How good is Burks really?

[Hotdog]

Who cares. He'll never flourish on this team. By the time the Jazz figure out he could be pretty good, it will be time to say goodbye to him.

 

[Gameface]

Giving Burks his minutes will cure a lot of the delusions about him around here. Too easy to shrug off his poor decision making by saying it's the lack of playing time.

 

[NUMBERICA]

How about let's ****ing find out for Christ's sake.

 

[NUMBERICA]

The fact that his favorite move is to take the longest 2 point jump shot possible says a lot about his concept of a good shot.

I don't disagree fundamentally as I just cannot for the life of me understand why anyone shoots long 2s (unless it's because they can comfortably hit an open one and know that the other team will give them that shot).

 

[Getting Traded]

Better decision-making comes with more PT. He hasn't gotten the PT plus they keep trying him out at different positions. With Ty Bonehead as his coach, I'm sure it's been difficult.

 

[NUMBERICA]

His ability to get to the line and make plays around the rim cannot be discounted. I think he's a player, but again, let's just ****ing see already.

 

[Hotdog]

Better decision-making comes with more PT. He hasn't gotten the PT plus they keep trying him out at different positions. With Ty Bonehead as his coach, I'm sure it's been difficult.

This.


Its kind of hard to learn without on the job training. All the Jazz have done over the last two years is set themselves back and waste two years.

But ya, Jazz management is ****ing brilliant.

 

[GVC]

Best case scenario for Burks is a good 6th man (combo/lead guard). Doesn't have the defensive chops or overall physicality to be a good starter at the 2 or the ability to be a passable starter at the 1.

 

[NUMBERICA]

I also don't know what's so hard about correctly defending a person. Playing in a scheme, communicating, and knowing how to rotate correctly are things I understand being confusing and taking time, but Burks' stance is poor most of the time, plays close 10-feet beyond the perimeter, and fouls a **** load. Consequently, he can give up a lot of points on defense but I feel like the effort is there. But then he might be dumb? I don't know.

 

[cctrackstar]

I have to disagree with his ability to 'get to the rim'. He is really good at throwing himself haphazardly toward the rim and getting fouls called on defenders, but he rarely finishes those moves unless he has a clear path. Needs to increase his strength and finish with the foul.

 

[gregbroncs]

Best case scenario for Burks is a good 6th man (combo/lead guard). Doesn't have the defensive chops or overall physicality to be a good starter at the 2 or the ability to be a passable starter at the 1.

I actually agree with this. The love this guy gets around here reminds me a lot of Brewer. Neither of them deserved it but for some reason people around here love them. The difference I see is that Burks probably does have NBA quality offensive skills. I see him as just as good as Brewer defensively though completely opposite. I have hope for Burks to be a 25 MPG player off of the bench as a PG/SG. I think it's unlikely he is ever as good as the other 3 players in the Core-4.
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I hope he proves me wrong and becomes like Wade. Wade had some of the same issues coming out of college. But I don't think Burks is anywhere near as talented as Wade. So Wade-lite I guess.

 

[green]

I think he will fall somewhere in between a DeShawn Stevenson and a Jason Terry player.