It's happening bros...
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To Kanter's defense (pun intended), he has been playing better of late. He's never going to a great defender, but he has improved. I just wish the Gobert, Favors, Kanter trio could have remained intact for years: that's quite the rotation. But when you have three players wanting to be starters, something has to give, just as it did when Millsap was let go so Favors could start.
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It's not happening bros
Hotdog
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Not trading Kanter really sucks.
Not only do we run the chance of letting him walk for nothing, but in order to get him to stay, we will probably have to give him the max or close to it. Which isn't a good idea on any level.
This is only going to complicate things with Rudy Gobert. Sooner or later he has to start. Its effing retarded if he doesnt. Even if we find 30 min a piece for Rudy, Favors, and Gobert, then that just means Booker walks because he won't be happy. So keeping Kanter means bye bye to Booker.
Kanter won't stay unless he gets the max. His qualifying offer is 7.8 mil. If all you are offering is 10 mil per, he'll just say no thanks and will take the qualifying offer and get a lot more the following year when the cap goes up.
So basically we will be playing a dumb game of trying to keep Kanter happy, while pissing off Gobert and Favors, for only a year and a half rental of Kanter.
There is a small chance we can do a sign and trade in the offseason, but not likely.
I predict Kanter takes his qualifying offer, or the Jazz are forced to offer the max and then we are stuck with Kanter for a long time. While Kanter just eats into Gobert's minutes. Neither of those scenarios are good for the team
Not only do we run the chance of letting him walk for nothing, but in order to get him to stay, we will probably have to give him the max or close to it. Which isn't a good idea on any level.
This is only going to complicate things with Rudy Gobert. Sooner or later he has to start. Its effing retarded if he doesnt. Even if we find 30 min a piece for Rudy, Favors, and Gobert, then that just means Booker walks because he won't be happy. So keeping Kanter means bye bye to Booker.
Kanter won't stay unless he gets the max. His qualifying offer is 7.8 mil. If all you are offering is 10 mil per, he'll just say no thanks and will take the qualifying offer and get a lot more the following year when the cap goes up.
So basically we will be playing a dumb game of trying to keep Kanter happy, while pissing off Gobert and Favors, for only a year and a half rental of Kanter.
There is a small chance we can do a sign and trade in the offseason, but not likely.
I predict Kanter takes his qualifying offer, or the Jazz are forced to offer the max and then we are stuck with Kanter for a long time. While Kanter just eats into Gobert's minutes. Neither of those scenarios are good for the team
b_line
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It's gonna happen bro
They're probably looking for a pg who's not awful.
Where's the Favors/Gobert number?
Crawlnstall
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I'm just curious what offers that Jazz are getting for Kanter, if any
b_line
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Locke left it out conveniently. You missed the discussion about it above.
I agree. That's why I posted elsewhere (earlier in this thread?) that his lack of passing out of the double-team is really what irks me the most. His defense I can live with, especially if he continues to improve a bit more on that front.
Yeah, I posted the question before reading the full thread.