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The Trey Burke Thread

Handlogten's Heros said:
One of the reasons I liked him out of college is he got quite a bit better from freshman to sophomore year. I think the kid is a worker and will get better. Second year will likely tell us what he is. We can plan from there.
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This is what I don't understand. Given last year's injury it seems like almost anybody would get some sort of pass for shooting the ball poorly.
 
Burke's go-to shot is the least efficient shot in the game (mid-range pull up) and he doesn't get to the FT line. This is why people don't like Burke.

He isn't bad, but he is a completely uninspiring player. I don't see a lot of room for significant growth in his game unless he miraculously learns how to draw contact.
 
PointGod_AlecBurks said:
His shot selection sucks, did his broken hand affect that?
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1st it was his rookie year. Shot selection is easy to fix with even the most basics film study. This isn't getting into coaching and system. Unless you think Snyder can't coach or Burke's uncoachable?

Next Corbin system sucked. It put Trey in bad situations.

So are you saying that the injury to his hand had no impact on his shot? Also logically it may have played a role in his shot selection as he may have avoided driving to prevent contact on that finger. Again there are a ton of reason why the injury held Burke back. That's why the logically thing to do is to wait and see how this season plays out before giving Burke too much benefit or deem him a bust.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
Burke's go-to shot is the least efficient shot in the game (mid-range pull up) and he doesn't get to the FT line. This is why people don't like Burke.

He isn't bad, but he is a completely uninspiring player. I don't see a lot of room for significant growth in his game unless he miraculously learns how to draw contact.
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You don't think the finger injury could have played a role in Burke avoiding contact and settling for jumpers?

Trey is going to have to make his living shooting 10-12 ft mid range. That's a makeable shot with consistency. We'll see if he can like the aforementioned Chris Paul. Because those are the same exact shots CP3 has to live and die on and he's doing just fine. Burke shot well from that distance in college so there's tangible reason to believe it's something he can have success with. Big jump from college to pros, but we all have to wait and see.
 
So far (and I know it's only been one SL game), Exum looks like a better passer, better penetrator, better defender, and better playmaker overall. Defenders back off of him due to his speed, so the space he gets combined with his height and length enables him to make passes that Burke can't get angles on.

I'd start Exum/Hayward/Hood/Favors/Gobert. I'd bring Burke, Burks, Evans and Kanter off the bench with a shooter and let them wreck ****.
 
da ThRONe said:
You don't think the finger injury could have played a role in Burke avoiding contact and settling for jumpers?

Trey is going to have to make his living shooting 10-12 ft mid range. That's a makeable shot with consistency. We'll see if he can like the aforementioned Chris Paul. Because those are the same exact shots CP3 has to live and die on and he's doing just fine. Burke shot well from that distance in college so there's tangible reason to believe it's something he can have success with. Big jump from college to pros, but we all have to wait and see.
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... retreating to the land of excuses.
 
C'mon, guys, A broken finger takes 6-8 weeks to heal. He hurt it before the season started. So by the start of 2014 the injury should have been over and done with (unless he has the healing time of Carlos Boozer). But he continued to shoot poorly. He continued to be slow as molasses. Ok, let's see if summer league game 1 was due to rookie, I mean sophomore jitters. Oh, I forgot, we can completely disregard this upcoming season because a sophomore slump is a well-known phenomenon. Perhaps by 2016 we'll know if he can shoot or not.

Trey is going to have to make his living shooting 10-12 ft mid range. That's a makeable shot with consistency. We'll see if he can like the aforementioned Chris Paul. Because those are the same exact shots CP3 has to live and die on and he's doing just fine. Burke shot well from that distance in college so there's tangible reason to believe it's something he can have success with. Big jump from college to pros, but we all have to wait and see.
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I went to college but I wasn't a math or sports major. Is there a difference in distance between a college 10 ft shot and a pro 10-ft shot? Is the basketball bigger or the rim a bit higher? Now I do understand the pro 3 is longer than the college one and that's why some players have good college 3-PT %'s that don't then translate to the NBA.
 
If a finger injury makes someone avoid contact, especially months after the fact, then they are a super mega weenie and will never learn how draw contact anyway.
 
Look Trey's pretty vanilla, but he has two things he does really well. He doesn't turn the ball over and he's extremely clutch. If he raises his fg and 3 pt percentages a bit, he's middle/low end starter. Exum has infinitely more potential but having Burke there as a steadying presence will be helpful. He's been awesome about it and said all the right things. Give Exum a good ease in year and see what you have. Use Burke as a trade piece to help shape the team in other areas. If a good offer comes in in the meantime then take it.
 
Cyrone Torbin said:
If a finger injury makes someone avoid contact, especially months after the fact, then they are a super mega weenie and will never learn how draw contact anyway.
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Hand injuries suck in basketball. You get hit on it multiple times a game... That said I don't remember seeing him mention it bothering him later in the season.

I doubt it affected his shot or his willingness to drive. It may have slowed him down a bit because he couldn't fully participate in pre season activities.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Look Trey's pretty vanilla, but he has two things he does really well. He doesn't turn the ball over and he's extremely clutch. If he raises his fg and 3 pt percentages a bit, he's middle/low end starter. Exum has infinitely more potential but having Burke there as a steadying presence will be helpful. He's been awesome about it and said all the right things. Give Exum a good ease in year and see what you have. Use Burke as a trade piece to help shape the team in other areas. If a good offer comes in in the meantime then take it.
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Outside of the Orlando game winner, please elaborate why he's "extremely clutch."
 
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