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Kanter to workout with Kiki Vandeweghe

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Kanter will be working under the coaching of Kiki Vandeweghe, a former NBA All*Star and former Nets coach/GM.

Although he is know as a scorer and a 3pt shooter who won the percentage title in NBA with .481 in 86-87 season, he also won the turnover percentage in the same season with 7.3, which I think will not add anything to Kanter the way he is taking care of the ball right now.

source: https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vandeki01.html

I'm ignorant about Kiki. Do you know what kind of positive impact he'll try to make on Kanter?
 
No article source I'm afraid. I'm bringing this up from Kanter's latest tweet.

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I'm not sure why we think because Kiki shot 88% from the line, he'll be able to coach Enes Kanter up there. Kiki played and so far as I know, he has no coaching experience and was a ****head as a GM. Good players do not necessarily equate into good coaches. He needs a good coach.
 
And Chad, that was no shot at you alone. That's also to everyone who thinks Malone would be a great coach for our bigs as well.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
I'm not sure why we think because Kiki shot 88% from the line, he'll be able to coach Enes Kanter up there. Kiki played and so far as I know, he has no coaching experience and was a ****head as a GM. Good players do not necessarily equate into good coaches. He needs a good coach.
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Maybe not good head coaches, but help with certain skills or parts of the game. Hell the signed Hornacek as a shooting coach. Baseball has hitting coaches. If it didn't help they wouldn't have them.

I think the reason great players aren't great or even good coaches is partly ego and frustration that they can't just do it all themselves. Whereas you have former players who were not stars or even all that great as players who are great coaches (Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan, Doc Rivers, Scott Brooks, just off the top of my head.)
 
Wes Mantooth said:
And Chad, that was no shot at you alone. That's also to everyone who thinks Malone would be a great coach for our bigs as well.
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I think Karl could be an ok part time coach. He bought into the team thing more than a lot of stars. I wouldn't hire him to travel and be around the team all the time with his big mouth though.
 
i think someone like kanter can benefit from anything that any past NBA big man can show him. honestly, what is there to lose by having him spend a day with kiki or an hour with malone? he needs to develop moves, develop confidence and learn to use his body. i see working out with kiki as a no-lose situation at worst.

it's not like we need kiki to be a COY for kanter to get a little better. it's not even about "coaching"... it's about, "hey, enes, try this move, it always worked for me."
 
Chad Feldheimer said:
Maybe not good head coaches, but help with certain skills or parts of the game. Hell the signed Hornacek as a shooting coach. Baseball has hitting coaches. If it didn't help they wouldn't have them.

I think the reason great players aren't great or even good coaches is partly ego and frustration that they can't just do it all themselves. Whereas you have former players who were not stars or even all that great as players who are great coaches (Phil Jackson, Jerry Sloan, Doc Rivers, Scott Brooks, just off the top of my head.)
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And has Horny paid off in spades or something?
 
theNBAnerd said:
i think someone like kanter can benefit from anything that any past NBA big man can show him. honestly, what is there to lose by having him spend a day with kiki or an hour with malone? he needs to develop moves, develop confidence and learn to use his body. i see working out with kiki as a no-lose situation at worst.

it's not like we need kiki to be a COY for kanter to get a little better. it's not even about "coaching"... it's about, "hey, enes, try this move, it always worked for me."
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Bad coaching is just that. Kanter could learn bad habits, technically or such. And just because it worked for Kiki doesn't mean it could work for Enes. I'm not saying it would be but working with anyone and everyone isn't the best approach imo. Just my opinion though and I can totally understand how one believes that working with any pros can be a good thing. To be honest, you're probably right and I'm just overthinking this. Quite frankly, from the tweet, I would guess Kanter is simply working with 360 Performance and Kiki just happens to be a consultant or something with them.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
Bad coaching is just that. Kanter could learn bad habits, technically or such. And just because it worked for Kiki doesn't mean it could work for Enes. I'm not saying it would be but working with anyone and everyone isn't the best approach imo. Just my opinion though and I can totally understand how one believes that working with any pros can be a good thing. To be honest, you're probably right and I'm just overthinking this. Quite frankly, from the tweet, I would guess Kanter is simply working with 360 Performance and Kiki just happens to be a consultant or something with them.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96u-VmDpNI&feature=youtube_gdata_player
 
From Wikipedia:
Kiki initially had a front office role with the Dallas Mavericks, where he was instrumental in the development of Dirk Nowitzki. During his time in Dallas, Kiki also briefly served as an assistant head coach.
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Fingers crossed.
 
Yea Wes I think you are over thinking this. I do not know how old you are but I watch Kiki in his prime and Kiki was a great shooter and had some nice post moves. He would be great for Kanter helping him with his outside shooting. Kanter's form is great. It is how he sets guys up and how he shoot that 15-20 ft. Again, Kanter can benefit from any NBA player who has a specific talent. Kiki was a scorer and shooter. The most important thing is Kanter is working on his game.
 
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