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Newsok's Berry Tramel: "Kanter had no defensive mentor with Jazz"

Nate505 said:
It's not a great one. You can blame anyone's shortcomings in the NBA due to the "fact" they had no mentor, yet most players can overcome it if they care enough.
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I don't think it's blaming it all on this one thing. It's just stating "Hey, Kanter has lacked this one aspect, maybe that is a signal that there is room for improvement". People here are acting like it's a crazy thing to say or a bad observation to make, it's not.
 
Nate505 said:
It's not a great one. You can blame anyone's shortcomings in the NBA due to the "fact" they had no mentor, yet most players can overcome it if they care enough.
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I see less blame and more "maybe if we babysitt him and force feed him how to play defense he might improve. They didn't have that veteran mentor in Utah that guided Kanter on defense that he desperately needs" Nobody is saying Kanter has insane untapped defensive potential that once utilized will be a juggernaut. Still nobody answered my original question. Do you really think if Kendrick Perkins type was on Utah Jazz instead of Al Jefferson during those years Kanter wouldn't be even slightly better on defense and perhaps sacrificing on offense?
 
Cy said:
I don't think it's blaming it all on this one thing. It's just stating "Hey, Kanter has lacked this one aspect, maybe that is a signal that there is room for improvement". People here are acting like it's a crazy thing to say or a bad observation to make, it's not.
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For Kanter to have had a mentor he would have had to listen to somebody. The quote about Richard Jefferson talking about Kanter pretty much makes this author's point, moot. Because Jefferson apparently tried to mentor him and Kanter had no interest. IMO it is a bad observation and a pointless thing to say. It has almost no bearing on where Kanter is today and was a terrible article all around. He wrote this article from a biased POV to try and defend this guy. I'll admit the fans here are biased, as am I, but that does not make this a good point, because it's not.
 
The Blue Elephant said:
I see less blame and more "maybe if we babysitt him and force feed him how to play defense he might improve. They didn't have that veteran mentor in Utah that guided Kanter on defense that he desperately needs" Nobody is saying Kanter has insane untapped defensive potential that once utilized will be a juggernaut. Still nobody answered my original question. Do you really think if Kendrick Perkins type was on Utah Jazz instead of Al Jefferson during those years Kanter wouldn't be even slightly better on defense and perhaps sacrificing on offense?
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Yes I really believe that. Because he's shown no sign of caring about that end of the floor. Or willingness to listen to help for that end of the floor. And how would having a guy like that, making far less than Kanter see's offensive players are making convince him it's important?
 
The Blue Elephant said:
I see less blame and more "maybe if we babysitt him and force feed him how to play defense he might improve. They didn't have that veteran mentor in Utah that guided Kanter on defense that he desperately needs" Nobody is saying Kanter has insane untapped defensive potential that once utilized will be a juggernaut. Still nobody answered my original question. Do you really think if Kendrick Perkins type was on Utah Jazz instead of Al Jefferson during those years Kanter wouldn't be even slightly better on defense and perhaps sacrificing on offense?
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I must spread the rep first.

They are scared Kanter will blow up in OKC. Everyone knows they are a world class organization with the best GM in terms of eye for talent. Look who he drafts and where. He finds a gem every draft. Trust me he saw the diamond in Kanter's rough. He knows Scotty Brooks is a top 5 head coach and maybe the best developmental coach (look at what he did to Ibaka). Kanters flaws can easily be fixed like they mentioned his footwork. He can easily master pick and roll footwork.
 
gregbroncs said:
For Kanter to have had a mentor he would have had to listen to somebody. The quote about Richard Jefferson talking about Kanter pretty much makes this author's point, moot. Because Jefferson apparently tried to mentor him and Kanter had no interest. IMO it is a bad observation and a pointless thing to say. It has almost no bearing on where Kanter is today and was a terrible article all around. He wrote this article from a biased POV to try and defend this guy. I'll admit the fans here are biased, as am I, but that does not make this a good point, because it's not.
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This article proves Richard Jefferson lied. All Kanter talks about is defense defense defense. It's not his fault Millers screwed with him emotionally and on the court. Why did they ever bring Richard in to play over him? He cant mentor Kanter you twit. He's like 6'6, Kanters a giant. When are you going to get it threw your thick skull? The Millers abused Kanter and purposefully used him wrong. You need more evidence still? SMDH.
 
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