Lockup Burks

[orangello]

funny thing is, he didn't even really play PG in the traditional sense, so all the radio talk and twittergasms about how burks at PG "worked" is a little silly. basically he brought the ball up across midcourt and then passed to the wing and let foye/hayward initiate. not exactly steve nash type stuff there.

in other words, it didn't work because burks has PG skills, it worked because the plays we were running at that point didn't really require us to have someone with pure PG skills out there.

I agree, it worked because Hayward was great last night. It also worked because Burks was more of a threat than the others that played PG last night for the Jazz.

 

[theNBAnerd]

I agree, it worked because Hayward was great last night. It also worked because Burks was more of a threat than the others that played PG last night for the Jazz.

this. it worked because dallas had to guard 5 guys instead of 4. burks defended well, drove aggressively, and got to the line... all things he could have done playing any position. he did nothing really PG-esque at all.

also agree with you and kwb about the trading block comments. maybe teams are interested but want to see his full skill set first?