Ok last night Kanter played great last night, theres no if ands or buts about it. With that said it still changes nothing for me. I'm still going with my orginal prediction that he can start for a bad team but is a backup for a good one. Last night, the majority of his shots were dunks and layups (a few jumpshots mixed in). To his credit a few of them came off of fakes in the post where he would turn around for the dunk which biyombo bit on everytime. Most of the vets don't bite on those fakes. And the only real post move (involving backing down his man) he did last night was blocked earlier in the game. Theres a reason that this guy was top 5 in getting his shot blocked (among qualified players) last year and is top 15 now (he was headed for top 10 again after some of the last few games but may have avoided it last night). Its great that he did this but its nothing new, I saw him do this in those pre-draft videos and even in the pre-season. He is not gonna score like that on a consistent basis.
So then what is he gonna do since his true post moves are way too raw and he gets blocked way too much for a guy of his size? Well lately he has been slowly moving further away from the basket and is shooting more jumpers. There has been around a 11% drop within the last two months in the amount of shots he has attempted in the post which is very steep and if this countinues it will lead to an imbalance in his shot selection and he becomes more Okur than Jefferson (which may not sound like a bad thing but he has a long way to go before reaching Okur level). In the toronto game he did have 18 and 8 (on 42% shooting) but he was blocked 5 time and gave up about 24 points, most of them to bargs who scored easily outside the post on Kanter (which is nothing new since him and big al struggle to defender outside the low post). Also, last night he had a lot of turnovers and so far this year his turnovers have doubled despite only playing a min and a half more per game. I know I come off as a hater but the issues I had with Kanter are still there and nothing was changed from last night.
With all that said to his credit he does take advantage of his oppurtunities which says alot about his personality and effort level unlike another big man we have. HOW IN THE **** DO YOU FOUL OUT WHEN BLOWING OUT THE BOBCATS!!!!! Not to mention you shoot 30%, WHAT TYPE OF CRAP IS THAT?!!!? That was inexcusable. Favors foulling problem may go away in a few years but right now people need to stop denying that its not the elephant in the room. Its huge and it can be detrimental to a team trying to win when a guy who suppose to be your best defender can't stay on the court because he's in foul trouble constantly. As many problems as I have with Kanter, he still stays on the court. Favors better watch it or Kanter will take his minutes.
