I am liking where we are at with RJ, Randle, and Mitch. Randle has more issues with what he takes on to do than with what he is capable of. He is more than capable.
He should be less of an initiating distributor and more of an attacker and redistributor. Part of it it handle and decisions, part of it is having the energy to put in that kind of work and still have energy to play consistent good D. Even when his D is up he is weak on closeouts but can muster 16 defensive boards while effectively checking the leagues big bodies.
Burks has the package to be an initiating wing, but that does not make him a one to one correspondence to a point guard. He best defends twos and threes though he is somewhat switchable. There will almost always be guys who dwarf or dust him on the court. You want to assign them to someone else and stick Burks on someone in the middle against who he can hold his own. That lets you play Burks with a non pg or developing pg who may be better suited for defending the heck out of other PGs, some of whom we have on the roster.
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