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Russell Westbrook: Enes Kanter should win Sixth Man of the Year

fishonjazz said:
I think he should be in the running
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He is having a pretty damn good statistical year, including defensive improvement. However, I don't think a 20 mpg guy with low box scores deserves 6th man even if his per36 #'s and shooting stats are shocking me. He's 3rd or 4th in the league in shooting %.
 
If Kanter was getting 30 minutes per game there, he would have some pretty nice numbers. He's great per minute. But his defense and passing is so bad that they won't give him much burn. Which is weird because of how much they are paying him. I don't understand what they are doing with that whole situation.

Funny thing about it. Kanter wanted out because he was getting less minutes and getting benched. He's goes to the Thunder and gets even less minutes there. He got paid which is nice, but I wonder how he feels about that. He made his situation worse. I'm sure he would have been matched here too.
 
couscous said:
His team is one of top three teams in the NBA right now with a historically high points per possession. And their core is super young, he will have plenty of chance to win one before our cores do.
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Assuming, of course, Durant remains, And if ,Durant and Westbrook both demand $30M/per on their next contracts, OKC may not be able to keep that core intact, especially when their 6th man is making $16M.
 
Stifle Tower said:
Assuming, of course, Durant remains, And if ,Durant and Westbrook both demand $30M/per on their next contracts, OKC may not be able to keep that core intact, especially when their 6th man is making $16M.
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but, I thought that teams could sign anyone to any amount because the cap is going up? Kanter's contract should have no effect on the team.
 
Hack said:
Funny thing about it. Kanter wanted out because he was getting less minutes and getting benched. He's goes to the Thunder and gets even less minutes there. He got paid which is nice, but I wonder how he feels about that. He made his situation worse. I'm sure he would have been matched here too.
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You said it -- he got paid.

No way Jazz match a max for Kanter.
 
Assuming that they are a repeat offender $20MM over the luxury tax limit, they would pays $4.75 tax per dollar of salary, so incrementally Kanter would cost them $5.75*16= $92 million per year. That is a worst case, but you get the jist.

Not even sure the Nets would do that.
 
silesian said:
Assuming that they are a repeat offender $20MM over the luxury tax limit, they would pays $4.75 tax per dollar of salary, so incrementally Kanter would cost them $5.75*16= $92 million per year. That is a worst case, but you get the jist.
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That's not right. $4.75 is the marginal tax rate -- not the average tax rate -- for a repeat offender $20mm over the limit. A repeat offender exactly $20mm over the LT line would have a tax bill of $65mm. Further, with the LT line jumping by $25-30mm next season, the Thunder may find a way to stay below the tax and avoid the repeater penalty until at least 2017-18, even with Durant and Westbrook signed to max deals.
 
$70 million dollars for a 6th man who plays one side of the court. HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Booker said it best: "he got his stats".

There is no 'I' in Kanter, but there is a 'P' in Enes.
 
The name of the award should be changed from "6th Man of the Year" to "Wing Player who Comes off the Bench and shoots a lot of 3's"

A one-way player who gives you 11PPG ain't gonna get it.
 
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