Game 1: Jazz vs Spurs (July 17th)

[Doublea]

Alec Burks >>> Trey Burke

By the end of this year, I see Favors, Hayward, Burks and Exum as four of the starters. I'm just not sure yet if I'd rather have Gobert or Kanter starting with Favors. I like both of them for different reasons. I think that Enes has more upside and is more versatile positionally. One of those two, plus Hood and Burke off the bench is pretty nice depth IMO.

I hope that's not even a conversation someone would have. I feel a little awkward pretending Burke is better then he actually is...

 

[richgates]

I think he may be getting upset with never receiving the ball from Trey.

It's funny that you mention that. I just watched Exum's post-game interview here: https://on.nba.com/1qjjmA0 and he mentioned that he likes having the ball in his hands more. I don't know if that was a swipe at Trey specifically, but I get the sense he wasn't happy with not being the primary ball handler more often.

 

[Ellipse]

It's funny that you mention that. I just watched Exum's post-game interview here: https://on.nba.com/1qjjmA0 and he mentioned that he likes having the ball in his hands more. I don't know if that was a swipe at Trey specifically, but I get the sense he wasn't happy with not being the primary ball handler more often.

It worse than that, someone counted 7 straight possessions where Exum never touched the ball.

 

[richgates]

It worse than that, someone counted 7 straight possessions where Exum never touched the ball.

Another interesting note was I could have sworn that Quin seemed rather sure of Exum and Burke being able to share the backcourt in recent interviews, and today he said he thinks they can. I may have confirmation bias, but he does seem a little less sure of their ability to co-exist on the court.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

And Burks can wave his towel from the bench????

That's up to him. I have no idea if he's a towel-waver or not.

 

[Coach Ellis]

That's up to him. I have no idea if he's a towel-waver or not.

Should have gotten Bazemore if they wanted a towel waver. He's one of the best in the league. I'd rather have him because he's a legit 3 and D wing. For 2 million a year, I'd have loved him on our bench.

 

[fishonjazz]

It will be a travesty if trey, exum, or hood start over burks.

Burks is much better than all of them

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

Should have gotten Bazemore if they wanted a towel waver. He's one of the best in the league. I'd rather have him because he's a legit 3 and D wing. For 2 million a year, I'd have loved him on our bench.

[sized], this you?

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

It will be a travesty if trey, exum, or hood start over burks.

Burks is much better than all of them

Though I proposed starting Hood, it's tough to disagree with this.

Lindsey called Hood a guard/forward today during his in-game interview. I wonder if we'd go with a huge bench five of Exum-Hood-Novak-Booker-Gobert.

 

[franklin]

Though I proposed starting Hood

It's very tough to pick who to start this year. I could make an argument for Gobert-Kanter, though I think Favors is better than both. An argument for Burke-Hay-Hood, though benching a #5 pick phenom in this draft sounds plain whacky. Going Burks-Exum-Hayward, though Burks is likely better than Exum for at minimum 20 games...

In the end I've decided to stick with Snyder on who he starts and how he sets the balancing unit rotations. He deserves that much respect from us for at least one season. He has seen them practice, he is a genius by all accounts, and he should have a good feel of how to balance rotations and minutes.

 

[QuinSnydersHair]

Agreed. I haven't felt this much confidence about our GM/HC combo and their vision in a long, long time.

 

[fallenchicken]

People are really reading into a summer league game.