What's your explanation for early OKC success?

[Fishsticks]

Kanter is a fantastic player when focused and playing hard and there's a reason he wasn't anything close to fantastic for the last two seasons here.

He is a desperate man right now in a contract year and only has 30 games to try and get that max. If he was truly as good as the Kanter fans are saying, we would have seen it by now. He always had the the talent, just never cared. IF he gets his contract history has shown players like him never sustain. Its not in his mental make up.

 

[Fishsticks]

Jazz Fans. Holy ****! This guys is ours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y44CFaopQM

 

[fishonjazz]

I saw that play last night.
His teammates really seem to like him.

I even saw kanter and a teammate doing one of those complex handshake things that have alot of different steps to it.
Kanter seems to be having fun

 

[fishonjazz]

Jazz Fans. Holy ****! This guys is ours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y44CFaopQM

Lol at the 2:15 mark. What a dumbass for trying that **** on the stifle tower

 

[fishonjazz]

Where are the Steve novak threads doe?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Also, OKC plays a lot faster pace than us. His stats are going to look better cuz he has more possessions.

 

[gregbroncs]

That´s not about stats or analytics... That´s something that was going 4 years long. He never closed a game, he never played through the offense. He was treated like the only player on the team, who always had something to proof. That was never helping his game.
He is averaging many shots, because he is a terrific offensive rebounder and he is positioning very well. Enes Kanter right now is easily a 20-11 guy... You can call it empty stats, but thats what it is.
The last time Kanter fought like that for the Jazz was, when we watched him playing behind AL Jefferson.

Iam calling him a traitor, too. But their is a huge reason why it went that far. It´s not just on Enes. The last two weeks, dude got more national attention then the last 3.5 years he played for us.

We got ...... by this trade, but it´s maybe the first time in 5-6 years that this kid has some luck in his life.

So many things wrong with this post. Besides the all out lie about not closing out a game. The rest is just a BS excuse.

 

[carolinajazz]

...it's starting to become evident that the success of OKC is largely the result of Westbrooks amazing athletic ability coupled with his maturing as a basketball player, along with few opponents who have a guy or guys that want to "ball deny" for long periods of time and then have the brains enough to keep him in front of you and hope he try's to beat you with his jumper! Granted, with the refs unable or afraid to call "palming" anymore, its virtually impossible to keep Westbrook in front of you, but it's got to be seriously attempted! In addition, whomever Westbrook is guarding has to work hard on offense to try and make him use up as much energy as possible on defense, hoping to eventually tire him out by the 4th quarter so his jumpers start coming up short! A team like the Spurs, Hawks and Golden State, with active guards that like to take screens and picks will give OKC the most trouble. But right now they are on a roll....and it's almost all the result of Westbrooks uncanny athletic ability and energizer "Bunny" stamina!

 

[Just Ted]

He played hard. That is all.

 

[Nate505]

Where are the Steve novak threads doe?

There's a guy who actually would have a legit gripe if he said he wanted to be traded. He wasn't getting any PT this season so far.

What exactly are Kanter's gripes again. I'm really missing it. He started, got starters minutes. Perhaps he got a bit less because the Jazz are loaded at the front court, but that's life in the NBA, and it's not like he was never out there. Unless he's truly dominant, and he never showed that, that's how it will be if he plays on any team that's good.

 

[The Blue Elephant]

There's a guy who actually would have a legit gripe if he said he wanted to be traded. He wasn't getting any PT this season so far.

What exactly are Kanter's gripes again. I'm really missing it. He started, got starters minutes. Perhaps he got a bit less because the Jazz are loaded at the front court, but that's life in the NBA, and it's not like he was never out there. Unless he's truly dominant, and he never showed that, that's how it will be if he plays on any team that's good.

https://www.slcdunk.com/2015/2/23/8...zz-rudy-gober-derrick-favors-fans-best-wishes

This article does a good job explaining why Enes Kanter might have gripes.

 

[Stifle Tower]

^
AllThatAmar makes some wild leaps of logic.