SLC Dunk · Nov 9, 2018
Alec Burks’ arrival may finally be here, is this déjà vu?
Photo by Gene Sweeney Jr./Getty ImagesBy the end of this campaign, he should be top 25 on the Jazz leaderboard in games. He’s already 23rd in points. And if he plays the way he is right now for a few more months, he’ll be knocking on the door of top 30 in Win Shares.
And there’s the rub.
“If Burks continues to play well” has been a fairly common refrain over the course of his career. And whether it was injuries, coaching changes, struggles in certain roles or just struggles in general, it usually didn’t continue.
But this season’s hot start offers reason for optimism.