Why Enes gets blocked so much

[Brown Notes]

Reach is what makes those guys effective. Some of the best possible defensive plays by a C are made without leaving their feet.

Cousins and Jordan have huge wingspans. Enes is giving up about 4" to those two. Cousins isn't any stronger than Enes, just fatter and has longer arms. Cousins in any event is not relying on his ability to jump. Tim Duncan comes to mind as well. That dude never was a leaper.

Point being that Write4u is premature to give up on a C project simply by assuming he is crippled with a supposed lack of explosiveness.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

You can block Kanter all day.... but that doesn't stop him from getting the rebound, pushing you out of the way, and putting it back up in your face.

Have you been watching the games? It stops him.

 

[jimmy eat jazz]

You can block Kanter all day.... but that doesn't stop him from getting the rebound, pushing you out of the way, and putting it back up in your face.

Watching Kanter, I wonder whether he gets blocked so much is also a function of how he shoots the ball. He seems to shoot it from his face, or down low, instead of with his arms extended up and/or out. His shooting motion seems to make it easier to block. I wonder also whether he could develop a step back shot. Those can be effective and harder to block.

 

[TheSilencer1313]

Have you been watching the games? It stops him.

Watching what games??
No.... I have not been watching whiny little summer league.
I watched Kanter during all last season, and he did it to people all the time.
Get blocked, grab the rebound for a put back.

I'll save my reservations for actual competition of the 2012-13 regular season before I come to any conclusions.

Summer league means nothing.
And how much do you want to bet he tears it up during pre-season?
He's the second best pick and roll guy on the team next to Favors.

 

[illyasova]

Watching what games??
No.... I have not been watching whiny little summer league.
I watched Kanter during all last season, and he did it to people all the time.
Get blocked, grab the rebound for a put back.

I'll save my reservations for actual competition of the 2012-13 regular season before I come to any conclusions.

Summer league means nothing.
And how much do you want to bet he tears it up during pre-season?
He's the second best pick and roll guy on the team next to Favors.

I agree with u. Also a small evocation about Kanter after blocked. Kanter mix in min of 4.13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxPIucywRyQ

 

[franklin]

I agree with u. Also a small evocation about Kanter after blocked. Kanter mix in min of 4.13

"Rebound. Rebound. Rebound. Rebound. ****! Rebound. Yay!"

My next thread--Why Kanter Gets So Many Rebounds.

 

[NAOS]

All Kanter needs to do is develop the offensive skills and comfort to go 4-7 from the floor in 20 minutes. Add a couple of free throws. Add 8-10 boards.

Once he's able to stay on the floor, then he'll add to his offensive game quickly.

 

[illyasova]

"Rebound. Rebound. Rebound. Rebound. ****! Rebound. Yay!"

My next thread--Why Kanter Gets So Many Rebounds.

Do not worry, Kanter plays good or bad, you are gonna make threads about him. It seems you obsessive about him. Come on man, just let it go. Even u do not wanna accept it, you like him so much!

 

[MVP]

He's the second best pick and roll guy on the team next to Favors.

ROFL. Kanter has no clue how to play pick and roll. Case closed.
BTW in that highlight mix there is not a single pick and roll play completed by Kanter. I honestly do not remember one by him ever. His screens are poor and his rolls to the basket are so ill timed that PG's just have no chances to pass him the ball.

 

[TheSilencer1313]

ROFL. Kanter has no clue how to play pick and roll. Case closed.
BTW in that highlight mix there is not a single pick and roll play completed by Kanter. I honestly do not remember one by him ever. His screens are poor and his rolls to the basket are so ill timed that PG's just have no chances to pass him the ball.

Oh give me a break my friend.
Roll on the floor all you want....

It doesn't matter when anyone rolls to the basket on this Jazz team, nobody ever makes a pass except for Hayward.
I'll agree with you that his screens need to be tighter.... but he's the only guy on the team (other than Favors) that even attempts the play!!

I never said he ever successfully put down a pick and roll with the Jazz, and that's because Corbin's Jazz do not run them anymore.
He actually sets picks, and rolls to the basket.
Something neither Millsap nor Jefferson ever do anymore.

 

[MVP]

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He actually sets picks, and rolls to the basket.
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And until he masters how to do it properly it means nothing. You can set picks and roll to the basket all day long but if your pick is bad and timing of the roll is off that will give you zero result - which is the case in Kanters situation. You can say he is second best on the Jazz in trying to run pick and roll, but he is bottom of the list when it comes to running it properly.

 

[TheSilencer1313]

And until he masters how to do it properly it means nothing. You can set picks and roll to the basket all day long but if your pick is bad and timing of the roll is off that will give you zero result - which is the case in Kanters situation. You can say he is second best on the Jazz in trying to run pick and roll, but he is bottom of the list when it comes to running it properly.

That's because the Jazz are at the bottom of the list on setting picks, not to mention any rolls.
Kanter is definitely not at the bottom of the list.... probably somewhere around the middle of big men in the league.
There's about 2 or 3 teams maybe that run the pick and roll correctly anyway, so why the arguement?

If the Jazz would run a pick and roll every once in awhile, maybe just maybe..... we could get our bigs going a little bit off of anything but isolation plays.

Yes, Marvin will help with this.