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BREAKING NEWS - Minnesota telling other teams they're taking Enes Kanter at #2 over D-Will 2

I immediately thought it was a tactic to scare CLE into trading their four for Minny's 2 with other major consideration. However, it could really play into the Jazz' hands. CLE could trade their 4 for our 3 and we get Knight and their '12 pick or ?????
 
PKM said:
I immediately thought it was a tactic to scare CLE into trading their four for Minny's 2 with other major consideration. However, it could really play into the Jazz' hands. CLE could trade their 4 for our 3 and we get Knight and their '12 pick or ?????
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I would do that trade once we know for sure that irving and williams are not sliding to 3.
 
Agreed, this is simply Kahn trying to force Cleveland into either trading up for #2 or taking someone other than Kyrie #1 overall (which would increase the trade value of the wolves' pick exponentially)
 
Perhaps they decided that he's the best player available?

I actually think this is probably the real thing. Why would they draft another SF?
 
Darkwing Duck said:
https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?6468-Latest-draft-buzz-The-top-five-picks-...

Made before this one.

The link in THAT thread, https://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/30601/latest-draft-buzz-the-top-five-picks , clearly states that Minnesota is telling teams they're taking Kanter at #2 and had been posted in AT LEAST two other threads that I saw before you made this one.

EDIT: I also saw this long before you decided to do the BREAKING NEWS garbage.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/214275/Wolves_Begin_Telling_Teams_They_Will_Select_Kanter

I guess I don't feel the self promoting urge to do the BREAKING NEWS nonsense when I see stuff like that.
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Someone put water on your Cheerios? Down boy
 
Draftexpress changed their mock draft to us drafting Kanter. Williams had a good one hour run. I guess Givony is calling Kahn's bluff after initially buying it.
 
mhindy said:
Agreed, this is simply Kahn trying to force Cleveland into either trading up for #2 or taking someone other than Kyrie #1 overall (which would increase the trade value of the wolves' pick exponentially)
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Possibly, Kahn is likely jealous of the fact Cleveland could be getting Irving and Kanter so is messing with them. Givony has now moved Wiliams back up to 2. We our slotted on his board now for Kanter and Kemba Walker at 12, quite a free fall for Walker if true.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
https://jazzfanz.com/showthread.php?6468-Latest-draft-buzz-The-top-five-picks-...

Made before this one.

The link in THAT thread, https://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/30601/latest-draft-buzz-the-top-five-picks , clearly states that Minnesota is telling teams they're taking Kanter at #2 and had been posted in AT LEAST two other threads that I saw before you made this one.

EDIT: I also saw this long before you decided to do the BREAKING NEWS garbage.

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/214275/Wolves_Begin_Telling_Teams_They_Will_Select_Kanter

I guess I don't feel the self promoting urge to do the BREAKING NEWS nonsense when I see stuff like that.
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In fairness I suspect you've misinterpreted his motivation for the breaking news headline. Not everyone reads all the all the other sources out there or every thread here nor do they have the obligation to do so.
 
Jazz4ever said:
Possibly, Kahn is likely jealous of the fact Cleveland could be getting Irving and Kanter so is messing with them. Givony has now moved Wiliams back up to 2. We our slotted on his board now for Kanter and Kemba Walker at 12, quite a free fall for Walker if true.
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I just wanna point out that in my mock draft I did 2 or 3 days ago, I had Walker going to us at #12.

/Pats self on back.
 
Borat said:
If Wolves really think it is really close, Kanter makes more sense to them, I agree, just because he can step right alongside Love and Beasley without disrupting the team. If they draft Williams, now they need to trade a young 20ppg scorer, further complicating things. That makes sense, of course, if they think DWill is better. But if it is about the same, you do look at your positional need. That's why if reports are that Wolves are considering both seriously and like both really well, there is a good chance kanter is their pick. That's why I think that report of them picking Kanter at #2 might be real.
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I was reading that Beasly is one of the least efficient scorers in the league. It would make perfect sense then to draft williams and shop Beasely. Dwill2 is probably better.
 
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