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Tribune Article on Kanter

Wow, sometimes it shocks me what basketball skills and knowledge the young guys are lacking. I guess that is the tradeoff the NBA has made when it prefers super athletes over basketball skills.

WTH am I talking about? Glad you asked. I was taught half a dozen one-dribble(or less) post-up moves as a freshman in HS. We learned the first look and the progression through the different moves to take what the defense was giving, or to counter the defenders move. I never played against the likes of Chris Kaman, but the moves and the counters are not that different. I'm just suprised that one dribble post up moves are not second nature to Kanter at this point.

It just solidifies my heart's desire: Please, please let Karl teach Kanter & Favors.
 
I think it's good counsel, most of the time if you go quickly it doesn't allow the defense time to double and he's good enough to beat most single defenders.

I'm backing Corbin on that idea so there all you Corbin haters.

Try not to be to Corbin what One Brow is to misogynism.

Wouldn't want you to be seeing something that isn't there. That's not fair to Corbin.
 
I agree it's probably the best move and Corbin made it. However Corbin also made the decision not to walk in front of a bus, and to wear pants, and to pay his bills. These correct decisions made by Corbin do not mean he is a head basketball coach in the NBA.
 
mellow said:
Wow, sometimes it shocks me what basketball skills and knowledge the young guys are lacking. I guess that is the tradeoff the NBA has made when it prefers super athletes over basketball skills.
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Kanter played for a Euro-team that does not understand what post moves are.

He did not play in college.

No surprise for me really.
 
My guess is that the "one dribble" thing is more about getting rid of bad habits than learning new moves. Most post moves can be done with one or no dribbles, but it can be a comfort thing to dribble a few times until you feel ready.
 
Çakar, here is a sig for you my friend:

"In practice I’m going against a big great player like Al," Kanter said. "So, whenever I’m on the court with other big men it’s much easier."
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I like it as it should help lower his TO's while he's still learning and keep him from becoming a ball stopper. As well as what it already alluded to in the article utilize his biggest assets strength & quickness.
 
JazzSpazz said:
I think it's good counsel, most of the time if you go quickly it doesn't allow the defense time to double and he's good enough to beat most single defenders.

I'm backing Corbin on that idea so there all you Corbin haters.

Try not to be to Corbin what One Brow is to misogynism.

Wouldn't want you to be seeing something that isn't there. That's not fair to Corbin.
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Ron Boone would approve as well. He frequently talks about doing something with the ball right away.
 
mellow said:
Wow, sometimes it shocks me what basketball skills and knowledge the young guys are lacking. I guess that is the tradeoff the NBA has made when it prefers super athletes over basketball skills.

WTH am I talking about? Glad you asked. I was taught half a dozen one-dribble(or less) post-up moves as a freshman in HS. We learned the first look and the progression through the different moves to take what the defense was giving, or to counter the defenders move. I never played against the likes of Chris Kaman, but the moves and the counters are not that different. I'm just suprised that one dribble post up moves are not second nature to Kanter at this point.

It just solidifies my heart's desire: Please, please let Karl teach Kanter & Favors.
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I agree with every letter.
 
mellow said:
Wow, sometimes it shocks me what basketball skills and knowledge the young guys are lacking. I guess that is the tradeoff the NBA has made when it prefers super athletes over basketball skills.

WTH am I talking about? Glad you asked. I was taught half a dozen one-dribble(or less) post-up moves as a freshman in HS. We learned the first look and the progression through the different moves to take what the defense was giving, or to counter the defenders move. I never played against the likes of Chris Kaman, but the moves and the counters are not that different. I'm just suprised that one dribble post up moves are not second nature to Kanter at this point.

It just solidifies my heart's desire: Please, please let Karl teach Kanter & Favors.
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****ing this
 
Given Kanter's strength, he should be establishing good position, hiring them with a quick and powerful move, and going up.

(Also, he should set the best screen in the NBA. And, we should complement that with a deft PnR pg... as of, like, a year ago. ****tons of lost reps/development).
 
I thought this part of the article was interesting:
While it’s easy to get distracted by the mounting road defeats the Jazz have endured — their losing streak away from home grew to nine with Sunday’s 113-108 loss — little successes like Kanter’s performance are the things that most encourage Corbin.
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It has often felt like the local media has looked for feel-good development stories like this because they wanted to avoid something critical of the team. But here... this feels like an editorial blip... like a "you've run out of your fluff quota, so takes these few lines and insert them" sort of thing. I hope we can get the Yes Men to pipe up a little.
 
mellow said:
Wow, sometimes it shocks me what basketball skills and knowledge the young guys are lacking. I guess that is the tradeoff the NBA has made when it prefers super athletes over basketball skills.

WTH am I talking about? Glad you asked. I was taught half a dozen one-dribble(or less) post-up moves as a freshman in HS. We learned the first look and the progression through the different moves to take what the defense was giving, or to counter the defenders move. I never played against the likes of Chris Kaman, but the moves and the counters are not that different. I'm just suprised that one dribble post up moves are not second nature to Kanter at this point.

It just solidifies my heart's desire: Please, please let Karl teach Kanter & Favors.
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This doesn't completely apply to Kanter, because he didn't grow up in the US, but a lot of the problem is AAU ball. These guys tell these kids they are God's gift to the world, then they ride them through the games, the kid goes to Kentucky or Duke, the AAU coach pats his back and moves onto the next kid. Then Kentucky and Duke does the same thing with the kid, and all of the sudden they are in the NBA at age 18, with men, and they don't know how to play basketball.

The good news is, with the NBA's rule changes, the game is being dumbed down enough that some of the most talented kids never need to learn how to play.
 
I do miss those games, we used to watch high quality post moves,hook shots etc.
Now it is all either dunks or jumpshots
 
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