Brayden Burries Player Comparisons and Summer League Breakdown
- Aiden Fermaner
- 7 days ago
- 4 min read
Breaking down Brayden Burries' Summer League performance and player comparison after his All-Summer League First Team selection
by Aiden Fermaner
22/07/26
Brayden Burries had a dominant Summer League showing and has ignited fans' hopes for what his NBA career will look like. Let's break down his performance and look at some new player comparisons after his All-Summer League first-team selection and as he rises up the rookie rankings. Averaging 23.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 2.0 steals per game, along with a mind-boggling 0.3 turnovers.
Summer League Breakdown
Burries looked great in the Summer League, raising all of us Bucks fans' hopes for him. He confidently solidified himself as at least the 5th best player in this draft behind the top 4 picks of the draft.
AJ Dybantsa
Cameron Boozer
Darryn Peterson
Caleb Wilson
Brayden Burries
In terms of consistency and showing, I'd say Boozer would be 1 and Burries would be 2. The only thing that stopped his rise through the ranks, I believe, is the limited number of games we got to see him and the other prospects in. I think that once we get to the regular season and as long as we can work around our log jam at the guard positions and get him some solid minutes, possibly even starting minutes, there will be many more conversations to come around rookie of the year rankings.
He didn't show me any crazy athleticism from my initial looks, just a well-rounded offering, but the thing I did notice was his motor; he never looked gassed, along with a great sense for change of pace. He hustled on almost every possession and was the primary ball handler on most possessions, and any chance you see him in an interview, whether it be halftime, three-quarter time or at the end of the game, he looks like he is still really fresh. This is also backed up with how well he went in his last game, he played 20 minutes through the first three quarters, scoring 17 points while being the point of attack defender a lot of the time and came into the fourth quarter, scored 10 points on 100% from the field and the free throw line with 0 turnovers and hit a game winner that he made look easy.
Take a look at Brayden Burries after his game winner; you could convince me this is a pre-game interview with how cool, calm and fresh he looks.
His motor and endurance also feed into his simplicity in getting to his spots. He uses what looks like the perfect amount of movement and dribbles to get to his spot every time, no over-dribbling or overexertion. He rarely gets himself into difficult shots, a few difficult ones at the rim, but a lot of the time he ends up flipping a coin with a foul call or not. That is one of his most impressive skills: simplicity in what he does, which I think fed into why he was ranked lower in this draft class; everyone's distracted looking at the players with flashy moves and crazy measurements.
He averaged 0.3 turnovers per game, which was the lowest by far from the top ten picks in the draft. The Summer League is led by turnovers and some bad mistakes as players all try to get a feel for the game and their teams. For Brayden Burries to go out there in such a heavy usage role and make almost no mistakes is seriously impressive, and it will be one of his main skills moving forward.
Player Comparison
For Brayden Burries' player comparison, I don't see a clearer one than Jrue Holiday overall and some of Devin Booker on the offensive end. Let's break down the aspects of his game that remind me of each of these players.
Offensively
Offensively, I see Devin Booker as a comparison for him; Burries loves to get inside the paint with his dribble, maybe even more than a younger Devin Booker. He operates less in the mid-range jump shot, but looks like he will be more prone to the three-point line. He looks like he will be really efficient to start his career, getting to the rack more, which should even boost his efficiency over a young Devin Booker.
Passing will be a key development point for Brayden Burries, similar to Devin Booker, who struggled passing at the start of his career, but they are both guys that should have the ball in their hands and be facilitating the offence. Burries’ passing issue won’t be so much turnover ratio as it will be passing vision, finding the right spots to pass to at the right times. This isn’t so much a problem as he has time to develop that with our log jam at the guard positions and their abilities to pass.
Ryan Rollins and Brayden Burries Duo
That leads me into the duo I’m most excited to see, Ryan Rollins and Brayden Burries. Rollins' playmaking ability took a big jump last season, and that will pair well with Burries playing off of that. Also, these two’s defensive abilities will complement each other perfectly, with Burries harassing as a strong-point-of-attack defender, and Rollins using his length and well-advertised interception abilities to cash in on bad passes caused by the pressure. If we can keep these two and continue to develop them, we could be looking at a backcourt causing nightmares for the league for many years to come.
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