Adelheid wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:Knicksfan1992 wrote:
I also think he's going to give Burks a chance to play with Randle. He played his best with 1-2 other playmakers on the floor.
Problem with the roster right now sans Julius is that Thibs doesn't trust McBride to play PG in his system because it depends heavily on rim pressure to generate looks. McBride rarely gets 2 feet in the paint. He's much more of a SG on offense w/ Thibs. When Brunson is out Thibs can just have the offense flow through Julius getting downhill and opening stuff up with that. That's where Burks can thrive because he becomes much more of a secondary ball handler with the ability to catch and shoot off of Julius's gravity as well.
Burks, even for how bad he is playing, can come off a screen and get to either a middy pull up or cook on a switch. Problem is he can't make any jumpers currently and he's an awful finisher at base line
Deuce is a combo SG and should be used as such, which is why I thought Burks was a perfect addition to the bench.
Reality is often disappointing....
Yeah I deserve a beating for being pro Burks. i thought dude was gonna come in, do some facilitating, hit threes and chill. Nope.