08-24-2020, 08:33 AM
(08-24-2020, 07:09 AM)Kammrath Wrote:(08-24-2020, 07:04 AM)DanSchwartzman Wrote: A huge percentage of Burke's minutes have come next to Curry.
Curry deserves a lot of credit because he spreads the floor like crazy for Burke to have room to operate.
Agreed. What I find interesting is Curry in the playoffs is Net 0.1 next to Luka and Net 20 next to KP. He was much better with KP in the regular season also. I think it is challenging as a creator to play with Luka because he so dominates the ball. One thing I will say for Burke is he seems to have figured it out.
What will be interesting to me is to see how Brunson reacts to this. The model for how he becomes a $10 million player is right in front of him if he will embrace it. I get that he’s spent his entire life running the show. But, if he can’t make the adjustment to something closer to what Burke has done, then his next contract will be about half the MLE instead of the entire thing.