1. Check out his PER, VORP, Offensive rating, and Defensive rating ... all show Jefferson as an above average player. I'm not saying he is a star player by any means but he's an above average player. I'd love to have him come off the bench as a 3rd big. He'd dominate other teams' 2nd team players in an Antoine Carr type role.
2. Seriously ? How has Alec (corrected for TNT's sensitivity) Burks improved this year ? Give me something. I just don't see any possible way he did. His stats certainly don't show it. His shoulder surgery obviously can't be considered an improvement.