August 20:Big Match Turkey&Germany-Enes Kanter&Dirk Nowitzki match is starting now:) live Link here

[Dr. Jones]

That's unfair. Here are the possessions with him in at the end:

Enters with 2:14 remaining, 64-48 Germany, Turkey with the ball.

1. Turkey - Enes draws a foul, then another Turkish player draws a foul, hits 1-2 free throws, 64-49.

2. Germany - Kanter strips ball on post pass, Turkey recovers ball, TO.

3. Turkey - Kanter draws foul in post, hits 2-2 free throws, 64-51.

4. Germany - Missed jumper, rebound Kanter.

5. Turkey - Missed jumper, Kanter keeps ball alive, recovered by Germany.

6. Germany - Missed Jumper.

7. Turkey - Kanter runs floor well, gets good position, passed to in post, draws shooting foul, hits 1-2 free throws, 64-52.

8. Germany - Runs out clock.


Kanter was in on every possession on defense- playing good D, stripping the ball on one possession, grabbing a rebound on another- and offense- drawing 3 fouls, hitting 3 free throws, nearly grabbing an offensive board.

These last two games (the games I've been able to watch), Kanter has easily been the best player for Turkey. In this game, Turkey outscored Germany by 4 with Kanter in the game, and were outscored by Germany by 16 with him on the bench. Dude looks good.

Outstanding. Repped.

 

[oldtimer]

Seponal I beg you not to judge Kanter on what he does with turkey. His team actually plays keep away from him.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Agreed. Hedo is ****ing awful

Hedo is good if he focuses on passing. He is a very talented passer when he drives. He just falls in love with the ugly off balance jumpers for some reason.

 

[GVC]

im going to start a holy jihad war against turkish coach Orhun Ene

His rotations are awful. Maybe he's not trying to win yet, since these games don't count(?).

As Cyrone said above, Asik-Kanter-Ilyasova should be playing 30+ minutes, as they seem to be the only players who attack the basket, rebound and play defense (even though Ilyasova didn't shoot well this game). Akyol and Hedo are clueless, it seems. Does Turkey have no decent guards?

 

[Dr. Jones]

So, how did Kanter stack up in points and boards against the other top performers?

(Numbers adjusted to 40 minutes of play, for each player .. and keep in mind that ENES was not looked for on offense)

Nowitzki - 27.9 / 9.9
Asik - 15.8 / 11.9
Ilyasova - 14.2 / 12.4
Turkoglu - 10.7 / 3.0
Kanter - 36.3 / 12.1

 

[aybars]

His rotations are awful. Maybe he's not trying to win yet, since these games don't count(?).

As Cyrone said above, Asik-Kanter-Ilyasova should be playing 30+ minutes, as they seem to be the only players who attack the basket, rebound and play defense (even though Ilyasova didn't shoot well this game). Akyol and Hedo are clueless, it seems. Does Turkey have no decent guards?

i really dont know what the hell is wrong wiht our guards,they normaly do much better than this.about Hedo,he allways sucks at pre-games,dont epect much from him untill eurobasket.

 

[Dr. Jones]

Actually forgot Kaman. 40 minutes adjusted;

27.2 / 15.3

 

[sepanol]

His rotations are awful. Maybe he's not trying to win yet, since these games don't count(?).

As Cyrone said above, Asik-Kanter-Ilyasova should be playing 30+ minutes, as they seem to be the only players who attack the basket, rebound and play defense (even though Ilyasova didn't shoot well this game). Akyol and Hedo are clueless, it seems. Does Turkey have no decent guards?

Kerem Tunceri is a good pg but he didnt take much time since its prep games, also omer onan, starting sg is not bad, a good defender and makes 3s, like bruce bowen. But other than that we dont really have good guards. Emir Preldzic is good and can play SG imo. But coach doesnt try that option

 

[GVC]

Also, once again, big thanks to the Turkish posters who provided links to these games.

 

[aybars]

no kanter for 3 days,next game on 24th

 

[aybars]

Also, once again, big thanks to the Turkish posters who provided links to these games.

no worries,next 2 games will be on cnn-turkey as well,our cnn kicks your cnn a..,lol

 

[GVC]

I still have two big concerns with Kanter:

1. Can he pass the basketball? I'm not sure I've seen him pass the ball once after receiving the ball in the post.

2. Although he's very willing to set screens, he doesn't always do a very good job. He should spend some time working with Omer Asik, who has been absolutely amazing in PnR situations these last two games. Very fun to watch.