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Enes Kanter still unsigned

mellow said:
Yes I can hate on them for this. Long time division rivals, they tired to steal Milsap, they did steal Mathews. And now they are ruining my plan to destroy the OKC Thunder. Plus, I think I have FO envy because this will be like their fifth or sixth quick rebuild since Drexler and they are almost always successful. So, BOOO on the Potland JailBlazers, BOOOOOOO!
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If OKC matches, which I think is likely, Portland has dealt a blow to OKC. They'll have to trade other players and potentially assets or will be forced to pay 40 million in tax.
 
@anthonyVslater
Was able to catch up with Sam Presti. His comment on the reported Enes Kanter offer sheet:

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If OKC wants to get rid off DJ Agustin, PJ3 and Novak in order to save money, would the Jazz be interested?
 
Enes Kanter will make $17.5 million per season over the next four years regardless of where.

Let that sink in - now think about the contacts we doled out to Favors and Hayward and tell yourself that maybe the FO knows what they're doing.
 
It would be awesome if the Blazers got him. One more playoff team from last year that is now heading to the lottery. Open up those playoff spots for us.
 
Jaymz said:
Hell no. Our roster rocks, don't change it.
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The Jazz have about $10 million in cap space. If they can pick up a reasonably good player and a draft pick or two in exchange for giving another team cap relief, I say by all means do it!
 
Portland going all in with two of the 1st Team No-Defense Team.

https://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2015/06/29/2015-defense/

Lillard has been a great offensive player since he stepped into the league… and actually the defensive metrics point to an up-tick in Lillard’s play (his -0.37 DRPM this season wasn’t horrible–but still 30th among point guards–and much better than his -1.97 last season) and his steal rate was much higher.

However… On this one, I’m just going to go with what I saw in many, many Trail Blazers games. I’m also giving coach Terry Stotts a ton of credit for maneuvering his defensive scheme so deftly to cover up Lillard’s glaring weaknesses.

In some ways, it’s very similar to everything Steve Nash’s coaches used to do to cover for his inability to stay in front of quick offensive players or work through screens. Yes, Lillard currently is the primary benefactor of the star-player Courtesy Defensive Assignment strategy.

Flat out: Stotts tries to avoid putting Lillard on anybody who is any good.

When Portland played (and lost to) Memphis in the first round of the playoffs, who did Lillard cover? Tony Allen, of course. Who almost never does and never should shoot....

...Lillard also has a habit of getting back late in transition, trotting to one spot, then staying anchored there and refusing to rush out to defend a shooter at the three-point line even when he actually should be… rushing out to the three-point line.

That kind of stuff just kills a defense because so much pressure is heaped on the four guys (if you’re lucky) who ARE playing defense that eventually they have to break down vs. the best offenses.
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and about Kanter:

Kanter can score, no doubt, and he looks like a big man who should be able to play the pick-and-roll. But he can’t. He truly cannot.

He either doesn’t know how or doesn’t want to or just has a supreme talent for doing exactly the wrong thing whenever his man comes over to screen a guard.

Kanter’s so bad that opponents basically just call pick-and-rolls when he’s in the game, and if you can’t guard the pick-and-roll, you are doomed.

Among centers who get regular time in this league, there are several really porous defenders–and Kanter is by far the worst. He’s awful. I don’t think there’s any way he turns into even a half-way mediocre defender at any point in his career, it’s just too far gone.
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Avery said:
Enes Kanter will make $17.5 million per season over the next four years regardless of where.

Let that sink in - now think about the contacts we doled out to Favors and Hayward and tell yourself that maybe the FO knows what they're doing.
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They're like prophets, seers, and revelators.
 
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