Is it me or does the # 3 pick seem just as good at the #6

[Hipporippo]

I guess we will see in a few months who is right and who is wrong. BUT, I think you are a complete moron if you honestly believe Kanter is as weak, slow, or unathletic as Koufus (who may end up being a solid NBA back-up anyway).

Why are so many people so quick to discount a 34 point effort against Sullinger and Barnes while nurturing a sore back that limited his mobility.

This guy is no stiff at all. He looks plenty athletic. And will go for 18 and 10 during his rookie season if given 25 or more minutes a game.

 

[GVC]

This guy is no stiff at all. He looks plenty athletic. And will go for 18 and 10 during his rookie season if given 25 or more minutes a game.

18 and 10 in 25 minutes? Per 35 minutes, that's 25.2 and 14...not realistic at all.

 

[Hipporippo]

Realistic or not, that is my prediction. If he gets fewer minutes, I believe it will still hold up on a per minute basis. But, he may not be able to keep up the same energy over 35 minutes--although his conditioning seems pretty solid.

 

[BENTLEY]

Yeah, it seems pretty crazy to me that people are so quick to be down on a guy with Kanter's size and skills. But maybe they're still smarting from the Koufos pick. Kanter won't get pushed around like Kouf did.

 

[enchilada_style]

Why the **** is Koufus even being discussed? For every player in this draft we can find a previous player with similar measurements, skills, etc that failed as an NBA player. I'd like to think the Jazz have done or will do a lot of homework on Kanter and I'm sure Koufus will never be brought up during that evaluation process.

fat reporter-"Hey Kevin, why didn't you draft Kanter?"

KOC-"Because Koufus sucked."

 

[Siro]

Realistic or not, that is my prediction. If he gets fewer minutes, I believe it will still hold up on a per minute basis. But, he may not be able to keep up the same energy over 35 minutes--although his conditioning seems pretty solid.

It's a stupid prediction.

 

[Hipporippo]

It's a stupid prediction.

Well, we will see I guess. But, if you go back to my original post, I did not say that he would get 10 rebounds per 25 minutes played. I said that if he gets AT LEAST 25 minutes per game, then we could expect him to average those totals over the course of games where he got AT LEAST 25 minutes per game.

My point was that if he gets playing time, he will be a super productive guy. I do believe he has the potential to be almost a 20 and 10 guy even during his rookie season.