Freshmen you should keep an eye on

[Skatastrophy]

http://bustingbrackets.com/2013/07/22/four-incoming-college-freshman-you-should-keep-an-eye-on/


3.  Deonte Burton

Player Information:
Position: SF
Height: 6ft 4in
Weight: 215
School: Marquette

Deonte Burton is the perfect example of how to use your body to just bully defenders and power your way through the rim. At 6ft 4in and 215 pounds, Burton just seamlessly drills his way past the blockade of defenders to take it in for the inside score. An interesting aspect of his face-up game is his jab step moves. His spins and fakes from jab steps can be really convincing and take you off your feet if you're not a disciplined defender. Even as a disciplined defender, you will be kept on your heels and you will be tempted to bite for one of his fakes. His explosiveness off of the jab-step is incredible, part of the success to his drives to the hole. His perimeter shooting is above average, but improvements to his form would help significantly.

As a defender, he is smart and instinctive when it comes to playing the passing lanes.  His shot blocking ability is astounding, but consideration has to be taken that there are huge contrasts between the high school level and college level.  The intangibles are definitely noticeable when you see the heart and focus he plays with, great qualities that will help him gain confidence in the college level.

How will he translate in college?
Burton's explosiveness and ability to use his body will help him maintain balance when driving to the rim and receiving contact from defenders. He is also athletic enough to squeeze out a shot if he gets absolutely nailed by a defender on a drive to the basket.  His shot blocking will be far less effective against the bigger and stronger players of the college hoops world, but his hustle to contest a jumpshot will still be there and will be very effective against shooters in college. If Burton brings that same passion and determination he had in high school, he can only get better and better, and he surely will get better under the famous Marquette basketball program that has bred stars for many years now.

[ATWizJr]

Like all of this.

[MU82]

What I find interesting is that many of us here (including me) are so fixated in upgrading at PG and finding outside shooters that we think mostly about Duane Wilson and JJJ, but nationally Burton gets lots of hype.

This article and others like it definitely make me look forward to seeing him.

[bilsu]

What I find interesting is that many of us here (including me) are so fixated in upgrading at PG and finding outside shooters that we think mostly about Duane Wilson and JJJ, but nationally Burton gets lots of hype.

This article and others like it definitely make me look forward to seeing him.

You can debate what the pro am means, but
Burton is averaging 29.3 pts 45% from three
The incoming freshmen with the reputation for outside shooting
Duane Wilson is averaging 21.6 15.8% from three
JJJ is averaging 16.5 9.1% from the three

[GGGG]

1. He committed early
2. He played on a poor high school team
3. There look to be more bodies in front of him than in front of the other two.

[MerrittsMustache]

Burton may make the most impact as a freshman in large part because he has a college-ready body. JJJ and Duane are both going to be impact players eventually, but they are both pretty wiry at this point. Burton is built more like a college senior than a HS senior. Build obviously doesn't mean everything but when you can play, having college-level size and strength is a significant advantage, especially early on.

[Jay Bee]

What I find interesting is that many of us here (including me) are so fixated in upgrading at PG and finding outside shooters that we think mostly about Duane Wilson and JJJ, but nationally Burton gets lots of hype.

This article and others like it definitely make me look forward to seeing him.

Not I! Burton has been the man for me 4ever. He's awesome and his outside shooting has gotten unfairly looked upon by Scoopers.

[Hards Alumni]

Not I! Burton has been the man for me 4ever. He's awesome and his outside shooting has gotten unfairly looked upon by Scoopers.

I'm right there with you.

[Desert_warrior]

I really like the "and he surely will get better under the famous Marquette basketball program that has bred stars for many years now."

[CAGASS24]

Burton is enourmous in person (at the Pro-Am) and pretty quick for his size; could of made money as a linebacker if that was his passion based on the height size and speed. But what I did notice is his shot is quirky.  Though the form looks pretty decent, I noticed that on all of his longer range shots the ball is rotating left to right, pretty dramatically actually.  Little 'strong' with the left I guess.

However, I think he and Jamil can essentially play the same roles.  I would say he might be closer to Jamil's level of play last year than Jamil's entering College