Kanter watch

[Siro]

This is the hate that drove KANTER out of town..

Aaaw. Poor Kanter. I can't imagine what it is like to be criticized by random people on the internet. I can only hope his millions will help him cope with such a tragedy.

 

[Hekate]

Check out the starters' +/- against LA Clippers tonight. Then look at what Adams and Collison did while they were in the game.

Can the OKC offense outscore opponents? Because they sure as heck can't stop quality teams. Kanter is at 18/4 right now, so he probably finishes with 20+ and around 7 boards. Big Al/Boozer stats!

You had me at +/-.

 

[The Midnight]

So if Kanter posts good stats when Thunder loses they are empty stats. When Kanter has bad stats when Thunder loses he is a scrub. When Kanter has good stats when Thunder wins it is because Westbrook is so good. When Kanter posts bad stats when Thunder wins he is a scrub. No matter what Kanter sucks.

Drafting Harden didn't impress you?

Well letting him go didn't...

 

[The Midnight]

So if Kanter posts good stats when Thunder loses they are empty stats. When Kanter has bad stats when Thunder loses he is a scrub. When Kanter has good stats when Thunder wins it is because Westbrook is so good. When Kanter posts bad stats when Thunder wins he is a scrub. No matter what Kanter sucks.

Drafting Harden didn't impress you?

/thread

 

[The Blue Elephant]

It's more like Kanter sucks and isn't much of an asset when they are playing teams with good offenses that space the floor and make him defend in space. He tends to be exposed defensively in those situations. So far the Clippers and Suns did that to them. Kanter is a great addition to their team for the regular season, but it will be very difficult to hide him defensively against teams like Portland, Houston, LAC, GSW, Phoenix, San Antonio, Memphis, etc. That's always been the case for Kanter and will likely continue to be so. That's what everyone has been preaching for the last umpteen years. But go ahead and keep disagreeing with the obvious until you are blue in the face.

The suns game he didn't do very good I agree but he has been ok this Clippers game. Don't blame the game on the both starting wings throwing zero fg's or Westbrooks 9 TO's or playing without KD.

 

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The suns game he didn't do very good I agree but he has been ok this Clippers game. Don't blame the game on the both starting wings throwing zero fg's or Westbrooks 9 TO's or playing without KD.

I'm not blaming any losses on the guy. Can never really do that anyway. I think he's a pretty good player, and was performing pretty well for the Jazz after he returned from his injury. Just curious how OKC will use him in the playoffs when most of the teams play a style of offense that is not a good matchup for Kanter. And most teams that have competent offenses are not good matchups for him. That's why I'm not sure if he'll ever be a guy that can play big minutes for a contender. If there is a team he could do it for, though, it'd be an OKC team with Westbrook and a healthy KD. They could potentially outscore the rest of the league. Today's loss was 100% because of Rivers vs Brooks. Clippers had an excellent gameplan. Brooks stood around, played with his own poop momentarily, and then licked a chalkboard.

 

[The Blue Elephant]

I think Kanter is mediocre as much as the next guy but I am not literally jumping on every thread as soon as OKC thunder lose and blaming it on Kanter even without watching it like some people here won't mention names.

 

[Hotdog]

Kanter is pretty good

 

[The Midnight]

Kanter is pretty good.... at being bad.

Fixed it for ya.

 

[Harambe]

The sad part here... is he'll be AT BEST the third option on the Thunder behind Westbrook and Durrant. So this trade didn't really help him any.

 

[The Midnight]

The sad part here... is he'll be AT BEST the third option on the Thunder behind Westbrook and Durrant. So this trade didn't really help him any.

I don't think OKC had any intention of re-signing him next year neither. They can't afford to pay Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka AND Kanter as well.


Seems like they just wanted him to fill in for Adams & trying to make the playoff push.

 

[Harambe]

I don't think OKC had any intention of re-signing him next year neither. They can't afford to pay Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka AND Kanter as well.


Seems like they just wanted him to fill in for Adams & trying to make the playoff push.

We should start a pool on who'll give him a few bucks next year. New York? Philadelphia? Denver or LA?

I bet Kanter would sign in LA.