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Kanter 30 Pts and 16 Rebs... And Now the Rest of the Story...

mdalby

mdalby

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Enes Kanter had a career-high 30 points, with 16 rebounds... but the Thunder gave up 72 points in the paint last night against the Dallas Mavericks.

  • Thunder coach Scott Brooks suggested it was effort-based.
  • Whatever the reasons are, one clear answer seems to lie in the current personnel.
  • They are missing Ibaka, Durant, Collison, Roberson...

They don't mention Kanter's stellar defense. Since the trade Utah is 15-7 and OKC is 13-8


https://espn.go.com/blog/okc-thunder/post/_/id/444/can-okc-cure-defensive-woes-in-time-for-playoffs
 
mdalby said:
Enes Kanter had a career-high 30 points, with 16 rebounds... but the Thunder gave up 72 points in the paint last night against the Dallas Mavericks.

  • Thunder coach Scott Brooks suggested it was effort-based.
  • Whatever the reasons are, one clear answer seems to lie in the current personnel.
  • They are missing Ibaka, Durant, Collison, Roberson...

They don't mention Kanter's stellar defense. Since the trade Utah is 15-7 and OKC is 13-8


https://espn.go.com/blog/okc-thunder/post/_/id/444/can-okc-cure-defensive-woes-in-time-for-playoffs
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So glad we decided to sit out this guys free agency... Good luck deciding if you should pay this guy OKC.
 
From the article:

""There are a lot of good defensive players that are not on the floor right now," Brooks said. "But there's no excuse. You still have to do it. We have to have everybody committed to that end of the floor and you have to do it every time down. And if you don't, you get scored on."

That's Enes, gets his stats and an L.
 
It is not like Enes is putting up these stats on a losing team like Nikola Vucevic or Al Jefferson. Since Serge Ibaka is down OKC is 7-4. Ibaka is literally the perfect compliment for Kanter because he is a rim protector and has long range which opens up inside for Kanter. Everytime OKC loses if Kanter had bad stats people will say "see Kanter did bad." If OKC loses and Kanter puts up good stats people will quote the legendary Trevor Booker. Can't expect OKC to win every game especially with injuries.
 
I am going to watch every Warriors/OKC game and watchCurry, Thompson and Iggy obliterate Kanter in the paint.

Genuinely excited to watch them expose him for a national audience and just destroy his ego.
 
The Blue Elephant said:
Who haven't they exposed?
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I will bet money on the Warriors attacking Kanter specifically till OKC can't even risk putting him on the floor. And this won't be just 1 game, it will be 4 games that everyone watches.

All the cameras and lights will be on and everyone will see. Not just OKC fans. One regulas season game is not the same as 4 prime time playoff games.
 
The Blue Elephant said:
It is not like Enes is putting up these stats on a losing team like Nikola Vucevic or Al Jefferson. Since Serge Ibaka is down OKC is 7-4. Ibaka is literally the perfect compliment for Kanter because he is a rim protector and has long range which opens up inside for Kanter. Everytime OKC loses if Kanter had bad stats people will say "see Kanter did bad." If OKC loses and Kanter puts up good stats people will quote the legendary Trevor Booker. Can't expect OKC to win every game especially with injuries.
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Give it up, dude. Kanter just put up career stats on O, his team lost, his team got killed in the on D in the paint, and his coach called out his team for not being committed on D. Pretty obvious, unless you want to be obtuse.
 
The Blue Elephant said:
Everytime OKC loses if Kanter had bad stats people will say "see Kanter did bad." If OKC loses and Kanter puts up good stats people will quote the legendary Trevor Booker. Can't expect OKC to win every game especially with injuries.
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Two things:

1 - I've been hearing this excuse for three 1/2 years now. When Utah was 1-15 or whatever last year with Kanter starting, it was always everyone else's fault. Well, so and so wasn't playing, or so and so isn't good enough to compliment Kanter. The dude wants max dollars. He wants to be THE MAN. Part of being the man, is taking responsibility when your team struggles. Kanter does the opposite. And so do Kanter supporters.

2 - Kanter is in a contract year. This is him giving more effort than he will ever give. That is frightening. He has admitted to quitting in Utah. He/his agent think he is a top 5 player in the NBA. HIS DEFENSE IS TERRIBLE. You will never get a better defensive effort than what you are getting RIGHT NOW.

No thanks. Whoever maxes Kanter out, will be very, very sorry. I've been saying this for two years now. Jefferson is a poor man's Boozer. Kanter is a very, very, very poor man's Jefferson. Whoever maxes out Kanter will be relegating themselves to the lottery if they are in the West.
 
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