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We seriously need to revisit Burks at the backup PG

Agree, Cy. No reason the triple wing can't feature Burks as the PG, especially if Alec's minutes are coming against backup PG's. Burks looks like he's returning to form. He can be a real weapon as part of the 2nd unit.
 
Do we expect to be worse next year? When will we not be trying to do something?

If we are just giving up on him then fine, I guess that's what the tanking season amounted too. I'm just having a tough time believing that the NETO to Exum drop off is so severe that 15 minutes a night would make us a significantly worse team.

It really is though. Our offense rating tanks into the ground with Exum in.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/exumda01/on-off/2017

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/netora01/on-off/2017

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/macksh01/on-off/2017

It's a small sample size on Neto's numbers but we are actually a better offensive and defensive team with him in the
game.

And for reference here is Hill's https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hillge01/on-off/2017
 
It really is though. Our offense rating tanks into the ground with Exum in.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/e/exumda01/on-off/2017

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/n/netora01/on-off/2017

https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/m/macksh01/on-off/2017

It's a small sample size on Neto's numbers but we are actually a better offensive and defensive team with him in the
game.

And for reference here is Hill's https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/hillge01/on-off/2017
Bummer.

Well I guess I understand the decision but I don't think Exum will ever improve without in game minutes. Oh well.
 
Bummer.

Well I guess I understand the decision but I don't think Exum will ever improve without in game minutes. Oh well.

He is going to have to work really hard this off-season. I assume he will get more chances this year to prove himself at some point.
 
Hoping it's for no more than 10mpg with Dante getting the rest, I can just see other teams pressing him into turnovers.

But, with the emergence of Ingles, and Hood & JJ being on roster it's hard to think of where else he could get minutes.
 
Hill(30)/Exum (10)/Burks (8)
Hood (28)/ Burks (12)/JJ (8)
Hayward (30)/ Ingles (18)
Favors (20)/ Lyles (20)/ Diaw (8)
Gobert (33)/ Favors (8)/ Diaw (7)


Only players underplayed minute-wise are Ingles & JJ, but Joe is likely to swipe minutes from Hood or Lyles or Fav. This rotation is 11 deep though, hard to say how we shrink it down to 9 other than taking out Dante and either JJ or Diaw
 
My 2 cents

Mack - I am confused how all of a sudden Mack is getting DNP's when he was getting a lot of burn earlier. I understand injuries but Neto was getting nothing and now he is.

Mack is a turn over machine. He doesn't make the right pass often but he is a decent scoring guard. His floater is unstoppable but he doesn't elicit a lot of confidence when he shoots.

Defensively he is OK.

Neto - I have been a fan of and is just a solid player. Doesn't make a ton of mistakes but he is an over dribbler. I am surprised his 3 isn't falling better.

Defensively he is better then Mack but to get more playing time he needs to develop the annoying defense of a Barera or dellavedova.

Exum - I think will see spit minutes the rest of the season. I think the tendonitis is a deal that the jazz are concerned with. I agree he needs time on the court to get better but I would like to see Hill spending some time with him explaining and pointing out game nuances.

Defensively he has been up and down. I have always said it is about desire and he was getting after it at first then his knee bothered him then he came back tentative.

Exum needs to be all about confidence.

On a side note he makes enough money he should go to a dermatologist to get his acne taken care of, it is hard to taking serious when he looks 16.

Burks - is a conundrum for me. He has a ton of talent but he just doesn't seem to understand what the team is doing. I think he could do as well as the afore mentioned players playing back up to Hill. Just let Ingles or JJ initiate the offense and let Burks cut and attack the basket.

I think Burks could do what JJ does in ISO situtions.

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No, the stats reflect it too. He shoots the least and turns it over the least. He by far plays fundamentally much more sound on both ends.

What are you seeing?

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I see him getting man handled when trying to d up, here is hoping he gets us something valuable via a trade. He just can't hack it for us or perhaps in the NBA. He can't score as well as Mack and for what it's worth he isn't as talented as Shelvin either.

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I see him getting man handled when trying to d up, here is hoping he gets us something valuable via a trade. You just can't hack it for us or perhaps in the NBA

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So how is that a head scratcher? He plays great D, he is just small so people can shoot over him. You know what a head scratcher is?

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Our defensive rating is much better with Neto than Mack or Exum. Neto doesn't allow as much uncontested penetration and the team turns it over less with him on the court. Yes, he gets scored on but someone trying to score over Neto is still a harder shot than the constant fouling of Exum and free penetration both Exum/Mack give up.

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