I talked about that night. And he was was on 30/10 mode and no PHS player could stop him in his rare moments where he had the ball. They had to foul him or he got his points. And he was not a huge negative at any point. Westbrook and Ibaka were. Kanter actually kept OKC in the game in the 3rd quarter. His defense was bad but still he had a good game in that circumstances.
Reggie Miller on Enes Kanter
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I talked about that night. And he was was on 30/10 mode and no PHS player could stop him in his rare moments where he had the ball. They had to foul him or he got his points. And he was not a huge negative at any point. Westbrook and Ibaka were. Kanter actually kept OKC in the game in the 3rd quarter. His defense was bad but still he had a good game in that circumstances.
Dumb Bloke
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They had until RFA to make a deal. Everyone knows thats the best time to get maximum value. Teams in playoff hunts dont like to shake things up.
Jazz didnt wait that long because they ****ered the situation. Kanter got tired of DL bending him over and forced their hand. Jazz lost, bigtime.
Dumb Bloke
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Isn't that a meme here? Can someone explain it to me. And best buy too.
The Blue Elephant
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Enes Kanter learned from the best.
RJF
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Jury is still out. Let's see what happens when OKC is full strength.
Why are you guys so butthurt? You cry and cry like your girlfriends left you.
If you watched that game, Westbrook and Ibaka had an off night. Whereas Kanter was doing fine. I'm not saying he had to score at a high level to justify his presence. I was saying he would have won the game for OKC if they played through him. Westbrook chose not to do it. Fine, the team lost. So it would have been the best for the team to play through him and Augustin instead of missing one jumper after one jumper (Westbrook 1/10 3pt).
And saying that he doesn't bring anything else is unfair. First of all, how many elite scoring bigs do you know? You sound like it is nothing special. Yes, we all know that some aspects of his defence just suck but he is most of the games an average defender. Last game he was worse than an average defender BUT still he could won the game for OKC.
I take a win over anything else. Scott Brooks benched him, too BUT he let him start in the overtime so they can win. But Westbrook took 10 or 12 sth like that field goal attempts in over time.
So, you can criticize him for playing bad in defence, but actually how good someone must be that he could still win the game for you even with having a bad defensive night.
I regret the notion that there has to be a winner and a loser in this trade. I can easily see a win win here.
Durant comes back and Kanter still provides that offensive punch in the paint and O rebounding that they need.
Jazz take their room and snag a dramatic upgrade in the backcourt.
Win win.
♪alt13
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No, Kanter>Kareem.
♪alt13
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framer
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The Thunder are NEVER going to run the offense through Kanter. That is straight delusion. This is the problem with Kanter. He demands to be featured, but he cannot because of the limitations of his game. He is going to end up like that dude in high school who went to three different schools because each basketball team he played for didn't do a good enough job of lifting HIM up. And as he plays in our division now, I wish ill upon him and his new team every time they take tha court. Especially as we own their draft pick at some point in the future. Them's the breaks.