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Did We Give Up on Kanter and Hood Too Soon

David Stern said:
I don't believe that Hood had an attitude problem. If he did, Mitchell and others wouldn't still be raving about him.
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He was not happy with his role and was just generally discontent... not an active cancer... but I would say he checked out and had a mild attitude problem... may not have been directed at his teammates as much as the coaching staff and front office.

I’d have him back... he’s a good dude and really struggled with the free agency pressure and incredible expectations... trying to fill Gordon’s shoes was too much. As a 6th man Hood is great... even if he was the 4th or 5th starter... as a #1 or #2 option though... he’s not consistent or healthy enough.
 
David Stern said:
I don't believe that Hood had an attitude problem. If he did, Mitchell and others wouldn't still be raving about him.
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Are you serious? Mitchell raves about everybody. And you can absolutely be friends with (or at least be friendly with) people with an entitled, ****** attitude.

Hood's was deeply offended that Ingles (very much deservedly) took his spot and thought he was owed stardom by the Jazz when Hayward left. He then refused to play basketball on the Cavs (???). I don't know how much he's grown up since then, but he was a ****ing turd for a while there.
 
The Thriller said:
Both Kanter and Hood had attitude problems, took beatings, and are more mature on a team that clearly has an alpha.

Exum is different. His issue isn’t his attitude. His issue is his health. He isn’t dependable.
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He's also bad at basketball and how this isn't talked about enough is very bizarre to me.
 
jope said:
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First, we've always known he's an amazingly ****** defensive player. On many of those failed close-outs he obviously is thinking rebound. Stat-chasing as usual.
 
jope said:
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That's the Enes Kanter we know. He can hustle and drain the power of a great Center like Jokic. Jokic's success would be even more off the charts if Enes did not hustle to perform well on D.

But when his opponent's weapons are the backcourt, Enes will not be able to defend enough pick and pops/rolls if he can any to save the day, therefore making him a great liability against a team like GSW.
 
Can we dispense with this notion that they're these great players? Great players aren't buried on the bench on the worst team in the NBA and then cut. Great players aren't guys that do **** in the rotation on another one of the league's worst teams after signing the QO.

Let's stop pretending that this is some failure of the Jazz to evaluate or develop talent. Until a couple of weeks ago, Hood's glory days were on this team, and Kanter was nothing more than the league's jester. Good for them for finding some good luck right when they needed it and for finding whatever it is that is helping them perform right now.
 
Kanter is on the verge of being played out of the GS series.

In short, NO, we did not give up too soon on him. He's a talented offensive player but an absolute cypher on defense. A team seeking to build a defensive identify (as the Jazz) cannot have a non-athletic, non-mobile, unable to guard the pick and roll center anchoring its defense.
 
In Kanter's defense the game plan was to drop on the PnRs, and Stotts defended it in his press conference. Him getting torched by Curry on PnRs all night isn't surprising.

Unfortunately I don't really know what other option Stotts has because Kanter sure as hell can't come out and hedge with getting beat off the dribble by Curry either lol.
 
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