Where will Trey Burke End Up

[fishonjazz]

I liked the trade but I was also realistic in the Burke pick. He was always a chucker. People ran around on here pretending that he would suddenly become a pass first PG who would set players up and run the offense. He was never that guy. He will never be that guy. If I remember right, my best case scenario for him was 16 pts, 5 assists a night.

I had hoped his shooting would be better so when he took 15-20 shots a game they would be effective. That was his big downfall...and his size and defense.

You are correct about him never being able to be a pass first guy.

Wasn't his idol and player he wanted to be like Allen Iverson? Lol. The most famous and best chucker of all time possibly

 

[da ThRONe]

If that is your opinion then back it up with stats please

Trey lead the team with players more than 250mins in assist per game 5.7 and assist % 29.4 his rookie season.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/2014.html


Then he did it again the next year with 4.3 APG and 25.0 assist %.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/2015.html

Burke was averaging 5.2 APG before his benching.

 

[fishonjazz]

Trey lead the team with players more than 250mins in assist per game 5.7 and assist % 29.4 his rookie season.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/2014.html


Then he did it again the next year with 4.3 APG and 25.0 assist %.

https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/UTA/2015.html

Good info. So when he was at his best as a facilitator he was still below average (for a starting pt guard) at it and he also shot his worst efficiency wise and was still bad defensively.

The point is that burke sucks in the nba. He always has. Everyone in the league knows it. Which is why we can't give the dude away.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Good info. So when he was at his best as a facilitator he was still below average (for a starting pt guard) at it and he also shot his worst efficiency wise and was still bad defensively.

The point is that burke sucks in the nba. He always has. Everyone in the league knows it. Which is why we can't give the dude away.

He does some things well and is improving. He will be a useful backup and is dirt cheap. We will absolutely be able to trade him... no buyout coming. I think we trade Mack and Burke this offseason and one of the teams will have to pay the Tibor tax to get a deal done.

 

[Coach Ellis]

He does some things well and is improving. He will be a useful backup and is dirt cheap. We will absolutely be able to trade him... no buyout coming. I think we trade Mack and Burke this offseason and one of the teams will have to pay the Tibor tax to get a deal done.

Good post, but I think they keep Mack for this year.

 

[jom2003]

I don't know what they'll get for him, but I'd be perfectly happy to see the Jazz trade him for somebody else's failed pick as long as they have athletic ability and upside.

Ben Mclemore

 

[da ThRONe]

Good info. So when he was at his best as a facilitator he was still below average (for a starting pt guard) at it and he also shot his worst efficiency wise and was still bad defensively.

The point is that burke sucks in the nba. He always has. Everyone in the league knows it. Which is why we can't give the dude away.

Actually 29.5 assist % is good when you start looking at young PG's getting 25+mins a game. That's higher than Steve Nash, Steph Curry, Rajan Rondo, and Deron Williams.

 

[ghsartin]

We know the Jazz were trying to use him to get a first rounder, based on what DL said. So, now what? Where does Trey end up? Detroit seems to have been mentioned a lot. Atlanta? Philadelphia? Wherever, it seems like we are going to get peanuts, literally, for him. Can't even get a late first rounder in an uncertain and what appears to be a weak draft. He may end up overseas.

He may end up in Europe. He is physically overmatched almost every game and is not cut out to just set up his teammates. He may not have a place in the league.

 

[da ThRONe]

He may end up in Europe. He is physically overmatched almost every game and is not cut out to just set up his teammates. He may not have a place in the league.

https://youtu.be/fqE-Gv_iOeg

Burke was on his way to being a pure PG until Snyder was hired and it has gone down hill since Trey was put in the scorer off the bench role.

 

[silesian]

Good post, but I think they keep Mack for this year.

I think they'll go with Neto. Shelvin at $2.4M team option versus Neto at $0.9M guaranteed. In terms of team wins, I think any difference of Shelvin over Neto is not significant -- what does it net you, one win? Neto is a solid 3rd PG and is very cheap, giving us more flexibility to add a shooting big and restructure Hill/ Favors.

Neto's performance issues were clearly fatigue, conditioning and ill-preparedness for speed and size of NBA game. Kid really did not have a fair shot, just being thrown into the fire. Team was so thin, DL gave QS no better options.

 

[Joe Bagadonuts]

Once you get in QS's dog house it is tough to get out.

I swear that you have to be watching a different team than I am. Burke was given shot after shot. He failed to deliver.

 

[gregbroncs]

He improved year over year and we still jerked his minutes around.

Read Fish's post 2 down from yours. He didn't deserve those minutes. It's not jerking their minutes around when they just are not as good as the players they are competing against for minutes. If Trey Burke is an NBA player it's as a 3rd string PG, the exact role he had last year.