Ahh yes, blame the coach.
I expect Burks to get better, a lot better, but to blame it on Quin is trucking comical. Burks struggles are 100% on Burks.
Worst Move? Drafting Hayward over George or Burks over Leonard?
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Ahh yes, blame the coach.
I expect Burks to get better, a lot better, but to blame it on Quin is trucking comical. Burks struggles are 100% on Burks.
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Burks role on this offense is to hang around the perimeter and pass more. (I think we all agree that quin preaches 3 pt shooting and passing)
So he is taking more threes (making a career high amount and career high percent) and passing more.
Getting to the rim less and attempting less free throws (though he is shooting a career high percentage)..... all while have a smaller role in ball handling (burke and Hayward are the main bask handlers) and attacking
If you think him playing the role of floor spreader (and taking less shot attempts) was going to result in more points then that is odd
That isn't his role. No one's role is that defined in Quin's system. He wants players to play aggressively and attack. Burks just isn't intelligent enough to know how to attack yet. It's a learning process and he is a slow learner. I can guarantee Quin isn't telling Burks just to sit on the perimeter, pass, and take bad midrange shots.
When Hayward is out of the game Burks is given just as many opportunists to create and attack, but he can't because he doesn't know how to yet.
Also Burks has the worst hesitation dribble in the NBA.
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This.
Cy has been making good points.
I've been one of the Burks fans, but I'm not really seeing it anymore. Kinda losing hope on this one.
Crappy thing is, we just signed him to a big deal, and that's exactly why we should have been playing him a lot more. You can't just bury a guy on the bench and not develop him correctly or even at all, then just go and guess what his value is and make a bad deal. That always been one of my points with developing the youth. If you have a lottery pick and you are confident with your pick, and you aren't playing for anything anyways, then you should see what you got. Otherwise you could really screw things up.
Right now I'm kinda wishing we would have went after Chandler Parsons or some other free agent.
I still have faith that Burks will figure it out and play close to his contract. He just has to get rid of a few bad habits. Also think he really needs to work on his ball-handling and strength.
I love his spot up 3pt shooting. His balance is night and day though on some of his shot attempts, something he needs to work on. He just has to figure out where he can get his shots from in the offense. Hayward had trouble with that in Corbin's offense, now Burks is having trouble with it in Quin's.
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Time to get the **** over Parsons already. FAs are nice to dream about, but not realistic for one of the least favorite destinations in the league, especially when we are closer to the bottom than the top. Our FO is looking pretty good on matching Hayward, so I think they deserve the benefit of the doubt with Burks, at least for now.
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Parsons is shooting 41%/32%.
Lance Stephenson is at 37%/18%.
Hayward is at 47%/38%.
Can you imagine this board had Utah signed either instead of matching for Hayward?