OMG! Calipari would choose Kanter over Knight

[Deleted member 365]

Perhaps the coach sees something that many of the Knight homers refuse to see, Knight isn't that athletic, doesn't have PG skills, and isn't worth a top 5 pick.

Perhaps a top 20 or 15, like Jason Terry. But not top 3. The guy isn't Drose folks.

Time to move on

 

[Stifle Tower]

Perhaps the coach sees something that many of the Knight homers refuse to see, Knight isn't that athletic, doesn't have PG skills, and isn't worth a top 5 pick.

Perhaps a top 20 or 15, like Jason Terry. But not top 3. The guy isn't Drose folks.

Time to move on

Or maybe the Jazz (or Kanter's agent) are paying him to pimp Enes so DWill or Irving fall down to 2/3.

 

[BENTLEY]

With KOC as gm you never know anything. Watch the Jazz draft Keith Benson.

 

[vslice02]

The guy isn't Drose folks.
Time to move on

Who's comparing Brandon Knight to Derrick Rose, the league MVP?

With KOC as gm you never know anything. Watch the Jazz draft Keith Benson.

KOC has certainly had his share of first-round busts, but he's never spent a first-round who wasn't considered a first-round talent at the time, or could even be called "a major reach."

 

[Dr. Jones]

I have 8,000 posts on the 'main' Kentucky board and am incredibly familiar with how Cal handles these situations. I LOVE Calipari, but he is the master of spin (I don't even mean that in a bad way, at all, just that I always look for the 'why' in what he says).

I KNOW, for a fact, that Calipari thinks Kanter is a top 10 big man in the NBA within 2 years. However, I take this particular quote with a grain of salt.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Who's comparing Brandon Knight to Derrick Rose, the league MVP?


KOC has certainly had his share of first-round busts, but he's never spent a first-round who wasn't considered a first-round talent at the time, or could even be called "a major reach."

I'd only judge the Snyder and Humphries picks as "busts." Koufos and Almond were drafted late and anything near or after 20 is a crap shoot. Brewer was a solid starter, about what you'd expect at that pick. KOC has had two top-10 picks. He hit a home run with Deron, and correctly traded up to get him (otherwise we would have drafted Felton). Still a little early to call Hayward a success, but it certainly looks like he'll be quality starter.

 

[BENTLEY]

KOC has certainly had his share of first-round busts, but he's never spent a first-round who wasn't considered a first-round talent at the time, or could even be called "a major reach."

Not an intentional knock on KOC, just saying he's the master of surprise. I was completely floored by the Hayward pick and the way Deron was traded - I hadn't heard anything about it so when it happened I didn't believe it. Don't misunderstand me - I'm a fan of our GM.

So I picked Keith Benson because, ala KOC, it wouldn't be expected.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Not an intentional knock on KOC, just saying he's the master of surprise. I was completely floored by the Hayward pick and the way Deron was traded - I hadn't heard anything about it so when it happened I didn't believe it. Don't misunderstand me - I'm a fan of our GM.

That's how KOC rolls. He's old school and believes trades should remain a secret until consummated. Remember how irate he got when the AK deal was leaked, and then fell apart. That's why trades should be signed off by all parties before they're announced. None of us heard a word about Jefferson until Greg Miller couldn't keep the secret any longer. And KOC had been talking about it with Kahn since the previous trade deadline.

 

[Deleted member 365]

Who's comparing Brandon Knight to Derrick Rose, the league MVP?

Good! So you recognize that drafting Knight at 3 is probably about 10 draft picks too high for him! Great!

 

[vslice02]

That's how KOC rolls. He's old school and believes trades should remain a secret until consummated.

Agree, and Scott Layden was the same way when he was VP of BO. Wouldn't be surprised that the Jazz tell other teams that leaking info early is a deal-killer. That secrecy is very shrewd on their part, alot of times teams will leak deals or info on guy their targeting to either gauge public opinion or allow someone else to come and one-up the orgininal offer.

 

[NUMBERICA]

This is something to consider. However, Calipari is a snake and I really don't trust a thing the man has to say. In fact, that's a big reason I'm wary of players that come from his program generally and Kanter specifically (they seem to have been very close).

 

[Stifle Tower]

Agree, and Scott Layden was the same way when he was VP of BO. Wouldn't be surprised that the Jazz tell other teams that leaking info early is a deal-killer. That secrecy is very shrewd on their part, alot of times teams will leak deals or info on guy their targeting to either gauge public opinion or allow someone else to come and one-up the orgininal offer.

Yea, I think that's the primary reason deals get leaked. The Carmelo situation was terrible, but Denver wanted to get the very best offer possible. Fortunately for us, KOC learned what NJ was willing to give Denver so the Deron deal was easy to put together. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the rights to one of our picks is traded after the new CBA is signed. With as much youth as the Jazz have, I don't think they necessarily want two more rookies. On the other hand, I don't see them overpaying significantly for an old veteran.