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Another article favoring Kanter

do not remember me KUFOS he is gone, looks like Kanter will be 1 or 2 pick so we take kyre or derrick said O'CONNOR
 
NUMBERICA said:
I guess you didn't get it again. HOW you score baskets matters as much or more than IF you score them. Koufos didn't display a great SKILL level in anything I saw. Koufos guarded by chairs couldn't show the skill Kanter did against the best players of his age group in the world (Team USA). Koufos' great stroke always looked weird to me, too, and that never turned into an NBA skill either. Koufos was never that strong in his lower body, always had questionable hands, didn't really know how to use his body to create space, and never great footwork.

This is all subjective. There cannot be any statistical analysis. I'm just saying when I saw Koufos in those tournaments he just looked like a giant punking competition. When I watch Kanter at the NHS, I saw a guy overpower and out-smart better competition en route to a scoring record in only 22 minutes.
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Yeah, but you watched one all-star type of game with bunch of HS kids in it. In a game like that Thaddeus Young can dominate Durant. Actually, he did. And you are willing to bet #3 pick with nothing but this type of evidence to look at? I think this evidence made Kanter a great recruit to NCAA. But top pick in NBA? That's a tough one to gamble with. Would you really do it if you had #3 pick, the best pick this organization has held in recent memory?
 
Borat said:
Yeah, but you watched one all-star type of game with bunch of HS kids in it. In a game like that Thaddeus Young can dominate Durant. Actually, he did. And you are willing to bet #3 pick with nothing but this type of evidence to look at? I think this evidence made Kanter a great recruit to NCAA. But top pick in NBA? That's a tough one to gamble with. Would you really do it if you had #3 pick, the best pick this organization has held in recent memory?
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High risk, high reward. You don't pass on potential all-star big guys, dude.
 
Borat said:
Watching highlights is all we got, and this is exactly the reason why there is no way you can make any kind of meaningful conclusion on Kanter. Oh, and on Koufos highlights, KoKo looked pretty good too. Had good jumper on highlights and good post moves. He even knocked down 3 point shots... Making your conclusions based on highlights is a joke. And in case of Kanter, there aren't any games to watch. Not the ones where he competed against half decent guys.
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His highlights were impressive, especially his jumper which he showed no hesitation in just calmly raised up and drained them. I highly disagree his post game was anything special, all I saw were basic righty hooks, never went left, spun, shot faked, or up and under. He also could never pass, major tunnel vision. A help defenders dream come true. He averaged half an assist at Ohio State, and didn't fair any better in our system. KOC wont make that mistake again, if he feels Kanter can't and won't pass after the workouts, he will not draft him. Besides that, he was also very light for a center at 240 coming in. Kanter is 260 all muscle with a lower center of gravity, he won't be getting pushed around like Kosta did.
 
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