I do not want Oladipo, especially if Burke is on the board.

Burke's strengths translate to the NBA. He's the perfect pick and roll point guard that has great percentages shooting off the dribble as well as off the pass.

He and Davis running the pick and roll would be deadly. Especially with Ryan Anderson posted up outside the arc.

People praise Oladipo's improvement and forget the jumps Burke made:

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Burke made a substantial statistical jump in many key areas this season, improving his scoring (+21%), assist (+40%) and steal (+75%) rates, upping his 2-point (+1%), 3-point (+3.5%), and free throw percentages (6.1%), while cutting down on his turnover rate (-35%) and nearly doubling his assist to turnover ratio.

Last years draft is a good example of great defending SG/SF vs great scoring PG.

Would you rather have Damien Lillard or Michael Kidd-Gilchrest????

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Posted by MrPappagiorgio

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Member since Jan 2009

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Posted on 4/19/13 at 9:04 am to Toula

IMO

Burkes floor is probably somebody like Darren Collison, with his ceiling being Jrue/Conley

Oladipos floor is a smaller Aminu, ceiling being Tony Allen... Which is not a slight, Allen is a very valuable player in this league

With Gordon already locked into the SG spot for the next few years, I dont think it makes sense to take a guy like Dipo this year... How will he improve the backcourt defense if he cant get on the floor for extended minutes? He's too small to play the majority at SF... He would be abused by todays SFs

You could always trade Gordon, but then what would you do for offense? Is Davis, Vasquez and Anderson enough? Without Gordon you dont have a guy teams have to scheme for... As bad as Gordon has been in NO, hes still mostly seen as an elite offensive option in the league, and a guy teams have to account for

Burke may not be an elite athlete, or be a lock down defender... but hes smart with the ball, can hit open shots off the dribble, knows how to get to the rim and FT line, and also works the P&R very well.

But like Phelpsalot said, we all have our favorites and nobody will change the other sides opinions... so we'll all just agree to disagree and hope whoever the Pels take works out very, very well.

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Posted by BarbaricPelican

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Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 4/19/13 at 9:45 am to Toula

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Would you rather have Damien Lillard or Michael Kidd-Gilchrest????

You know you are comparing the Bobcats to the Trailblazers right? It's not like MKG was a slouch. People think he is going to be a great pro still and had a solid year. There are also quite a few to who think Lillard already hit his ceiling and won't get much better.

Either way, you shouldn't compare Lillard and MKG since they were in the league for 1 year especially given the fact that MKG is 3 years younger.

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