The Associated Press player of the year, Burke (18.8 points per game, 6.8 assists) also can shoot from deep in three-point range or knife to the basket, and he rarely makes mistakes.
To make a basketball analogy, it's a bit like when your tin-armed, non-jump-shooting center gets the ball near the three-point line: You know he won't shoot or thread the ball into the post, so you have a moment's respite while he looks for a guard to bail him out.
His cold spell from Nov. 28 to Dec. 28 saw him shoot 29% overall and 19% from three-point range down from the 46% overall and 41% from distance he was shooting before that.