ENES KANTER V.S JONAS VALANCIUNAS The difference between the two players- LOOK :)
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margodydek
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margodydek
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Who's to say that the year off wasn't good for him? Obviously it absolutely destroys everyone's ability to evaluate him, but for all we know it could end up being a blessing in disguise. Who knows? The guy got to train for months with MJ's old trainer while the majority of guys getting drafted were playing against mediocre NCAA talent, and the consensus #1 pick was apparently sitting on the bench pounding the cupcakes and twinkies. That year off didn't really hurt Griffin. I think he developed just fine.
calipari said he would pick kanter 1st. I dont think he is a very good coach, or i dont know how much reputation he has as being a good coach, but why would he support a guy so much even though he didnt play whole year? He had worked with him whole year, and i think he gotta know something better than us.
AFTER two years at Oklahoma.
margodydek
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Sorry. I'm just of the opinion that playing in college does not make you better. In certain cases maybe, in most I really don't think it does. I think college ball is nothing more than a platform to see these guys play. Some people will probably say that I'm crazy for thinking this, but it's just my opinion. So to bring this back to the draft: I think if Kanter played at Kentucky he'd be just as good as he is now (if he'd been injured that would be a different story, but he's still been able to train and work on his game) the only benefit to him playing last year is that we could more easily evaluate him.
Gyp Rosetti
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To help his draft stock. Knight's is pretty much cemented. The kid has a resume including a final four birth as thee man as a frosh. But if Calipari said he'd pick Knight, all would question Calipari's own faith in Kanter, and then their own even more having not seen the kid play.
Kanter has already played professionally. He also has been playing for Turkey every summer with his age group's national team.
Cal's a good coach and the best recruiter ever. He's going to pimp his guys into the NBA and get them paid the best he can ... it's good for the game (he's in). I would take his comments with a grain of salt. He does te best at what he does. Having said that, I've seen him one-on-one with Enes and know he LOVES the kid and his game. In THIS case, my opinion is he means what he says. I believe he would take Enes #1 ... I really do. You can debate whether he was a good coach in the NBA .. but it's highly inadvisable to dispute his talent at scouting talent and signing it up. Cal went to WAR to try to gt Enes eligible. Self-serving? Who cares .. bottom line is he backed a talent that he discerned would bring a champinship .. <--------- fact.