Alec Burks is a fascinating player.
He was an athletic 2-guard in two seasons at Colorado, yet couldn’t really shoot; he and made just 31.3% of his threes in college. Despite that, the Utah Jazz drafted him 12th overall in 2011, one pick after Klay Thompson and three before Kawhi Leonard.
Since then, Burks has overcome injuries and other obstacles to carve out a niche for himself in the NBA. Though not a star, he has made a name for himself as someone who can provide a scoring boost off the bench. Burks is also not an elite defender, but a competent one, and he can start in an emergency.