Except burks almost always get by his man. Even bad burks was great at getting past his primary defender and getting to the hoop
True. But I think JC can also get all the way the basket, the problem is that he is not creating separation from his defender. The biggest difference is that at that point Burks would create contact (like @Saint Cy of JFC pointed out) while JC shies away from it. I see similarities in how both get into bad situations around the rim which is kind of tricky when you play below the rim. Burks used to turn easy shots into a bad ones (which kind of worked early on when we was athletic enough). I think JC struggles is a combination of forcing too many bad shots and teams scouting him better.
Yes, but to be fair an inanimate carbon rod is better than DedEx.
Those are actually often utilized with high satisfaction rate.
I actually feel he's been looking rough for a long time. First half or so of the season, it felt like he never missed those small, weird floaters in the lane where he dribble for a while, then gets to his spot, then just shove it in. Since ~ASB, it feels like he misses those little push shots a lot more, and generally has a hard time scoring. If Mike/Donovan/Joe/Bogey are playing well, we probably don't need JC to be that good, but when they (some, at leatst) are off, he's the saviour. I want my real Clarkson back, please.
