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ENES KANTER V.S JONAS VALANCIUNAS The difference between the two players- LOOK :)

Once again, the argument goes both ways ... had Kanter played, he could be coming into this draft around #25 .. or could have been the consensus #1 pick. Just no way of knowing.
 
Borat said:
That's a good point. Knight had a more successful HS seasons than Kanter, and was considered a far better prospect. Now a year later, when he led his team to #3 ranking as a freshman, put up good numbers, while Kanter lost a year of development and couldn't even practice with the team this year, it is Kanter who is exciting pick, and Knight is "vanilla"... I don't think this makes too much sense.
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And yet Calipari would still take Kanter over Knight. Interesting.
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
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So one guy who is 6'10-11
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The metric system sucks.
 
PKM said:
Once again, the argument goes both ways ... had Kanter played, he could be coming into this draft around #25 .. or could have been the consensus #1 pick. Just no way of knowing.
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Yeah, but our pick is a lot closer to #1 than it is to #25, and as a matter of fact Kanter DID NOT play. Did not even practice this year, and most certainly lost a lot of development opportunities, which are critical at such young age.
 
Borat said:
Yeah, but our pick is a lot closer to #1 than it is to #25, and as a matter of fact Kanter DID NOT play. Did not even practice this year, and most certainly lost a lot of development opportunities, which are critical at such young age.
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Who's to say that the year off wasn't good for him? Obviously it absolutely destroys everyone's ability to evaluate him, but for all we know it could end up being a blessing in disguise. Who knows? The guy got to train for months with MJ's old trainer while the majority of guys getting drafted were playing against mediocre NCAA talent, and the consensus #1 pick was apparently sitting on the bench pounding the cupcakes and twinkies. That year off didn't really hurt Griffin. I think he developed just fine.
 
calipari said he would pick kanter 1st. I dont think he is a very good coach, or i dont know how much reputation he has as being a good coach, but why would he support a guy so much even though he didnt play whole year? He had worked with him whole year, and i think he gotta know something better than us.
 
margodydek said:
Who's to say that the year off wasn't good for him? Obviously it absolutely destroys everyone's ability to evaluate him, but for all we know it could end up being a blessing in disguise. Who knows? The guy got to train for months with MJ's old trainer while the majority of guys getting drafted were playing against mediocre NCAA talent, and the consensus #1 pick was apparently sitting on the bench pounding the cupcakes and twinkies. That year off didn't really hurt Griffin. I think he developed just fine.
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AFTER two years at Oklahoma.
 
NUMBERICA said:
AFTER two years at Oklahoma.
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Sorry. I'm just of the opinion that playing in college does not make you better. In certain cases maybe, in most I really don't think it does. I think college ball is nothing more than a platform to see these guys play. Some people will probably say that I'm crazy for thinking this, but it's just my opinion. So to bring this back to the draft: I think if Kanter played at Kentucky he'd be just as good as he is now (if he'd been injured that would be a different story, but he's still been able to train and work on his game) the only benefit to him playing last year is that we could more easily evaluate him.
 
sepanol said:
calipari said he would pick kanter 1st. I dont think he is a very good coach, or i dont know how much reputation he has as being a good coach, but why would he support a guy so much even though he didnt play whole year? He had worked with him whole year, and i think he gotta know something better than us.
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To help his draft stock. Knight's is pretty much cemented. The kid has a resume including a final four birth as thee man as a frosh. But if Calipari said he'd pick Knight, all would question Calipari's own faith in Kanter, and then their own even more having not seen the kid play.
 
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