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Quotes from nba forum.

A Mephis Grizzlies fan
"It is a guarantee that Kanter is going to be a monster offensively, IMO. Going into this game, I questioned his ceiling because of how badly he looked on defense when I had watched him before. However, he did a good job on Marc and ZBo for long stretches.
A combination of KD, Westbrook and a refined Kanter is a scary thing from the POV of a Western conference foe, but exciting as an NBA fan."

Golden State Warriors fan (lol on this one)
"Westbrooks MVP and Kanter is the next Wilt."

A Jazz fan (how clever of him.)
"Kanter with the stats and the L (as always)."

A Bucks fan responding to said Jazz fan
"I really don't think this one is on Kanter. He seemed to give quite a bit of effort tonight. I mean, still **** Kanter, but tonight's not really on him."
 
So what if some guy says he's good? Fact is OKC is dead last in defense with Kanter on the floor (nearly 110 pts per poss) and fact is OKC lost again.
 
twenty-three said:
The Thunder have a better winning percentage after the trade than they had before, despite Ibaka's injury. Interesting.
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I think that is mostly because westbrook turned it up a notch and had about the best stretch of basketball that we have seen in many many years.
 
fishonjazz said:
I think that is mostly because westbrook turned it up a notch and had about the best stretch of basketball that we have seen in many many years.
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So just don't give any credit to Kanter. But if they lose, it's only because because of his lack of defense. Alright.
 
twenty-three said:
So just don't give any credit to Kanter. But if they lose, it's only because because of his lack of defense. Alright.
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Not saying that.
Just saying that westbrook had one of the best stretches of basketball that alot of us have ever seen.

If he played that well simply because kanter arrived then I expect him to record triple doubles in the next 6 games that okc play.

I think he just got hot and no one could stop him at that time. Kanter just happened to arrive on the thunder at the right time to be a part of it. I think it was coincidence
 
Don't you even consider that Kanter helped him doing those crazy things? Do you think, Westbrook could have had so much assists without Kanter (for example)?
 
fishonjazz said:
Not saying that.
Just saying that westbrook had one of the best stretches of basketball that alot of us have ever seen.

If he played that well simply because kanter arrived then I expect him to record triple doubles in the next 6 games that okc play.

I think he just got hot and no one could stop him at that time. Kanter just happened to arrive on the thunder at the right time to be a part of it. I think it was coincidence
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Since the trade Kanter is the most assisted target of RW. 24.6% of RW's assists come from makes by Enes Kanter. The second highest is Serge Ibaka at 16.0%. The next highest Dion at 11.5%.

Since the Ibaka injury Kanter has been the cause of 29.6% of RW assists. The second highest is Steven Adams at 18%. Dion at 14.8%. Everyone else is below double digit.

During the stretch when both Kanter and Ibaka were playing. Ibaka had 28.6% of RW's assists while Kanter had 21.7%. No one else is even double digit. Literally half of his assists came from the two bigmen.

Literally over a quarter of RW's assists since the Ibaka injury have come through Kanter. At the very least Kanter impacts positively to RW in some way offensively. Could maybe argue RW is more comfortable with taking shots knowing Kanter can rebound them at an elite rate. Also Kanter probably provides one of the largest amount of gravity in the NBA for a center. I remember an assist he had to Anthony Marrow where Kanter was literally triple teamed about 15 ft from the basket.
 
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The Blue Elephant said:
Since the trade Kanter is the most assisted target of RW. 24.6% of RW's assists come from makes by Enes Kanter. The second highest is Serge Ibaka at 16.0%. The next highest Dion at 11.5%.

Since the Ibaka injury Kanter has been the cause of 29.6% of RW assists. The second highest is Steven Adams at 18%. Dion at 14.8%. Everyone else is below double digit.

During the stretch when both Kanter and Ibaka were playing. Ibaka had 28.6% of RW's assists while Kanter had 21.7%. No one else is even double digit. Literally half of his assists came from the two bigmen.

Literally over a quarter of RW's assists since the Ibaka injury have come through Kanter. At the very least Kanter impacts positively to RW in some way offensively. Could maybe argue RW is more comfortable with taking shots knowing Kanter can rebound them at an elite rate. Also Kanter probably provides one of the largest amount of gravity in the NBA for a center. I remember an assist he had to Anthony Marrow where Kanter was literally triple teamed about 15 ft from the basket.
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And what's the news on his D?

I'm kidding. I don't expect him to play defense unless they make it to playoffs or he signs a contract so that he won't stuff stats for higher wages.
 
twenty-three said:
Don't you even consider that Kanter helped him doing those crazy things? Do you think, Westbrook could have had so much assists without Kanter (for example)?
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Maybe not.
Still would have had tons of points and rebounds though and some assists.

Like I said, if it was because of kanter then we should see him get a bunch more triple doubles to finish the season since kanter is still playing with him right?
 
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