asian_roger
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Kanter, the next Dirk?
2011 draft.....
- Thread starter Duck Rodgers
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It's impossible for any of us to compare Kanter to anyone because we have so little game footage of him. His only game we really know about is basically a glorified All-Star game.
If Kanter is that good, I highly doubt that the Timberwolves will pass on him at #2. Especially beings that this will be Minnesota's highest draft pick EVER. They also have a need at Center while not really having one at Point Guard or at Small Forward. If the Timberwolves want to build their team, they need to take top prospects that fill positions of need. This is how Oklahoma City built their team and they are now in the conference finals. The Timberwolves already have Michael Beasley at SF and Kevin Love at PF. They drafted Wesley Johnson with the #4 overall pick last season to be their starting shooting guard. They also have Martell Webster, Lazard Hayward, Wayne Ellington, and Anthony Randolph battling for backup positions at the 2, 3, and 4 positions. Their primary need is at center, where all they have is Darko Milicic and Nikola Pekovic. Their secondary need is as point guard, even though they just drafted Johnny Flynn in last year's draft and Ricky Rubio in the 2009 draft. Unless they are planning some major wheeling and dealing, drafting another Small Forward/Power Forward would NOT be a smart move.
If they where smart/crafty they would trade some of their young talent for some veterans, but they aren't so I have no idea what they are going to do.
Just watched some Derrick WIlliams highlights in anticipation of drafting him. Damn that boy can dunk.
The T-wolves could draft Williams for another team as part of a trade if they don't think he fits.
His tweets seem pretty normal. Just him talking about hanging out with his friends and such.
From what I have read and heard about Williams is that he is a very humble guy. He wasn't even ranked top 100 coming out of HS. I doubt he is really that picky or has any kind of attitude about playing in a certain location. If we where to pick him I fully expect him to come in and do his best and not complain.
The guy from DX did an article for Yahoo with pick explanations. Has us drafting Walker(gross) and Burks(ok). I highly doubt given the Jazz track record of selecting PG's they would take Walker over Knight. DX even recently updated their draft board having Utah take Knight.
I really doubt TWolves will take Kanter for themselves. With front court of Beasley and Love you need to have a defensive C behind them. "Defensive" is not what you hear what people say about Kanter.
I've seen Kanter play a lot. Maybe not 'real' games, but full speed all-out game practices at UK. With Knight, Jones, Lamb, and others on the floor, Kanter completely stands out. He is so dominant, Calipari had to sit him a few times just to be able to teach the other guys to rebound (impossible around Enes) and score. It was a 'this isn't fair' type of thing when he's on the floor. He's an animal. I think Enes and Irving are well ahead of the rest .. including Williams.