SaltyDawg
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Put Foye at pg and he'll get more assists. The fact that he is getting assists at sg should be evidence enough that he'd be getting even more as a pg.
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Put Foye at pg and he'll get more assists. The fact that he is getting assists at sg should be evidence enough that he'd be getting even more as a pg.
TheSilencer1313
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Foye would have to be better than that idiot Raymond Felton, as they are very similar players. Teams still use Felton at that position, so why can't the Jazz use Foye there sparingly for the time being.
Tinsley should definitely be on the court every single game, but just not for as many minutes.
Darkwing Duck
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Have you even looked at Foye's history as a PG? His assist rate is terrible as a PG compared to bad passing PGs in the league.
He's a BAD POINT GUARD. History says this. He's a GOOD SHOOTING GUARD. Why do you want to turn a good player into a bad one?
Hartsock
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How are they similar exactly? I would not think of Felton as a comparison for Foye. Felton is a PG, has been a PG his whole life. Foye has always been an undersized scoring guard. Not the same.
Darkwing Duck
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And yet Foye's assist rate isn't anywhere near Felton's, even when Foye played PG most of the time, like in Minnesota.
TheSilencer1313
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I suppose I was looking at body type and height as opposed to actually assist rates.
They're both bigger/fatter type of players that can dribble the ball well.
Obviously Felton is a better passer, but has been a strict point guard for a lot longer.
Hartsock
Banned
So what was your point then?
This is Foye's 7th year. He's not just suddenly going to become a PG. And I'm not saying that he shouldn't be played as one, but there's plenty of evidence to suggest that Foye would be a worse player than Tinsley at the position, all things considered.
TheSilencer1313
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The point is..... we're all looking for ways to get Burks on the court, but nobody can agree on a situation.
What if Burks can hit shots at the rate he was hitting them in summer league and the pre-season? Can he then share minutes with Foye at SG?
Not really. Players - especially scorers - usually need time to get rhythm.
TheSilencer1313
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So when is Burks going to get a chance to develop some rhythm?
Or do we have to be up by 30 on a team to get him any time.
spycam1
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How about everyone? He manages to do a lot of the things posters here suggest, he just does them when it's way too late.
-took him till game 4 of the 2012 playoff series to start Favors
-took him till game 4 to experiment with Carroll guarding Parker
-took him most of the season to realize that Burks deserved minutes over CJ and Braille
-it seems like they've ran Favors in the pick and roll a little more the past few games, as well as letting him play a face up/slashing game and less posting up. Something everyone has been saying to do for...how long?
These are just off the top of my head. I predict Corbin will eventually find more minutes for Burks by playing Foye and he together at the guard spots, he'll just get there at a snail's pace.