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Well Folks, we have a Point Guard: Trey Burke

How Good will Trey Burke be?

  • All NBA first team player

    Votes: 6 13.0%

  • All NBA second team player

    Votes: 2 4.3%

  • Never Quite Cracks the 10 ten list of NBA Pg's

    Votes: 7 15.2%

  • All NBA third team player

    Votes: 4 8.7%

  • Just a Few All star games

    Votes: 14 30.4%

  • Never makes and Allstar game but a top 10 PG

    Votes: 13 28.3%
  • Total voters
    46
Batman said:
Funny how one game can change the perspective of an entire forum
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Funny haw ine change can gamethe perspective of the entire firu..
 
Burke has a lot of belief in his abilities. The kind of confidence that stars have.
 
There are a lot of great PG's in the league. I don't see Trey as ever being elite. He can be a solid PG, but I doubt he'll ever make an all-star game. I also have a hard time seeing him crack the top-10. There are more than that ahead of him right now and 1-2 really good ones come into the league every year.
 
Core4 said:
There are a lot of great PG's in the league. I don't see Trey as ever being elite. He can be a solid PG, but I doubt he'll ever make an all-star game. I also have a hard time seeing him crack the top-10. There are more than that ahead of him right now and 1-2 really good ones come into the league every year.
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I dunno man...I think Trey Burke is a more talented version of Jameer Nelson, and he became an all-star.
 
He's got 'it'. The 'it factor that you see when someone makes it look easy. I was so glad to see him pass the ball against the Rockets, because if he can pass and shoot, we've got another Chris Paul here. Will he be as good? Who knows. The point is that we have a new age 50/50 shooting/passing point guard and that's just what the team needs. Why? Because with Gordon and Burks being able to pass the ball, the other team will never know for sure who is going to handle the ball or do the passing. It is just as likely for Hayward to thread the needle as it is for Burke to.
 
He progresses game by game... We've won when he plays.. This guy might just be what we've needed.: all along.

Tanking is cool and all, but if we did go from worst team to 8th seed overnight, this team is a few good free agents away from a really good team.
 
He should work on contested 3 pointers. He would be unstoppable if he had that perk and God Almighty knows he has the potential for it.
 
I think he has the potential to make a 3rd NBA team if things break his way. He really has that "it" factor to me, though why I'm basing that off a few games is a total mystery.
 
sojodave said:
I am impressed with Burke's ability to drive against anyone. He had Howard on him last night and took it to the rim and thew up a shot over the top of him that made me leap off my soily couch. Beverly is supposed to be known as a top defensive point guard, and Trey glided past him countless times.

He is playing better than Deron played at this point in his career and and I think they ought to put the ball in his hands even more. Hayward looked like a new player without having to handle the ball as much and even Burks woke up and realized he could spot up instead of create every time. It's amazing how much I've missed watching a good point guard. We haven't had one since we traded Dwill away. I think I'm developing a man crush.
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He also scored a 3 pointer when Howard was defending him. He drag him to outside, Howard cowarded to swim too open, because he knew he was going to be gone with the wind-ed if he did. I think we have a triple threat maestro candidate on the team who is not traded from anywhere, but drafted. The thing is, he looks so relaxed and if he does shine before the 1st two seasons, he will cover a wide part of the cap space.
 
We only watched him five games and this poll has six options regarding his ~1000 games future career
 
franklin said:
It's pretty!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8qehbiVJjM&feature=c4-overview&list=UUmJen5_cQofZXbtzulZj9MQ
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Thanks frank..... must spread the rep apparently

Love the very last bucket in that video
 
silesian said:
Before we start putting him on all-star teams or top 10 lists, please look at the competion, these 13 for example:

Chris Paul
Russel Westbrook
Stephen Curry
Kyrie Irving
Damian Lillard
Tony Parker
John Wall
Ricky Rubio
Jeff Teague
Jrue Holiday
Deron Williams
Rajon Rondo
Derrick Rose
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That is a long list... I think the quantity of his All Star appearances will be slightly askew of his capabilities. Its possible that D Rose makes the all star team this year with the way fan voting goes... I do think though that Trey has shown in just a few games that he has what we were so excited about: the potential to be really good - all star good. And, if he is the RIGHT form of good - clutch, team leader, passing PG - (then add acceptable scoring skills), then we've got the right guy on the team. If he is THE scorer, then it is hard for me to see the equation work out because he'll demand (and get) too much money for his actual worth (the whole PG as the central star of your team argument. And it is looking like we'll never get to see Derek Rose prove that is possible in this current era.)

Without the value of the tank/draft, we are looking at Burke, Hayward, Favors as the possible Parker, Ginoboli, Duncan type situation. I wouldn't bet on those odds for a championship. However, if it was TB, GH, DF and Kanter all on the same level of performance, it seems physically possible (without tankful draft) but that is appears to be financially not possible. 4 guys at $12+M per year is too skewed to maintain a 8man rotation of legit players, and 13 man roster of non- D-leaguers. . It would be great to see older role players (the Battier, Ray Allen types) wanting to come to Utah for pennies on the dollar to win a championship, but it seems less likely for that to happen compared to Miami, LA, NYC...

Of course the better option/hope is to get Jabari (or other franchise dude) who plays on rookie contract when TB, GH, DF are at prime, year 3 and 4 from now... And going out further in time, GH becomes expendable because you have better 3-man core: small, medium and large on your team and who collectively get paid the targeted ~$42-$45M. ($12, $13, $17) I see a SASpurs-like 10 year run of championship contending team. :)
 
Understand..
Trey is a rookie already transitioning his game with an injured shooting hand. Another offseason under Stockton, he might be worth the max before we even know it.

Look at Kyrie, for example. Fearless. I see him being that type of player for us if he keeps this rate going.

He came out of school a sophomore. He has a lot of room to grow.
 
silesian said:
Before we start putting him on all-star teams or top 10 lists, please look at the competion, these 13 for example:

Chris Paul
Russel Westbrook
Stephen Curry
Kyrie Irving
Damian Lillard
Tony Parker
John Wall
Ricky Rubio
Jeff Teague
Jrue Holiday
Deron Williams
Rajon Rondo
Derrick Rose
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You forgot JLiii
 
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