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Quotes from around the league on Grayson Allen

Flc said:
Burks doesn't really have value around the league.
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I disagree with this assessment. Burks has more value now than maybe ever before. With his expiring contract, he is a risk worth taking for a team who needs scoring off the bench. If he works, great. If he doesn't, he's gone after the year.

If Burks plays well at the beginning of the season, I could see a contender sending a worthless expiring player and a heavily protected 1st for Burks before the deadline (we would consider this depending on team health and Grayson's development). If we were to take back a bad contract, he definitely could be worth a lottery protected 1st (we don't do this of course). We could also see offers of a lottery protected 1st, a small expiring and a smaller multi year contract which isn't too bad financially (we might consider this).

I don't see us dealing Burks this year unless he plays really well at the beginning of the season. If all 5 of our guard options play really well to start the year, I could see us cashing in on Burks to get some value to avoid any issues with playing time as we get closer to the playoffs. Exum and Grayson are a part of our long term core more than Burks.
 
Burks looks ready to play. Could have a nice bench role with us, or more likely have decent trade value.

The question is what do we want for him? We dont really need anything he could bring back.
 
Revolution 9 said:
Burks looks ready to play. Could have a nice bench role with us, or more likely have decent trade value.

The question is what do we want for him? We dont really need anything he could bring back.
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Correct - all the more reason to hold onto him for now and she was transpires around the trade deadline. My guess is his offense will be a need for a lot of bubble teams trying to make the playoffs.
 
Those talking about his release get it- it's his greatest strength and his best chance at being a good nba player. That was the one thing other than his passing/unselfishness that always stood out at Duke. Dude could get that jump shot off anytime.
 
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