Alec Burks has added six inches
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Add Favors and Kanter to that list. I really think they are going to be much better than people realise. Then the bench just kills it.
He may break out but making Corbin look like a fool will never happen. Nobody in the league considers Burks as much more than an afterthought the last two seasons. The only place he has any status is by a few blind homer Jazz fans. I still hear most fans outside this bubble wondering what KOC ever saw in him before the draft.
You realize Favors played 5th most minutes last season, right? Leading the team in total fouls and a whopping 5.0 fouls/36? I don't know how anyone still thinks the guy hasn't gotten playing time. Scratch my head.
Everyone knows Kanter wasn't ready for big minutes too. Corbin has been flawless bringing all three of these players along.
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alec burks is the man
Doublea
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The one thing I noticed with Corbin not being that great of coach was his plays out of a time out. One that comes to mind was Big Al shooting the 3 for the win. yeah. Besides that Corbin hasn't been that bad, he's been in weird situations, so I guess we will see what happens this season. It will truly uncover what kind of coach he is.
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Wish I could add 6 inches, just not to my verticle.
I've added about six inches to my horizontal. Unfortunately it's a little north of the groin area.
Great. Your gimmick is liking Corbin. Any thing else?
the team is in Utah, and ready for media day TOMORROW!
cant wait to see the pics....
cant wait to see the pics....
Jazz4ever
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There was news he increased it last year as well but it never really showed in his game. Nick Young and Gerald Green are stark reminders length and athleticism only get you so far in the NBA. If Burks is really at 43" though, we should see him dunking more often and over people like these PGs and SGs can. He is in pretty elite company.
Westbrook (36.5")
Young (40.5")
Rose (40")
Iggy (34.5")
Wade (35")
Wall (39")
Westbrook (36.5")
Young (40.5")
Rose (40")
Iggy (34.5")
Wade (35")
Wall (39")
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You can have the most sophisticated of plays-- but you need selfless, motivated personnel to carry them out. Ever seen Jefferson set a great screen? Me neither.
I didn't mind Burks' second year, in terms of playing time. It was a obvious that the coaching staff was trying to get Alec to expand his skill-set. I don't remember seeing him run a single pick-and-roll in freshmen season-- yet he ran it with Kanter regularly towards the end of the season.
Him getting playing time at the backup-1 when Mo got injured did lots for his game. He has the physical tools to become Harden-lite-- so lets hope that his selfless play continues, and his basketball-IQ continues to grow. He'll be getting lots of playing time, and I think he is quite due for a break-out.
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Honestly, I'm quite content with how the young guys were groomed. Burks probably got the shortest end of the stick-- but I think his game will be better in the long-run because of it.
Kanter is going into his third season-- so starting regularly at age 21 is not too late by any stretch of the imagination.
Favors and Gordon got plenty of minutes from the get-go, tbh.
These kids are all going to be hungry, and eager to prove themselves. Not bad, Jazz FO.
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What it's the benefit of not playing the younger players? How does that help their development? Can you give me a couple of examples of some young guys that could have been all stars but their career was ruined by too much pt within their first 3 seasons?
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Imo the vert increase is good, but alec is special due to his speed and abilitly to finish/draw fouls.
If the jazz knew how to utilize a player like burks then he could be special..... but alas they don't.
They will have burks spotting up for threes and running off screen/curls for 15 footers instead of putting him in isos and pick n roll where he would excel.
I cant think of a single shooting guard that the jazz have ever had that was a one on one scorer and penetrator successfully.
The jazz have not shown me that they know how to use a player with alecs skills set
If the jazz knew how to utilize a player like burks then he could be special..... but alas they don't.
They will have burks spotting up for threes and running off screen/curls for 15 footers instead of putting him in isos and pick n roll where he would excel.
I cant think of a single shooting guard that the jazz have ever had that was a one on one scorer and penetrator successfully.
The jazz have not shown me that they know how to use a player with alecs skills set
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Darrell Griffith. Pre-leg injury. After he turned largely into a spot-up shooter.
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Not off the top of my head-- but there's some examples of players being flooded with minutes, producing on a ****ty team-- and then barely getting off the bench when they get sent to an actually good team.
Current Example: D.J Augustin. Never bothered defending back in his Charlotte days, and now he can't stay on the court for Indiana. He went from averaging 14.4/6.1/3 to 4.7/2.2/1.
And he just turned 25.
Freckle Lip. Gotdamn.
I've already broken several of these plays down to show that most were Jeffersons fault.
Calling a play out of a timeout is not hard at all. This notion that a guy who has been in basketball professionally for twenty years is silly when you think about it. Any payer 3-4 years in can call a play out of time out. It's not hard.
I think hang time and leap will be a huge plus to Burks' style of play. He'll be able to make those finish after contact shots look more natural than freakish.
Right after anyone proves that ten minutes of game time is worth more than hours of practice and scrimmage. Kanter won't learn footwork in a game, and he won't get to start using his brain until the fundamentals are natural.