06-08-2026, 06:13 PM
(06-08-2026, 11:08 AM)Scott41theMavs Wrote: Pretty sure that it was KL who said that the Mavs have to be looking at Burries as a lead guard, because that possibility causes his ceiling to shoot up. It's not a positional question, but rather a quantitative commentary on his value and potential.
To me, Burries-the-off-guard's ceiling is as a strong 5th-best starter on a contending team - doesn't move the needle much. If he can be a full-fledged lead guard, he's a solid 3rd-best starter. I don't think even then he has any whiff of Robin potential. I think each of the other four guys have a small percentage chance of becoming Robins, although perhaps none of them ever get there.
Burries will be the best player at 9 presuming that the big four are gone and the other four guards are gone, but that doesn't seem to be what you were saying at all. Do you rank him over all four of Acuff, Flemings, Wagler, and Brown? I.e. fifth best in this draft? Or how would you rank those five? Just trying to understand you here.
Burries gets comp'd to Jrue and if you go off of his offball ceiling, that's not a 5th best starter. Jrue is probably the ideal 3rd best starter you could get on a championship team and he has 2 rings that prove that as he was a critical contributor to both of those titles. If Kyrie were younger it'd be an obvious pick because you already have 1a/1b with Flagg/Kyrie and need someone to compliment them. If the FO believes he could be that offball guy that eventually develops into onball in a few years then maybe he's the right choice. Doesn't look like there's an easy path to a 1b after Kyrie is done though if this pick doesn't become it.