“With the 12th pick in the 2011 NBA Draft, the Utah Jazz select Alec Burks from the University of Colorado,” former Commissioner of the NBA, David Stern, said on June 23rd of 2011.
Yes, the Jazz missed out on guys like Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris by selecting Burks, but he deserves nothing but a classy goodbye from Utah in route to his new home in Cleveland.
Burks battled numerous injuries throughout his career as a Jazzman. Through that, and losing minutes courtesy of other players, Burks stayed loyal to the Jazz.