It’s Time for the Utah Jazz to Prioritize Dante Exum over Trey Burke

November 22nd, 2014 by Andy Bailey Leave a reply »

To say Trey Burke's in a sophomore slump would almost be an insult to the phrase.

His numbers have tragically bottomed out through roughly one-fifth of the season, and he's been thoroughly outplayed by backup Dante Exum, who's already proven he deserves the bulk of the minutes at the point.

It's been tough to watch Burke this season, and not just from the standpoint of a writer or fan. He's gone from savior to scapegoat for this franchise in just over a year.

This was the general sentiment when he was drafted in the summer of 2013.



This is now.



And the change didn't come without reason. Through just over one season's worth of games, he's barely looked like an NBA player. The eye test says he's too small and not athletic enough.

Friday night, the Golden State Warriors trounced the Jazz 101-88. In a 13-point loss, Burke was a team-worst minus-28. Exum was plus-15.

Golden State did what almost every other opponent has: Put Burke on an island—in the post, on the perimeter, whatever—and go to work.



And that's just on d ...

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