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Trey Burke (NBA Journeyman)

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614;2289594; said:
Not sure If trying to be funny or actually asking how his NBA career Is going :confused:

Pretty sure I said last year though
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Trying to be funny, but I can't read. Although I don't think Burke would have helped put us over the top last year. If anything we needed a guy who could knock down jump shots.
 
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Tlangs;2289591; said:
time will tell on this decision. Burke is better right now and will probably be gone to the NBA next season. Scott looks to be a 4 year player who made a huge improvement from his Freshman year. I like the idea of having Scott for 2 more years while Michigan is breaking in a new point guard.
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I agree that Scott has improved, and I understand the reasoning that a very good 4-year player could be more valuable overall to your program than a great 2-year player. But right now, Burke is one of the best (not to mention most valuable) players in college basketball.
 
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CentralMOBuck;2289595; said:
Trying to be funny, but I can't read. Although I don't think Burke would have helped put us over the top last year. If anything we needed a guy who could knock down jump shots.
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As much as I like Burke's game, I agree with this--Craft playing PG instead of Burke certainly was not the reason OSU didn't win the tournament last year.
 
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The question has been asked and answered ad infinitum. But in this generation of sound bites and short attention spans, it will go on for as long as the Columbus kid who went to Michigan still plays basketball for the Wolverines.

Especially today, when Trey Burke returns home as arguably the best point guard in college basketball, at the helm of the nation?s No. 2-ranked team.

The question, of course, is this: Why isn?t Burke, who is best friends and played at Northland High School with Jared Sullinger, playing for Ohio State?

The answer: He had no choice. The Buckeyes never offered him a scholarship.

But Thad Matta wasn?t the only coach who didn?t.

?Let?s be honest: People just missed on the kid,? said Reggie Rankin, a former City League star, like Burke. Rankin played at Linden and Ohio University, was a major-college assistant coach for a number of years and now is a recruiting analyst forESPN.com.

?I thought he would be a really good college player,? Rankin said. ?Did I think he?d be the best point guard in the country like he is now? I didn?t.?

Burke will play in Value City Arena today for the second time as a Wolverine. Last year, the Buckeyes had a national player of the year candidate in Sullinger, were ranked higher (fourth, to Michigan?s 20th) and won 64-49. This year, the roles are reversed.

Michigan is now the only undefeated team remaining in major-college basketball, and Burke was second to Duke?s Mason Plumlee last week in a national player of the year straw poll of media by ESPN.com. He averages 18.2 points, third in the Big Ten, and ranks among the top 10 nationally in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio
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So far, it has been the season Burke hoped for last spring when he chose to forgo the NBA draft after his freshman season and return to the Wolverines. It?s more than he could have hoped for, actually. After he put a half-spin move on Nebraska on Wednesday that he copied years ago from NBA All-Star Chris Paul, Paul tweeted Burke a compliment. The two met at Paul?s skills camp last summer.

?I?m definitely kind of surprised by the way my life has changed the last year or so,? Burke said. ?But I knew that, just by the grace of God and by staying humble, and (with) hard work, I could be at this point eventually.?
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Michigan and former Northland High School star Trey Burke is the Big Ten's player of the week in men's basketball, the conference announced this morning.

Burke, a 6-foot sophomore, averaged 23.5 points on nearly 60 percent shooting, 4.5 assists and 2.5 steals against Michigan State and Penn State last week. He
had a season-high 29 points yesterday against Penn State, shooting 56.3 percent from the floor, including 75 percent from long range, with five assists and two steals.
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http://buckeyextra.dispatch.com/content/stories/2013/02/18/0211-big-ten-pow.html
 
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MaxBuck;2313824; said:
Honestly, I would have preferred seeing Trey in Scarlet and Gray than in his current colors. This is one that Thad whiffed on.
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Of course, but wasn't Burke a late bloomer? I think Scott had already committed by the time Burke had earned an offer. I don't think it would have looked very good for Thad if he pulled the offer of a 5* All American or taken another PG in his class. Also Burke's probably headed to the NBA after this year and we'll have another year of Scott running the back court. IMO having a 4 year player is greater than having two years of Burke.
 
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LitlBuck;2314064; said:
That is so untrue and you know it. See the post above this one if you really don't understand:shake:
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Stick to the stuff you comprehend. Like I said, this was a whiff - and there's no reason the squad couldn't contain both Scott and Burke. We had, and still have, scholarships available but not in use. Burke a late bloomer? Yeah, to some extent, but I'm sure Jared Sullinger was in Matta's ear telling him a real good guard was playing at his HS alma mater.

Every coach misses on a few, and this is no major blot on Matta's resume; nonetheless, it would be really nice to have Trey Burke on this edition of the Buckeyes. Anyone who thinks otherwise, or that Burke wouldn't have committed to the Buckeyes in a New York minute had he been offered, is just plain wrong.

Bottom line, Matta has always been a fine recruiter, and I'm not negative on him in any way. He's great. Doesn't mean he's perfect.
 
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No, not to "some extent". Burke was the epitome of a late bloomer. He was a Penn state verbal, who switched to a third tier (or lower?) basketball program in Michigan.

Sure Thad missed, but it happens a lot in the painfully early recruiting cycle of basketball.

And no, there was not room for three point guards in two classes. Not to mention the fact that Sullinger stayed a year longer than recruitniks expected and Thomas stayed 1-2 extra years and may add a third.

Now in hindsight Burke would make a pretty special scorer alongside Craft but captain hindsight was busy making satirical cartoons when decisions were made.
 
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MaxBuck said:
Stick to the stuff you comprehend. Like I said, this was a whiff - and there's no reason the squad couldn't contain both Scott and Burke. We had, and still have, scholarships available but not in use. Burke a late bloomer? Yeah, to some extent, but I'm sure Jared Sullinger was in Matta's ear telling him a real good guard was playing at his HS alma mater.

Every coach misses on a few, and this is no major blot on Matta's resume; nonetheless, it would be really nice to have Trey Burke on this edition of the Buckeyes. Anyone who thinks otherwise, or that Burke wouldn't have committed to the Buckeyes in a New York minute had he been offered, is just plain wrong.

Bottom line, Matta has always been a fine recruiter, and I'm not negative on him in any way. He's great. Doesn't mean he's perfect.
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You are truly a idiot and like to disagree with everyone even if you are not correct. I guess you will have to go back on my ignore list.
 
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