larryselbows
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Man, Burke looks soo average to me. We just gotta go BPA no matter what.
If the Jazz want a pass-first point guard the answer is MCW and if the Jazz want a scoring point guard the answer is Burke.
KOC wanted CP3, Jerry and Larry wanted Deron in the 2005 draft.
The curious thing about Marcus Smart is how big he is already. He may be developing early and skating on being more developed than his peers. Thats one of the question marks I have with him. But I do like him. He stands out among the other pg's in the draft.
Did we mention CP3 has one of the best mid range games in basketball at around 47% year after year? You simply have to guard him everywhere and cannot cheat and go under on screens. Having said that, Burke is pretty good in that department as well. From DX on 2-22:
Trey Burke is the best off the dribble shooter in college basketball according to Synergy. He makes 41.5% of his attempts.
The curious thing about Marcus Smart is how big he is already. He may be developing early and skating on being more developed than his peers. Thats one of the question marks I have with him. But I do like him. He stands out among the other pg's in the draft.
Man, Burke looks soo average to me. We just gotta go BPA no matter what.
KOC wanted CP3, Jerry and Larry wanted Deron in the 2005 draft.
The point of bringing up Chris Paul was to get a read on Burke's size and athleticism in the NBA. No way he's the player Chris Paul is, but Burke has comparable size and athleticism to Paul coming out of college.
Guys - how hard would it be for Burke to develop even 50% of the kind of offensive moves that CP3 possess? Also to increase his quickness around the court? Also craftiness?
PKM? PGgod_Burks? Catchall? Spy? Hack? Anyoneeee??
How would you know that? I have heard a lot if interviews and never heard anything like that. The Jazz always play the organization works as a team card.
I looked all over for the link but I couldn't find it. It might have been in a Locke podcast that I heard that. Basically, KOC appraised CP3 as the better talent and didn't want to pass up on him but was overruled by Jerry and Larry because Jerry liked Williams' size and the fact that Williams played "under the basket" - both of which traits would make him less injury prone. Anyone know where to find the podcast or article I read many moons ago?
I first heard this through ESPN. Jerry Sloan thought Williams could run the Jazz's system and that his body would take the punishment better than Chris Paul.
I went back and pulled up some CP highlights from Wake Forest to try to assure myself that Burke is similar in terms of size and speed. Below is the CP footage, and I'll post the Burke footage. CP is craftier and more skilled than Burke, but the difference doesn't look as dramatic as I thought it would in these highlights. There's just something special about CP's ability to make big plays. It's that je ne sais qois that superstars have.
Anyway, here's CP....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?GLWWedoI0Lg