Exum's performance was so pivotal to tonight's win. When Burke came in, the team really struggled defensively, and the ball "stuck" offensively.
Exum's performance was so pivotal to tonight's win. When Burke came in, the team really struggled defensively, and the ball "stuck" offensively.
They need to move Burke and bring in a player that fits Quin's style, system and defensive culture better.
Trade Burke and something else, for Jerian Grant in this draft? Or should they trade him and bring in a more vet/role player PG backup? Or bring Neto over?
Just thinking about Exum's defense... It's been great 1 on 1. But he still has a lot of room to grow in pick and roll defense. When he gets caught up on a pick, he gets caught real hard. He becomes basically irrelevant in the play with how far he falls behind. Exum's defense is great. But there are definitely parts he still has to grow in on that end of the floor. Which is scary in its own way.
Wow...you are seeing something totally different than I am. Exum has been very good in pick and roll defense. He works hard to get over screens, and when he does get picked off his recovery speed is great. This will only get better as he gets stronger, but I still see this as a strength, not a weakness.
Ty tried Burks at PG and he was fired.
So...yeah.
We should do nothing to impede the development of Exum into our premier point guard. Anything that Burks could do to help can and should happen with him playing WITH Exum, not instead of Exum.
The bigger question is why we offered such a big contract to Burks when he's not even the type of SG we want for our starting lineup. I guess we can't really afford to lose him though and the salary won't seem that bad come 2016, but it still concerns me. As I mentioned before, we need an upgrade at SG so that we can keep Alex Burks in the sixth man role. Better suits our needs and his talents.
They need to move Burke and bring in a player that fits Quin's style, system and defensive culture better.
OMG! Did you just make a post that was less than 1000 words?Original post was admittedly over the top, just trying to make my point (prob too emphatically). Please refer to my post on this page to clarify my stance on this subject.
1 - he was not fired
2- Defense was probably 60% of why he was not renewed, not because he tried Burks at PG.
3- So...yea.
Argh. Seriously? Let me spell it out very simply. We tried Burks at PG. He is a subpar PG. He is a solid to above average to maybe better than that SG. It would be stupid to play him at PG when he is so much better as a SG.
We already tried him at PG. It failed. Why try it again? Isn't that the definition of insanity?