Too easy to say this just now...he had understandable reasons to not want to be here.
Jazz failed with his development and played cheap with him trying to hide his strong points and exposing his shortcomings in order to resign him at low price. They didn't put him in the ideal conditions to play his best basketball.
Jazz plans with Kanter were not clear and as I said different times they never gave him total trust and respect. Look at Exum rookie season, he is playing poorly almost all season but he is still in the starting lineup and nobody of the management has complained publicly of his poor performances and he is getting unlimited trust.
Kanter on the other hand spent his first two seasons sleeping on the bench. You don't draft a player at the third overall pick and treat him like a scrub.
Lindsey implying that Kanter didn't want to stay here, he is just covering his a** with the Jazz fans if Kanter will be successful with another team.
Anyway the trade has been the right thing for both...but the Jazz underselled him heavily.
Next time the Jazz will manage better a similar situation.
