Burks 4 year $42 million extension!

[NAOS]

I think you may be saying that my stats are biased. They are not my stats. Basketball reference.com is the real culprit here.
(also I was not even the one who brought up the derozan comp)

You are the king of cherry picking stats.

 

[franklin]

I've never seen anyone win a Burks war with fishonjazz. He knows the guy like the back of his hand and probably has multiple spreadsheets on his laptop open at all times, ready for anyone who wants to argue numbers with him.

I never saw anyone win a CJ Miles war with gregbronc either. Wanna know why?

 

[JAZZGASM]

Not a big Burks fan. However, I think the contract is reasonable. The cap is expected to rise a lot next year. Players are gonna get paid. I wish Burks would play better D and make better decisions, and I think he would be better as a scorer in the second unit. I still think he and Kanter have a lot of upside.

 

[NAOS]

Three core players all got big extensions and the team sucks balls. This question really needs to be asked?

sample size.

We had a good half against the Rockets. Our half-court defense needs a lot more work. Our offense is going to take time to come together... and it probably isn't great that we have the hardest schedule in the NBA during November... because we'll be trying to implement this stuff while getting popped in the mouth by the best. (Meanwhile... 7 of the first 8 games for the Clippers are at Staples, and the other game is in California.... how does this **** get worked out?).

 

[MDAV28]

Three core players all got big extensions and the team sucks balls. This question really needs to be asked?

Yeah the team has looked bad in those 2 games under a new head coach against top tier playoff teams. Time to clean house.

What a joke.

 

[spycam1]

#****thehaterz

Burks, #10, the 10 million dollar man...

 

[fishonjazz]

I've never seen anyone win a Burks war with fishonjazz. He knows the guy like the back of his hand and probably has multiple spreadsheets on his laptop open at all times, ready for anyone who wants to argue numbers with him.

Kinda true.

I went back and watched the first game again (I was at the game but I recorded and it was sitting on my dvr.)
In the first half burks had ONE pick n roll ran for him total. In the 2nd half he had 2.

 

[stitches]

It's a lot in the current market, but it is OK in a market with projected 80-90 million salary cap(that would be just 12-13% from our cap in years 2-4, that's acceptable even if we think that he won't be star but just a starter, hell it's acceptable even if we think he's going to be our 6th man). I wonder if they front loaded, to retain flexibility in the later years or if it is a regular type of contract with small increases every year/equally distributed. I guess it depends on when we want to make a big move of some sort. If we are content on being bad for this year and don't expect to make big noise in '15-'16, it makes sense to front load it.

For the people comparing his contract to Lance and Ariza - all those contracts were signed before the news about the new TV deal surfaced. It might have been projected, but having it for sure guarantees huge increase in salary cap and guarantees solid increase in salaries. Also - do you really want to pay the price of the crazy? By all accounts Lance destroyed the locker room in Indiana and that's why he didn't get a better contract from them, are you willing to bet whatever is the difference between Burks and Stephenson in quality and salary that he won't destroy your lockerroom too? Especially when our team is loaded with young, inexperienced players.

About Ariza - his contract started already. This year! This year we are paying Alec 4.5 million. Also Ariza is going to be in his 30s by mid-contract. Would you rather have Burks in his prime or Ariza in his 30s?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

sample size.

We had a good half against the Rockets. Our half-court defense needs a lot more work. Our offense is going to take time to come together... and it probably isn't great that we have the hardest schedule in the NBA during November... because we'll be trying to implement this stuff while getting popped in the mouth by the best. (Meanwhile... 7 of the first 8 games for the Clippers are at Staples, and the other game is in California.... how does this **** get worked out?).

Yeah, the real test is to see how the team responds after this month's *** whooping, cuz it's probably going to continue unless we capitalize on teams B2B's against us. If we continue the 3pt onslaught odds are that we will go off one night and beat a team we aren't suppose to.

 

[fishonjazz]

You are the king of cherry picking stats.

Maybe right.
in this case though another poster brought up a comparison of burks vs derozan as far as shooting goes. I provided stats listed by a credible source. Sorry this upsets you.

I didn't say anything like, I think burks is better than derozan or anything. Strange how upset you get about it.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Kinda true.

I went back and watched the first game again (I was at the game but I recorded and it was sitting on my dvr.)
In the first half burks had ONE pick n roll ran for him total. In the 2nd half he had 2.

Probably because Burks has been awful in the pick n roll his entire career? Burks doesn't even use pick n rolls when given to him.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

Probably because Burks has been awful in the pick n roll his entire career? Burks doesn't even use pick n rolls when given to him.

Really? I'd be interested to see those numbers. Link?

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