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1) How does he get any playing time this year? With Rubio, Exum, Hood, Mitchell at the 1 and 2, how is he going to carve out time? I ask because if we want to ever trade him, we probably need to show a little of what he's got in him. Is waiting for injuries to do that our only option and plan?

2) He's a good dude. I have to give him major props. For a dude who's been around a while now (six years?), I've never heard him say one bad thing or recall reading any bad press about the kid. Given how he's fallen out of the rotation due to injury and we've drafted and acquired other guys who've basically supplanted him, as well as the fact that he's been so injured, it would be very easy for him to be extremely frustrated and say something that perhaps paints him in a bad light. He hasn't. Dude's been a consummate pro and I wanted to give him props for that.
 
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1. We find time. Hood must play some at SF. Of the 96 minutes at PG and SG, I see Rubio 30, Ex 20, Hood 20, Mitchell 15 with 11 mpg still there. If healthy, could go to Burks. Or just might go to Ingles.

2. We need to hope and pray Burks figures out how to contribute. He is a good guy and deserves success.

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He's been injured so long that he probably needs to take it slow with very limited minutes anyway. He should be looking to ensure he builds up long term initially instead of overdoing things.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
1) How does he get any playing time this year? With Rubio, Exum, Hood, Mitchell at the 1 and 2, how is he going to carve out time? I ask because if we want to ever trade him, we probably need to show a little of what he's got in him. Is waiting for injuries to do that our only option and plan?

2) He's a good dude. I have to give him major props. For a dude who's been around a while now (six years?), I've never heard him say one bad thing or recall reading any bad press about the kid. Given how he's fallen out of the rotation due to injury and we've drafted and acquired other guys who've basically supplanted, as well as the fact that he's been so injured, it would be very easy for him to be extremely frustrated and say something that perhaps paints him in a bad light. He hasn't. Dude's been a consummate pro and I wanted to give him props for that.
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Gonna be hard to get him good consistent minute.

Things that would help: (Help him get minutes, not necessarily help the jazz though)
Dante gets all the backup point guard minutes and very rarely plays the 2.
Mitchell is a rookie and coaches often don't play rookies much.
Hood plays more SF minutes in Hayward's absence.
Ingles plays almost exclusively at the 3 and a little 4.
JJ plays the backup 4 position almost exclusively.

Those things would get him some consistent minutes.

One other thing..... he is just about to turn 26. If he is 100% healthy then it wouldn't be shocking for him to beat guys like mitchell and X for minutes. I wouldn't be shocked if a healthy 26 year Burks outplayed a rookie and still raw X during camp and preseason and won a spot in the rotation.

And then of course if there are injuries.
 
1. Play some defense
2. Not get injured
3. Learn how to finish at the rim instead of going for the shot that requires the most amount of english
 
I don't see a role on this team for Burks. He's kind of a square peg in a round hole for this team. Add the injury history and I just don't believe in him for this team. Between Rubio, Neto, and Exum at the PG, and Exum, Hood, Ingles, Mitchell and Johnson at the SG/SF positions I don't find many minutes for him. His best shot at minutes is injury to others or Exum and/or Mitchell disappoint and he gets their minutes. That would be bad for the Jazz, but good for Burks.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
1) How does he get any playing time this year? With Rubio, Exum, Hood, Mitchell at the 1 and 2, how is he going to carve out time? I ask because if we want to ever trade him, we probably need to show a little of what he's got in him. Is waiting for injuries to do that our only option and plan?

2) He's a good dude. I have to give him major props. For a dude who's been around a while now (six years?), I've never heard him say one bad thing or recall reading any bad press about the kid. Given how he's fallen out of the rotation due to injury and we've drafted and acquired other guys who've basically supplanted him, as well as the fact that he's been so injured, it would be very easy for him to be extremely frustrated and say something that perhaps paints him in a bad light. He hasn't. Dude's been a consummate pro and I wanted to give him props for that.
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Donovan is already a rotation player? HE WAS A LATE LOTTORY PICK DUDE. Stop overreacting.
 
Jaymz said:
You don't see it? I'd be willing to throw down money by all star break he's embraced by the franchise with 15m+ easy. Hood can't do it all.

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Who said any of that? Look. Entire post OP was overreacting an overreaching. Donovan aside, Hood is no better then Alec an probably very inferior to fully healthy Alec shootin ove 40 % 3 gettin to the foul line 7 times a game an bailing out Jazz when offense stagnates. Throw in Rubios an Exum terrible shooting an you got 4 what ifs assumed to play ahead of Burks. That is straight stupidity an troll OP knows it.
 
I don't know if I can buy in to Alec doing well in Quin's system. Although we have to hope he can return to form. If the offense does speed up he could benefit from that. If he does do well we can play him at the two while having Hood slide to the three. Alec in the past has been able to shoot three's (Last season wasn't great). Hopefully Ricky can get him the ball in good spots and his three point shooting can rise again.


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