Alec Burks, the former Grandview Bulldog who has since played eight NBA seasons, returned home on Friday to host his eighth basketball academy.

Burks was chosen the Missouri Gatorade player of the year in 2009, when he also won the DiRenna Award, given to the top high school basketball player in the Kansas City area. He scored 23 points ...

Utah is still a special place for Alec Burks, who played parts of eight NBA seasons here. It's always special for Alec Burks to come back to his 'second home' | KSL.com Skip to content ...

Burks averaged 9.6 points and 2.9 rebounds over his 382 games with Utah. And though his time with the Jazz was hampered by a series of major injuries—setbacks he said made him a smarter player ...

Alec Burks’ offseason started with left foot surgery and could end on another team. The Knicks guard, a trade candidate around Thursday’s NBA draft, is expected to recover by training c… ...

Alec Burks scored 27 points - 23 in the second half - including a buzzer-beating 3-pointer in the Detroit Pistons' overtime loss at the Utah Jazz.

The New York Knicks are one win away from a trip to the Eastern Conference Finals, and they have had to rely on their depth in order to get there. Among the pla ...

Alec Burks' departure from Utah has helped him revive career, with greater opportunity in Cleveland. Published: Jan. 18, 2019, 10:00 a.m.

Burks is a veteran the Knicks can rely on, as evidenced by the fact that New York had him from 2020-22 and traded for him again this past February. Burks' price in free agency also won't be very high.