Preseason Game #2 - Portland @ Utah, 12-21-11, 7pm MST

[Zulu]

Kanter is ridiculously aggressive, but in a pretty controlled way for being so raw. I think the Jazz have another Kevin Love once he gets some seasoning.

Thought the same thing, it will be fun to watch them play against each other and see who gets more boards!

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Well..... they one a pre-season game.
So does this mean that people around here are going to quit acting like post 9/11 neo-conservatives with a doomsday scenario?

Until we will lose another.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Thought the same thing, it will be fun to watch them play against each other and see who gets more boards!

Kanter obviously won't get the minutes to go head-to-head with Love. I think it is also obvious that it will be a couple years before the Jazz run any plays for him. He'll just be asked to rebound every ball and play solid d.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Kanter has a long way to go on the offensive end before he becomes Love. I hope we stop posting him up as much (unless he has some kind of distinct size advantage) and use him more on cuts and mid range jumpers.

 

[Zulu]

I'm getting really excited about Kanter and Burks!

Kanter has enough skills for rebounding and defense to get playing time. Even though he lacks a offensive game he could easily get 6-10pts a game from put backs and freethrows. Not bad fro 19 year old kid who hasn't played real ball in 2 years.

Burks is going to be special. Even though he didn't make crap last night he got to the hole a number of times and handles the ball extreamly well and seems willing to play defense.

This will be a fun seasaon no matter the win total.

 

[Stoked]

I'm getting really excited about Kanter and Burks!

Kanter has enough skills for rebounding and defense to get playing time. Even though he lacks a offensive game he could easily get 6-10pts a game from put backs and freethrows. Not bad fro 19 year old kid who hasn't played real ball in 2 years.

Burks is going to be special. Even though he didn't make crap last night he got to the hole a number of times and handles the ball extreamly well and seems willing to play defense.

This will be a fun seasaon no matter the win total.

I am high on them as well. I am really going to enjoy watching Burks, Kanter, Favors, Hayward and Evans grow together as a team.

 

[Dr. Jones]

My opinion. Kanter doesn't lack an offensive game as much as he;

- has nerves/needs his confidence back
- team doesn't need him to be a scorer

He actually is a scorer and we'll see that within a year .. 2 years before seeing every game.

 

[mtnbayou]

After watching these 2 preseason games, it looks like Millsap is by far the best player on the team.

 

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Kanter grabbed 15 rebs in ~40 mins of game time.

 

[MVP]

Kanter grabbed 15 rebs in ~40 mins of game time.

Thats all great and promising unless you look against whom he did it. Portland did not have a single decent rebounder on their team in those two games. Aldridge who just came back after being treated for heart condition? Johnson who is 210lbs? 49 year old Thomas? Nah........ Lets see how he rebounds vs 10reb/game players.

 

[Archie Moses]

Thats all great and promising unless you look against whom he did it. Portland did not have a single decent rebounder on their team in those two games. Aldridge who just came back after being treated for heart condition? Johnson who is 210lbs? 49 year old Thomas? Nah........ Lets see how he rebounds vs 10reb/game players.

Um, Gerald Wallace? One of the leagues best rebounders, dude. At least for his position.

 

[MVP]

Um, Gerald Wallace? One of the leagues best rebounders, dude. At least for his position.

6-7, 220lbs SF...decent rebounder for his position. Not that he was fighting for rebounds vs Kanter though. I should have posted decent rebounding big man - PF/C, my bad.