays enough minutes.
I watch the jazz play and don't see defenders able to stay in front of Burks. That is what I was commenting on.
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Reading this post again it almost seems like you are saying that Burks inability to get to the hoop/paint is what's holding him back. That sounds pretty dumb
Burks has plenty of weaknesses..... Getting by his man is not one of them.
Burks drive game as his main strength.
I thought everyone knew that
Tyler: Hi Kevin, I know the general consensus is the that the Hornets need to address shooting with their #9 pick. What is your feeling on 1.) Who they should draft at that spot and 2.) is moving down or trading out a viable option?
Kevin Pelton: I think R.J. Hunter is the best shooting wing who will be available to the Hornets. If Charlotte could move back and still get Hunter, that would be an ideal scenario.
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Kevin Pelton: I think R.J. Hunter is the best shooting wing who will be available to the Hornets. If Charlotte could move back and still get Hunter, that would be an ideal scenario.
That number again is 801...
Park Bites
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i have been saying for a few months now that the jazz need to trade burke and move Burks into the back up PG and SG
And overlooking better parts of his offense(spot up shooting - 43% this year, 42% last year - ~1.25ppp) in favor of what is good point of his game(drives and finishes around the rim - 49% this year, 56% last year - 1.03 ppp*) is one of the problems with his game - shot selection, urge to put the ball on the floor before he does something with it - be it shooting it(usually does the one dribble pullup long 2 with foot on the 3p line), or make a drive for a contested layup.
*I was actually generous here - those are all types of finishes around the rim, including transitions, uncontested dunks on cuts, etc. In fact he shot 37.5% on drives this year and 47.5% last year, which would only come to show you how inefficient his drive game is. We just remember the flashy ones and forget all the ones that end up with a miss.
Coach Ellis
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And I think that you're very right in your belief. I think Burks would be amazing in the role that Burke filled from the bench last year.
I agree with this. I'm still hopeful that Alec Burks can become a consistent scorer for this team without sacrificing defensively like Burke did. I like Trey, but I just don't have a lot of faith in him.
Maneesh
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I agree and I think mostly he is efficent enough that he could score a little more. We need a guys that can get 20 consistently and I think thats Hayward, but of burks can also get around 18 our startings wings will be two of the best in the league with two of the best front court. I really think the Jazz will be amazing next year and the roster is underated by everyone include locke who says he will trade our roster for Twolves.