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Will Hood be starting?

dalamon said:
We didn't have a good playmaker in the bench last season.



Now we have Exum. He's more than capable. Let him play with Hood et al.

Burks is a starter not only for his offense, but his defense especially.

Burke
Burks
Hayward
Kanter
Favors

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Exum
Clark/Felix/Murry
Hood
Booker/Novak/Evans
Gobert

Our bench really ain't that bad. We definitely need a backup 2 or 3 tho. Sucks for Cooley and Motum
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Are you serious about Burks defense? I mean I know there's some interesting opinions about Burks here and I should be careful with my mouth, so I'll go gentle.

With Hayward and Burke you have two players who like to create with the ball. The same is true for Burks, and with Burks coming from the bench midway through the first you still have someone to create offense for you when your sets don't work out. Also Exum likes giving up the rock, so there'll be no problem for him to get his looks when he can iso on broken plays and play the secondary attacker when Dante finds him. And Dante will find him when his movement is good.
(disclaimer I don't like lineups with 3 ball dominant backcourt players, I don't view more mobile Fowards as frontcourt as some ppl do. I'm also interested how often we'll see Irving, Waiters, James and Love on the court at the same time. All 4 of them can do something valuable with the ball in their hands)
 
dalamon said:
We didn't have a good playmaker in the bench last season.



Now we have Exum. He's more than capable. Let him play with Hood et al.

Burks is a starter not only for his offense, but his defense especially.

Burke
Burks
Hayward
Kanter
Favors

--

Exum
Clark/Felix/Murry
Hood
Booker/Novak/Evans
Gobert

Our bench really ain't that bad. We definitely need a backup 2 or 3 tho. Sucks for Cooley and Motum
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Bruh, let's not act like Burks is good on defense. Probably better than Hood, but certainly not good.
 
Hantlers said:
Bruh, let's not act like Burks is good on defense. Probably better than Hood, but certainly not good.
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bruh, I have never called him a lock-down defender. But he's better than Hood.

His iso-D on Kobe last night wasn't that bad, but yeesh he got killed chasing JJ through picks. He was never really 'lockdown' with Duke either, IIRC. Burks can defend 2s better than Hood can right now, and as of now our biggest question mark is our D (particularly perimeter D).

I am fine with Quin starting whoever is better defensively between the two of them. Not worried about floor-spacing. Both will excel in either role.
 
Did you see Hood trying to guard Redick the other night? Hood has potential but there is no way in the world he's ready to guard starting 2's.

Give him a year (probably 2) against back ups - then we'll see.
 
After 3 years of mis-management I would say Utah owes Burks the first crack at the starting 2 position. If for whatever reason he couldn't handle it, then yeah, you look at all options; but Burks is the starting 2 on this team until he shows he isn't.
 
What I am worried about with a backcourt of Exum and Hood in the second unit is the complete lack of experience and physicality of both of them. Their size is awesome though!
 
dalamon said:
bruh, I have never called him a lock-down defender. But he's better than Hood.

His iso-D on Kobe last night wasn't that bad, but yeesh he got killed chasing JJ through picks. He was never really 'lockdown' with Duke either, IIRC. Burks can defend 2s better than Hood can right now, and as of now our biggest question mark is our D (particularly perimeter D).

I am fine with Quin starting whoever is better defensively between the two of them. Not worried about floor-spacing. Both will excel in either role.
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I don't think anybody has been harsher on Hood's defense than I have...so yeah, I know his defense isn't good. Just saying Burks is not good either (but still better than Hood).

As for floor spacing, there's a lot of merit to our overall team play being better with Hood as a starter (with limited minutes), at least until Burks starts to actually shoot 3's. If Burks starts to shoot (and make) 3's, then there's obviously no problem.
 
Oh hantlers this gonna get ugly real soon :D Thanks for taking the flak that otherwise would have went my way.

I'm really interested how Burks will develop. But playing S5 will mean less attempts for him.
 
QuinSnydersHair said:
I noticed he's the starter tonight and I think he was last game too. Admittedly, I haven't been paying too much attention to the Jazz as I've been busy with life but has Quin stated Hood's the starter?

I feel like Burks lovers would be in an uproar. Heck, I want to see what Burks can do in 32 minutes a night. But taking everything into consideration, I think I like it a lot. It will take pressure off of Exum as the ball handler with our second unit. He'll still hopefully be the point guard but considering his handle needs some work, having Burks there with him should help when people press him and such. In short, he can play the point and be the lead guard but also play off at times with Burks shouldering some of the lead role here or there. I also think Hood is more of a glue guy, spread the floor starter type, something Burks isn't. That's no knock on Burks. I just feel like Hood fits better and fills that role of d and three glue guy better. Moreover, starting Hood allows Hayward to go back to the 2 which I personally feel is his better position.

But will Hood even be the starter?
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I 100% disagree with this post. Hayward should not start at the 2. Exum needs Haywards help not necessarily Burks. I think we will see quin run the rotations so that exum does play a lot of his time with Hayward. Hood also complements Exum's game well. A Burks and Exum back court would have defenses just clog the lane. 2 penetrators whos shooting isn't where it needs to be. Lastly Burks is a good fit for Burke and Hayward. He is going to draw an athletic quick defender which will give the other 2 better matchups.
 
Burks deserved his minutes with his play throughout last season. Give him 32+ minutes all year, nothing less even if he struggles. Does not matter if he comes off the bench or starts. Let him play and we'll have our final conclusion.

Hood looks NBA-ready. He knows the game of basketball already. I don't mind if he starts but he is a SF, not SG. He can't be an alternative to the starting SG spot which belongs to Burks at this point. But Hayward can. Ice Trey - Hayward - Hood, with Burks as the sixth-man may work? Probably. But Hayward with his stronger body will be better at the 3. So we have two starting caliber SFs.

Trey (35) - Burks (33) - Hayward (36) - Kanter (30) - Favors (36)
Gobert (20) - Hood (20) - Booker (10)- Exum (20)
 
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