2021-2022 ROSTER TALK: [ARCHIVED]

[F Gump]

I just don’t see the need for Burke that you are trying to create when we have the skills to fill that role on the team already in Frank, while he is training to get to a level where he can crack the rotation (and if he does get there, he still has the same ability). If he’s not the guy, bring in the guy…heck, Pinson is being guaranteed a spot on the roster, make HIM that guy! Whatever the case may be, there is no reason to keep a guy like Burke on the roster. I don’t see the roster spot value in a guy that has a best use as a 3rd string player.

I think your view of what the bottom rungs of a title-chasing team should look like is unrealistic. It's not going to have guys who could fill regular roles (top 8-9) on most teams. (It's also not going to have a whole slew of development guys who the coach can't trust.)

Your idea to just use any ole guy in the Burke role is silly. It's clear you don't understand his value, but the Mavs do. I am certainly not "creating" a need for such a player or a use for Burke, merely recognizing what is.

Finding an offense-creator is hard, and having an extra one in that bottom 5 for "just in case" is valuable. The need for an extra arises with some regularity. It has looked like they would love for Franky or Green to become that guy, but it's not as simple as just proclaiming them to be up to it. They tried to use them there but it didn't work. I'm sure they will try some more at times. But that is why you keep a guy like Burke, until and unless you have another in hand. 

Mavs have other more pressing issues. No desire to create more holes to fix.