Is Ian Clark better than Trey Burke

[NAOS]

This is a serious question. Clark can play D. And, I think it's a safe bet that he could duplicate or improve on Trey's percentages.

 

[NAOS]

mods, can you put a question mark on the thread title? thx

 

[Siro]

That's like asking whether I'd like ranch or blue cheese in my **** sandwich.

 

[dipship31]

Trey's better, but Ian wouldn't come in and jack up 19 shots when he can't hit anything.

 

[Sexual Favors]

Right now? Mos def.

 

[Zulu]

If Burke would stop shooting he'd be real good!!!

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If Burke would stop shooting he'd be real good!!!

No one else to really take shots with Burks out. It sucks, but it's true. Hayward isn't a guy who wants to go out and force a ton of shots up.

 

[Zulu]

No one else to really take shots with Burks out. It sucks, but it's true. Hayward isn't a guy who wants to go out and force a ton of shots up.

Sad, but true!!!

 

[mellow]

This thread has great potential. In fact I see a series of threads comparing Trey to every 2 nd & 3rd string pg in the league. It could be so fun!

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Better question would be "Is Ian Clark any worse than Trey Burke?"

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Even better question would be "Can Ian Clark be any worse than Trey Burke?"

The answer is yes. Trey, at his best, is actually pretty good at getting the team in the offense and providing some natural PG abilities that don't show up in the stat sheet. The problem is that his natural inclination as a scoring PG doesn't work in the NBA like it did in college. He has to stop trying to be the player he was at Michigan and reinvent his game. Going to be hard to do that on this team though now that Burks is out for the year, Hood is going to miss a lot of games, and Kanter is even going to miss some.

I do agree Clark is a much better defender. Actually thought during preseason that Clark was our best off-ball defender when it came to being able to avoid being screened. Not sure about him on-ball vs. NBA PG's though. I'm sure that he can't be any worse than Trey in that regard though.

 

[jope]

Can someone please tweet the poll to Trey's mom? I bet she'd like to give her two cents

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Can someone please tweet the poll to Trey's mom? I bet she'd like to give her two cents

Yeah! Let's be a dick to someone's mom who has unconditional support for her son!

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also, IMO, Burke is a case for NOT playing rookies (and players who are generally not ready to play) major minutes. Think Quin kind of knows this and is partially the reason why he is protecting Exum from playing too much at the expense of Burke.

 

[jope]

Yeah! Let's be a dick to someone's mom who has unconditional support for her son!

Thats what i was thinking too! Glad we're two of a kind.

 

[Crawlnstall]

I still think Trey is better overall. I do like Clark but I doubt he could run the offense very well. When Burke isn't jacking up shots he's actually a haflway decent PG

 

[sojodave]

When we drafted Burke, I had visions of him running pic'n rolls all night. Sadly, he's become a very poor catch 'n shoot player who can't shoot. Sometimes, it seems Quin's offense is to throw it around the perimeter until someone is brave enough to shoot it. I was at the game Friday night, and I thought Ian Clark did a better job on Teague than Trey did. I wish Exum was ready to play heavy minutes.