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2 votes for Enes Kanter....

Enes Kanter can shoot the mid-range jumper just fine from what i saw at the charity game at SLCC. He didn't stay on the floor long enough to show anything that night (split Lip). That "Game" was held up about 45 minutes beyond it's starting time and it turned into a long shoot around. Kanter stood at around 20 feet from the basket with Steph Curry and matched shots for about 15 minutes and i would be hard pressed to say Curry shot better. With a defender in his face it may take some time but the stroke is there alright. Tenacity toughness and good footwork and a taste for glass along with what could be a sweet mid-range shot makes me long for the passage of time. A dangerous thing to wish for when you are a grandpa, but there you go.
 
My only concern with Kanter is the way he goes up after the ball and then lands. His legs are straight and toes are extended. This is how you simply have ankle injuries coming. Especially if you jump up high in traffic. One single landing on someone's foot and he may be done. I tell you if he keeps jumping like that and becomes an impact player in playoffs there will be dirty plays against him.
 
zbone said:
My only concern with Kanter is the way he goes up after the ball and then lands. His legs are straight and toes are extended. This is how you simply have ankle injuries coming. Especially if you jump up high in traffic. One single landing on someone's foot and he may be done. I tell you if he keeps jumping like that and becomes an impact player in playoffs there will be dirty plays against him.
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Clearly, you've never seen him jump. I think I've found one of the three people on this planet that can't jump higher than me.
 
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Wes Mantooth said:
True. 3rd in the league in rebounding rate as a 19 year old isn't very impressive. Do us all a favor and go troll back on your nambla board.
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Also, he's 3rd in rebound percentage (similar, but pace adjusted, a little more accurate).

Also, lolololol
 
Enes has a new nick-name;

But I’m willing to give a shot for Enes Kanter. My Elevator Evans one didn’t suck. Kanter is a big, tough, dude. He’s not a Big Turkey. He’s from Turkey. But it’s not like people called Andrei: "Hey, Skinny Russian is open!" Turkish history is pretty rich. Let’s start there . . .

Some of the best, most loyal, and tough soldiers came from the Ottoman empire’s warrior class called the Yeniçeri, which we used to call Janissary. Many of them were actually born in Europe, but were raised and educated in Turkey, and ended up being so damn good at what they were trained to do that they were very highly regarded. Enes Kanter was born in Europe (Zurich, Switzerland), and highly regarded enough to be drafted third over-all. He’s also a Turkish bad-*** who goes to war in the paint and backs down from no one. It’s pretty obvious to me that Kanter would have been one, had the Sultanate continued there. And it’s even more obvious that he plays like one on the court.

Or you know, we could call him the Sultan of Swats Rebounds Boards Glass The Paint. That’s not so hot. Let’s stay with The Jannisary.

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kanter currently has a PER of 16.6 and the third best rebound rate in the league, behind only bynum and superman. not sure how that ranks as a disappointment, other than that the minutes just aren't there because he plays the same position as three of his best teammates.
 
Big Turkey is way less condescending than UnderKanter. 1st of all, he looked like a damn fool in that clown hat. 2nd, pro wrestling is an astonishingly self-depreciating career. 3rd, UnderKanter sounds like some kind of bra or girdle.

Big Turkey could easily become a name to be feared if Enes becomes the player he hopes to. I like it. As somebody else pointed out, Mailman seems like a rather depreciating name until you see the player.
 
Brown Notes said:
Big Turkey is way less condescending than UnderKanter. 1st of all, he looked like a damn fool in that clown hat. 2nd, pro wrestling is an astonishingly self-depreciating career. 3rd, UnderKanter sounds like some kind of bra or girdle.

Big Turkey could easily become a name to be feared if Enes becomes the player he hopes to. I like it. As somebody else pointed out, Mailman seems like a rather depreciating name until you see the player.
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It's just a funny nickname, in a good way. Underkanter just sounds lame. Really lame.

Good nicknames are either funny (The Worm, The Mailman) or cool (Dr.J, Iceman).
 
Also pet names are almost never what you would have chosen. It's just the one that sticks. If I had my way I would have been ninja lazer eye.
 
TroutBum said:
Weenus Koonter

That's what we call him in our house. I don't care who you are, that's a solid name.
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haha, Has my Vote. I can't wait till he slams a ball home and i can yell out "WEENUS KOONTER!!!"
 
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