What if Trey Burke....

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Has a reasonably good season, let's say.....

42% FG shooting
35% from 3pt land
12 ppg
6 apg


And we make the playoffs as a 6th-8th seed and have a compeitive first round exit where Burke performs just as well in the playoffs as he did in the regular season and shows promise.

Do you trade Burke for a mid-first round pick or do you keep him and try to re-sign him after his contract runs up?

 

[Coach Ellis]

Has a reasonably good season, let's say.....

42% FG shooting
35% from 3pt land
12 ppg
6 apg


And we make the playoffs as a 6th-8th seed and have a compeitive first round exit where Burke performs just as well in the playoffs as he did in the regular season and shows promise.

Do you trade Burke for a mid-first round pick or do you keep him and try to re-sign him after his contract runs up?

If he's playing that well, I sell high. I'd package him into a deal for the best player I can get back. Even with Exum's injury, I just don't see Burke as being in the team's long term plans. I'd rather see them move him for someone who is.

 

[Elizah Huge]

If he's playing that well, I sell high. I'd package him into a deal for the best player I can get back. Even with Exum's injury, I just don't see Burke as being in the team's long term plans. I'd rather see them move him for someone who is.

I think we have the pieces to put together a good package for an all-star if the opportunity arises.

 

[Hotdog]

Has a reasonably good season, let's say.....

42% FG shooting
35% from 3pt land
12 ppg
6 apg


And we make the playoffs as a 6th-8th seed and have a compeitive first round exit where Burke performs just as well in the playoffs as he did in the regular season and shows promise.

Do you trade Burke for a mid-first round pick or do you keep him and try to re-sign him after his contract runs up?

I actually think that's what he'll do. Maybe even better. I think he's a better shooter than his numbers have indicated.

 

[Revolution 9]

You ****s would still hate him if he improves? smh!

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

I think we'd either trade him out or keep him as a rotation guy. He's not going to be elite, but maybe if he's a 4th option he can learn to complement other guys. Keep in mind, he's been acting like he's the first or second option offensive player in his first two seasons, in part because we've lacked that alpha scorer. But if he'll mellow out and just try to fit in, he could be an adequate player.

 

[infection]

I think he's a better shooter than his numbers have indicated.

As do I. I think if he is able to simply bring the ball up and then be a spot up shooter, he'd excel. He just needs to stop shooting unless it's a spot up. Unless he's getting an inbound from full court with less than a second left in the clock -- then he needs to fire that **** up and, if he holds it as time expires to protect his %, he needs to be benched for the rest of the game. Same goes for anyone else.

 

[Cappy_Smurf]

Trey on a rookie deal is one thing, but giving him his next contract is another. Sell high.

 

[fishonjazz]

Bakethe****ingcake?

 

[Miggs]

What's the question?

 

[silesian]

Has a reasonably good season, let's say.....

42% FG shooting
35% from 3pt land
12 ppg
6 apg


And we make the playoffs as a 6th-8th seed and have a compeitive first round exit where Burke performs just as well in the playoffs as he did in the regular season and shows promise.

Do you trade Burke for a mid-first round pick or do you keep him and try to re-sign him after his contract runs up?

You now have your backup pg of the future.

 

[Lost_Jazz_Fan]

I think Trey Burke has the ability and the potential to be a very solid starter in the league. I also think he hasn't fully transitioned to the speed of the game at the NBA level or adjusted to the nuances of the way he is defended, etc.

With that being said, I think if he was ever going to make an impression, now is the time with Dante sidelined. But, I also think that 12 and 6 is not all that great or even that big of a jump. I'd call it average PG work at best.

 

[zman1527]

He will never be fast, he will never be quick, he will always be a weak defender because of those and his size: trade him.

I suspect we will see Cotton or Neto as a better backup solution anyway.

 

[franklin]

I got bored and ran some numbers Friday.

Up from 40-41% 2pt to 43.5. Not a huge leap.

Up from 75% to 85% FT. He can clearly do that.

Up FTA from 1.9 to 2.5. Not a huge leap.

Up 3% from 32 to 35%. Not a huge leap.


That would put his ts% at a reasonable 51%. It's not the greatest but it's acceptable for a guy who would be the fifth best player on a starting squad.

Plus he's only 22. If he can make only those tiny improvements this season then I think he'll be solid by age 25.


#SOFTMORE SLUMP

 

[franklin]

I think we'd either trade him out or keep him as a rotation guy. He's not going to be elite, but maybe if he's a 4th option he can learn to complement other guys. Keep in mind, he's been acting like he's the first or second option offensive player in his first two seasons, in part because we've lacked that alpha scorer. But if he'll mellow out and just try to fit in, he could be an adequate player.

He was the second option last season.



*Edit* I think what you meant to say was let's stop asking Trey to do more than he's capable of by surrounding him with better talent and letting him play his natural role instead of forcing him into bad situations because nobody else on the team besides Hayward is a competent play maker.

Yes, I agree. 4th option, bring the ball up the floor. Our Derek Fisher of the Lakers dynasty.





(guess what guis. Trey will be signed to his next deal on the cheap. Jazz will look to extend him early. Start your crying today.)

 

[Siro]

Is someone forcing him to take 20 off dribble bricks a game?

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

I actually think that's what he'll do. Maybe even better. I think he's a better shooter than his numbers have indicated.

Only problem is that Burke is a scoring shoot first pg. he'll need to change from the ground up the way he plays. There's too big a sample to just suggest he's going to all of a sudden get better. As bad a shooter as he was his rookie year, he somehow managed to shoot even worse. Just don't see him making a big enough improvement shooting only marginal improvement, and as bad as he was last year a marginal improvement doesn't mean much, probably.

 

[orangello]

Keep Burke as long as Hayward, Favors, Hood and Burks get more FGa game in and game out.

Burke (and the Jazz) gets into a lot of issues when he has the 2nd or 3rd most shot attempts in a game.

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[franklin]

Is someone forcing him to take 20 off dribble bricks a game?

Yes. Quin Snyder.

 

[Siro]

Yes. Quin Snyder.

I very highly doubt Snyder went to Trey and was like "you know that stupid off dribble shot that you hit 15% of the time? I'd like to see you jack up more of those". It is also interesting how Trey used to brick that exact same shot in college. Amazing how different coaches insist he continues to make the same stupid decision! And why should Burke be the only one doing that? Quin should instruct the rest of the team to hurl the ball in the direction of the rim every time they touch it. After all, it's not the shot selection that matters, only the volume of attempts!