Enes Kanter is an underrated athlete!
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The Black Swordsman
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https://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/jazz/54317106-87/jazz-thunder-nba-durant.html.csp
"Kanter’s work ethic must overcome his modest talent."
Another example of Kanter getting looked down talent wise.
"Kanter’s work ethic must overcome his modest talent."
Another example of Kanter getting looked down talent wise.
Weezur
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Kanter was supposed to be a wildcat.
But damn it all, this is a tangent from my original question.
Is Kanter faster than Damian Lilliard? Is there even a Damian Lilliard? Am I on the right forum?
The Shocker
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Solid article. he points out that we must trade Jefferson, use our other assets and look for a point guard.
addictionary
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He needs to think a little more flexible to use that athletic abilities efficiently.
Favors Flave
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This all doesn't matter because Kanter bring the ball down and plays below the rim
The Fresh Prince
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Enes hasn't proven a thing yet, glad to see so many people high on him, but it's just as plain as day.. he needs to prove he can use all of this in the league to be considered one of the best in the business that can "Bang with the old school guys." You talk like Kanter ended the year with averages over 10 and 5.
I didn't say those things .. but, shut up.
The Shocker
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I was shocked (no pun intended) to see that Kanter ended up 10th in the league in rebounds per 48. While his offensive game needs polish to say the least, to board like that at 19 years of age after not having played games, let alone a whole NBA season (66 games or not) is very impressive, especially when you consider he was surrounded by one or more of Favors, Jefferson or Millsap at the same time.
Kanter can bang.
illyasova
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The winner is here
The Fresh Prince
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In this day of age, yeah. I am not going to say that I am hating on Enes, but lets not go as high as saying, "He can bang with the old guys.." You have no evident proof that he can do so.
He's going to be a good player in this league, I'll give him that. He can be an above average roleplayer who peaks at around putting up 15-16 points and give you 12-13 rebounds. I give him that little "old school" part to him. He'll be a throwback type player.
But is he going to do that, or get taught that here? Al Jefferson is the most overrated post player of all time.
theNBAnerd
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if there's anything these numbers say, it's that kanter SHOULD be more athletic than he is... in other words, these numbers make him an *overrated* athlete.
going into the draft, his physical tools were one of the main reasons he was being looked at as a probably top 5 pick. look at his nbadraft.net's profile (https://www.nbadraft.net/players/enes-kanter) and you'll see he was rated 8/10 for athleticim, 9/10 for size, 9/10 for strength, 9/10 for potential. that isn't someone who is "underrated"... that's someone who was expected to come into the league and be noticeably more athletic than a large number of his peers. looking at him through that lens and that set of expectations, i think he was OVERRATED based on what we saw in his first 66 pro-level contests.
going into the draft, his physical tools were one of the main reasons he was being looked at as a probably top 5 pick. look at his nbadraft.net's profile (https://www.nbadraft.net/players/enes-kanter) and you'll see he was rated 8/10 for athleticim, 9/10 for size, 9/10 for strength, 9/10 for potential. that isn't someone who is "underrated"... that's someone who was expected to come into the league and be noticeably more athletic than a large number of his peers. looking at him through that lens and that set of expectations, i think he was OVERRATED based on what we saw in his first 66 pro-level contests.
The Black Swordsman
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He only seems slow because he doesn't have enough experience. Too much thinking, not enough instinct.
jazzfan1971
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I'm wondering if there was a, ' Hoffa Araujo is an underrated athlete' thread as well.
JayCamjazzfan
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After p3 he will definitely be more explosive
mtnbayou
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Kanter is slow and can`t jump. He will always be slow and flat-footed. A league player no doubt, but nothing more than a good role player. His best upside would be a Boozer type, but possibly a better defender, though not by much - which i guess would make him a little better than a good role player.
jazzfan1971
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Well, I'm not going to write him off until his third year. It's far too early to label him a bust for me. I got 2 more offseasons for him to better himself at least.
jope
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Boozer has been on
2 all NBA teams (rookie 2nd and NBA 2nd)
2 all star teams
2 USA Olympic teams (1 gold, 1 bronze)
If, like you say, kanter can reach boozers production while being more present defensively, how is than anything similar to just a role player?
Jazz4ever
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You are also talking about the same site that projected Stevenson to be Jordan, and Morrison to be Bird. I don't think Aran Smith puts nearly as much research into the players as Givony.