SALT LAKE CITY — New Knicks point guard Trey Burke, back in Utah where he was a celebrated 2013 lottery pick who didn’t pan out, said the Jazz drafting Dante Exum before his second NBA season ruined his psyche.
Back at the arena in which he played his first three seasons, Burke reflected on his years in Utah.
He was selected ninth overall in 2013 by the Timberwolves before being traded to the Jazz for fellow rookies Gorgui Dieng and Shabazz Muhammad.
“Young Trey Burke was not all the way focused on basketball,’’ Burke said Friday before facing the Jazz.