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Alec Burks crosses up Kobe Bryant somethin’ fierce during Jazz preseason loss to Lakers (Video) (Ball Don’t Lie)
October 20, 2014 at 7:50 AM
He's not exactly a household name, but Utah Jazz guard Alec Burks established himself last season as one of the league's most potent reserve scorers, a 6-foot-6 wing with a knack for getting to the rim. During Sunday's preseason matchup with the Los Angeles Lakers, the 23-year-old Colorado product showed off his gift for making something happen with the ball in his hands — as a matter of fact, he made Kobe Bryant disappear: Dang. Don't reach, Regenokine-treated-blood. [ Yahoo Sports Fantasy Basketball: Sign up and join a league today! ] Yes, Kobe's a surefire first-ballot Hall of Famer with a dozen All-Defensive Team selections on his impeccable résumé, but he's also a 36-year-old with more than 54,000 NBA minutes under his belt who's coming off two catastrophic left leg injuries in a nine-month span. It'd be unreasonable to expect him to have the same kind of quicks he had in his heyday; he's going to have a tough time shuffling and sliding to keep up with players who only saw mini-fro Kobe on YouTube. That's probably going to mean a lot of reaching and gambling on defense, which is wonderful when it works and ... well, not so much when it doesn't. To be fair,...
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