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Coaching course paid off for Jazz guard Alec Burks

SALT LAKE CITY — Alec Burks can’t fool Quin Snyder anymore.

Like most people in professional basketball circles, the Utah Jazz coach was well aware that Burks has been blessed with extreme athleticism and body control.

One only has to witness the 6-foot-6 guard quickly burst through the lane and then wildly contort himself into and out of a pretzel shape while soaring mid-air toward the basket to realize that.

New Jazz center Jeff Withey quickly noticed that this fall, describing Burks as being able to make “crazy layups.”

“It’s fun,” Withey added, “to play with a guy like that.