Time To Release The Burton

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Should we unleash the Burton?

Give Thunder Zion Some Minutes!
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40%
Keep him in the doghouse where he belongs.
6
60%
 
Total votes: 10

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Re: Time To Release The Burton 

Post#21 » by Dadouv47 » Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:04 pm

SecondTake wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:
SecondTake wrote:Those of you that said NO - Time to eat crow now huh?


Burton was the real MVP. We missed a championship because Donovan couldn't see it :(


Fortunately he's still only 25 and just entering his prime. He could be the X factor for our championship window going forward.

Unfortunately I'm worried he'll get traded/released.

I have no doubt the dude could average 15/5 off the bench against this blazers team and put the lot of them in foul trouble. Hopefully we see him bring it on Tuesday.

I'm still banking on Ferg gaining 20lb of muscle this off-season and becoming a 40% shooter with 10 pts a game next season, while Grant develops in to an all star averaging 19 a game next year and Russ works on his shot to bring it to 35% from 3 and 75% from the line.

If we stick Burton in that lineup, oh boy... League will be on notice.


If the Knicks gets the first pick I would rather trade Burton for Zion. Burton/KD/Kyrie would be a lock to win the championship and we could develop Zion.
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Re: Time To Release The Burton 

Post#22 » by SecondTake » Mon Apr 22, 2019 11:12 pm

Dadouv47 wrote:
SecondTake wrote:
Dadouv47 wrote:
Burton was the real MVP. We missed a championship because Donovan couldn't see it :(


Fortunately he's still only 25 and just entering his prime. He could be the X factor for our championship window going forward.

Unfortunately I'm worried he'll get traded/released.

I have no doubt the dude could average 15/5 off the bench against this blazers team and put the lot of them in foul trouble. Hopefully we see him bring it on Tuesday.

I'm still banking on Ferg gaining 20lb of muscle this off-season and becoming a 40% shooter with 10 pts a game next season, while Grant develops in to an all star averaging 19 a game next year and Russ works on his shot to bring it to 35% from 3 and 75% from the line.

If we stick Burton in that lineup, oh boy... League will be on notice.


If the Knicks gets the first pick I would rather trade Burton for Zion. Burton/KD/Kyrie would be a lock to win the championship and we could develop Zion.


To me the two are interchangeable, but Zion is younger and has more potential since he'll be getting the ball fed on a regular basis. So yeah I probably do that trade. However our shooting might turn even worse with Zion and WB sharing the floor.

The good thing about Burton is that he's totally unaware that people think he's a Zion like talent. Nobody on OKC has coddled him or treated him like a star. So he would gladly accept a bench role where we could use him as a wrecking ball against second units we struggle with.

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