re: Does Olapido just not do it for anyone else?

The knock on Burke isn't his quickness, it's that his quickness isn't elite. Because people compare every PG that comes out to John Wall, Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, or Ty Lawson. Is Burke on that level? No.

But we all saw that block on Peyton Siva.



Burke is a good athlete. Not elite, not great. Good. Adequate. He's a far better athlete than Vasquez, which makes him an instant upgrade on that merit alone.


And about playing him with Gordon. It isn't like the idea is to get a 6'6" PG and have him guard the big guards while Gordon guards the PGs. Or is it? In that case, just go after Tyreke Evans or draft Michael Carter-Williams.

Anyway. Our perimter defense relies on lots of switching and our players being quick enough to rotate. Vasquez was ALWAYS late on rotations. Burke is far quicker. On the same rotations, he can get out to challenge.

I really like Burke. I really like Oladipo. I really like Otto Porter. All have things they could add to this team.