KCC Dionte Burton Becomes a Crankster
KCC Dionte Burton Becomes a Crankster
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The pro basketball team of Busan KCC has been suffering from sluggishness due to five consecutive losses recently. The trouble is Dionte Burton (U.S., 31), a leading foreign player. Having received the MVP award of the league when he was working at the Wonju DB league (2017-2018 season), he returned to the Korean stage wearing the KCC uniform this season, but is now a nuisance.
Burton led the DB in the 2017-18 season with explosive scoring and under-the-goal control. He played in all 54 games in the regular league, scoring an average of 23.5 points, ranking fifth, and third in 3.6 assists. However, this season is a bit strange after coming back in six years. All indicators are on the decline. He scored 16.4 points (10th in the league), 7.6 rebounds (9th), and three assists (22nd) in 24 games. He is not at a rock bottom, but he has ups and downs.
He scored 40 points in the opening game against Suwon KT and drove in 46 points on April 12. However, he has played seven matches in which he scored single-digit points. Compared with just one in the 2017-18 season, the gap is wide. KCC have mixed feelings depending on whether Burton played or not. Burton scored 21.8 points in the game in which he won and 13.2 points in the game in which he lost.
As Burton's power, which is the only option, is jagged, it can affect the team as well. Burton's three-point shooting success rate is 23.2 percent and his field goal success rate is 43.2 percent, making him one of the lowest ranking teams in the league. The success rate of field throws is lower than that of the DB league (46.8 percent). In general, when the team is not able to achieve its peak performance, it is worrisome to try too hard to break through attacks or show a short temper by reacting sensitively to referee decisions. KCC manager Jeon Chang-jin also criticized Burton publicly recently, saying, "He did not get good results because he picked wrong foreign players." Before, Jeon once mentioned that his team is not in harmony with foreign players. 먹튀검증
KCC already substituted Leon Williams after Tyler Davis, a foreign player, was injured just before the opening of the season. Each team is allowed to substitute foreign players only twice during the season. Since there is only one more chance to substitute, the team is agonizing over whether to use it to replace Burton.
The lowest-ranked Anyang Jeong Kwan-jang also recruited the top scorer (33, 204cm) of the 2019-20 season (then LG) Caddy Lahren (33, 204cm), but it has not met expectations so far. Lahren is okay with an average of 13.5 points and 7.8 rebounds, but it is a clear decline compared to the past.