Miggs
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Make me a bet then. I'll lay $1,000 that the Spurs win the series.
Does Kanter show Jazz made mistake in these playoffs ......
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Make me a bet then. I'll lay $1,000 that the Spurs win the series.
Sexual Favors
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I might be interested in that bet.
Sexual Favors
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Fact.
: we didn't have a big enough sample size on Enes, especially playing alongside Rudy and Dante.
We also never had a PG who looked for him. Enes played most of his time here (when he was actually getting minutes), with chuckers like JLIII, and Trey Burke (who never liked Enes).
Trey made Enes look bad, and vice versa. Between the two of them, we couldn't stop anyone. A horrible pairing. Add in Trey's lack of passing, and...
We ****ed up. It's pretty clear.
: we didn't have a big enough sample size on Enes, especially playing alongside Rudy and Dante.
We also never had a PG who looked for him. Enes played most of his time here (when he was actually getting minutes), with chuckers like JLIII, and Trey Burke (who never liked Enes).
Trey made Enes look bad, and vice versa. Between the two of them, we couldn't stop anyone. A horrible pairing. Add in Trey's lack of passing, and...
We ****ed up. It's pretty clear.
Miggs
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None of this has anything to do with the fact that he sucked on the defensive end of the court in a historic way. Could we have gotten more for him? Sure, except he and his agent were douches who hurt that chance and perhaps many other teams simply had no interest in overpaying for a one-dimensional player. Either way, as a GM, you're not going to win every move. DL's won most.
Sexual Favors
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Kanter sucked defensively, but that sucking was exacerbated by Trey's and JLIII's own inability to stop annyone. We had the perfect PG's to exploit his worst weakness. We never played, or developed him up until that point, and then faulted him for having the same weakness we knew about when drafting him. Smart.
Of course he was unhappy here. After being completely ignored, then suffering Corbin's whip, he was told he'd play, and get the development he needed, only to find himself losing minutes to scrubs like Trevor Booker and Jeremy Evans.
Sure, he was a douche and asked for a trade, but I'm not so dense that I can't imagine why.
addictionary
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Spurs will probably win the series but it mostly depends on how much less chaotic the Thunder will play them and how much less they'll break down on the defensive end. They can score against the Spurs enough to win it, but if Spurs become the passers they were against Miami and if Kawhi remains Kawhi in his defensive matchup with KD, then Spurs gets it in 6 or 7.
On the Kanter side of the series, I don't think he will look bad. I think he will do great things. The reason for that is Enes is playing postseason for the first time on a team that might go deeper and maybe with a little chance to the ring and he is incredibly motivated to win games. Enes is the type that plays a lot better when he is hyped about something. So I think he'll be OK.
On the Kanter side of the series, I don't think he will look bad. I think he will do great things. The reason for that is Enes is playing postseason for the first time on a team that might go deeper and maybe with a little chance to the ring and he is incredibly motivated to win games. Enes is the type that plays a lot better when he is hyped about something. So I think he'll be OK.
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Everybody who posts here knows that too. Of the 470 NBA players ,the Jazz had 3 players finish in the 400's (400's being the worst)in defensive ratings (Burke,Burks ,and Kanter).Kanter never got to play with Exum and Gobert.Now what ...Burke all but gone and not wanted ,Burks if he can't stay healthy ,his poor disinterest in defense might follow.
Quin Snyder is suppose to be a PNR genius and all this time the Jazz had maybe the top big man to work the PNR with.Once again Trey Burke being run out of town because he's not a good facilitator in the PNR.
The potential of trading Kanter ,can go down as the Jazz biggest f**Kup trade they've done and OKC's best trade ever.A 23 year old Center blossoming in the playoffs in front of the basketball world.
I didn't say OKC would beat San Antonio ....but I wouldnt be surprised at all .I think San Antonio is vulnerable on the boards.If they can't keep OKC off the boards it becomes a offense series and not defense. Another thing Westbrook is dishing out a lot of assists
Kevin Durant struggles when being guarded by good defenders who are half a foot shorter than him. I can only imagine he is going to shoot <40% with Kahwi on him.
The Jazz got what they could for an immature bonehead who couldn't get past his 3rd pick in the draft sense of entitlement. Sorry he had to play behind Jefferson, Millsap, and Favors who are all better players than he is. I'm glad he's happy playing his 20 minutes a game off the bench. If we hadn't made the trade Kanter would probably be in Portland. He's playing well. Good for him. I don't really care. I'd much rather have Lyles as our third big.