Last year Burks had it over Bullock - and this year AB is shooting 3s at a 40% clip - what we sorely needed.
Burks season 3Pt % is still somewhat inflated from his 3-game December flamethrowing.
Since his first 3 games in Dec, Burks has shot a middling 35% on treys. 31% in 6 January games. 37% in 11 Feb games. One can argue that Burks was returning after injury in Jan, and 37% in Feb is more a reflection of his prowess. But that's the same % Bullocks has shot all season. A solid, sightly above average % on 3's.
The point is that Burks isn't the 67% 3-point shooter he was in Dec, or the 31% shooter in Jan. He's only temporarily an above 40% shooter as season totals have it. Really he's the 37% guy in Feb. A Bullox level 3-point shooter.
Reg Bull is a significantly better defender, both on ball and closing out on weak side shooters.
Which is why he starts.
Burx has rebounded surprisingly well all season.
The first 4 games Burx played he got a lot of FT's. The first 7 games he got to the line. Then the next 13 games he only had 3 games where he got any FT's at all. We really haven't seen Burx drive in about a month. And when he gets 0-boards he passes out and resets instead of aggressively trying to score.
Most of our shooting g's/wings make 2's at the same rate as 3's (and as each other).
Bullox: 40.7% FG & 37.1 on 3's
Burks : 39.1% & 40.2 (37% in Feb)
Quicks: 38.7% & 36.5
D Rose: 38.4% & 35.7
That's some low overall FG%
AuRivers: 43.0 & 36.4 actually has the best numbers
ELf has the best overall FG 44%, with a 2Pt% of 48%, but an anemic 24% on 3's.
Bullox is a healthy 46.3% on 2-Pointers, but he takes very few (just 3 attempts per game)
2 Point FG%: Quicks = 41%; Rose 39%; Burks 38%; Rivers 52%
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