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Paul Graham
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Posted: 4/7/2012 4:38 PM
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What does that make DJ Cooper? I gave up watching the NBA when Rex Chapman retired (just wasn't the same) so I need someone to help sort this out for me. How is Trey Burke an NBA guard but DJ isn't?
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Posted: 4/7/2012 5:18 PM
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ESPN calls both of them "second round/undrafted."

Burke is a couple inches taller, which doesn't sound like a big deal, but it probably means more than you'd think in the NBA. Burke also shot a higher percentage this year as a freshman than Cooper has in any single season (although his percentages are still no better than average). But, in my opinion, there's no comparison in how much better Cooper makes his teammates than Burke does his. Much better vision and passing. And Cooper is better defensively.

So I'm with you on that. I'd surely take Cooper over Burke.
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Posted: 4/7/2012 5:18 PM
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Paul Graham wrote:expand_more
What does that make DJ Cooper? I gave up watching the NBA when Rex Chapman retired (just wasn't the same) so I need someone to help sort this out for me. How is Trey Burke an NBA guard but DJ isn't?
What does that make DJ Cooper?

A guard that will play a lot more games and get a lot more attention than Burke next year. Then the following year, after everyone has forgot about Burke, Cooper will get selected higher than he would this year.

How is Trey Burke an NBA guard.....?

He's not.......going to play much, if at all, next year. Maybe in a few years.......
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Posted: 4/7/2012 7:38 PM
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UpSan Bobcat wrote:expand_more
ESPN calls both of them "second round/undrafted."

Burke is a couple inches taller,



He is listed as a couple inches taller, but not sure that's accurate. Here is a picture Stevie tweeted today where you can see Burke is barely taller than Stevie. 

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Posted: 4/8/2012 8:08 PM
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Paul Graham wrote:expand_more
What does that make DJ Cooper? I gave up watching the NBA when Rex Chapman retired (just wasn't the same) so I need someone to help sort this out for me. How is Trey Burke an NBA guard but DJ isn't?


Declaring for the draft doesn't make you an NBA guard. It just makes you eligible.  If he stays in the draft Burke will be in Europe next year which isn't really a bad living.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:07 PM
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Well, he's coming back to Ann Arbor.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 1:27 PM
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Well, he's coming back to Ann Arbor.


Well if Trey Burke is a PG at Michigan what does that make DJ Cooper???

Oh, right, a PG at OHIO I suppose. 
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Posted: 4/9/2012 3:08 PM
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Trey Burke may call himself a point guard but looked like purely a shooting guard to me. More similar to Kellogg than DJ. DJ better work on his shot selection to ever have a chance to make it and put on about 15 lbs of muscle.
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Posted: 4/9/2012 5:47 PM
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Burke is much more of a shooting guard. He is not your typical "distributor" PG.
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