Sexual Favors
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Do you think Kanter is held to an unfair standard? I think it's BS that Enes gets pulled from a game the second he makes a mistake, while all the other members of the core are allowed to work through their errors. Don't you think Kanter could learn from working through his errors? Don't you think the stress of having the 1-13 start blamed on him might make him feel on edge when his minutes come, like he better perform or else he'll see his minutes slashed and have the fans turn on him? Wouldn't such stress weaken your confidence?
It's time to stop scapegoating Kanter. When Kanter went to the bench, a lot of other changes happened simultaneously that impacted the way the team played. In the 1-13 start, we had JLIII (who rarely plays now), and Tinsley (who got waived) running the point. We were without Trey, Jeremy, and Marvin. We hadn't yet added Diante Garrett, and we were still giving minutes to Mike Harris. We didn't keep Favors close to the basket on defense, and we also defended the PnR differently.
Could it be that any one of those above reasons were reasons why we lost? Yes, Kanter's defense needed improvement, and his rebounding rate had dipped, but he was also coming off of a serious shoulder injury that left him without the ability to train in the offseason.
Fast forward to Kanter's re-emergence as a starter the past few games, and the blame Kanter attitude has resurfaced, even among our coaches it seems. Yes, the team desperately needs Derrick's defensive presence. But, is us losing really all Kanter's fault? Hayward is slumping bad since coming back from his hip injury (really only had one good game since he came back, which suggests he is still hurt). Trey has hit the rookie wall, and isn't impacting the game in the same way that he was in December and most of January. Trey had only 1 assist in the first half last night! Jeremy got hurt again as well. People forget that Kanter was the only player that showed up to play against LAC the game before last.
So why are people ok with Kanter still getting yanked from games when he makes a mistake? Gordon had 8 TO's vs Golden State, but still played 41 minutes the next game against LAC, despite shooting 23 FG% and %.167 from DT (and I say this with love being a big Gordon homer). When you ask Ty about this, he says Gordon and Trey are all we have, and that they'll figure it out. That's not true, we have Alec who is trending upwards and should get more minutes, Ian Clark who never plays, Diante Garrett who plays within himself most of the time, and Brandon Rush who DL wants to recover and transform into an asset. Still, with the exception of not giving those minutes to Alec, I like that Corbin is letting Trey and Gordon play through their blunders.
It's time to stop scapegoating Kanter. When Kanter went to the bench, a lot of other changes happened simultaneously that impacted the way the team played. In the 1-13 start, we had JLIII (who rarely plays now), and Tinsley (who got waived) running the point. We were without Trey, Jeremy, and Marvin. We hadn't yet added Diante Garrett, and we were still giving minutes to Mike Harris. We didn't keep Favors close to the basket on defense, and we also defended the PnR differently.
Could it be that any one of those above reasons were reasons why we lost? Yes, Kanter's defense needed improvement, and his rebounding rate had dipped, but he was also coming off of a serious shoulder injury that left him without the ability to train in the offseason.
Fast forward to Kanter's re-emergence as a starter the past few games, and the blame Kanter attitude has resurfaced, even among our coaches it seems. Yes, the team desperately needs Derrick's defensive presence. But, is us losing really all Kanter's fault? Hayward is slumping bad since coming back from his hip injury (really only had one good game since he came back, which suggests he is still hurt). Trey has hit the rookie wall, and isn't impacting the game in the same way that he was in December and most of January. Trey had only 1 assist in the first half last night! Jeremy got hurt again as well. People forget that Kanter was the only player that showed up to play against LAC the game before last.
So why are people ok with Kanter still getting yanked from games when he makes a mistake? Gordon had 8 TO's vs Golden State, but still played 41 minutes the next game against LAC, despite shooting 23 FG% and %.167 from DT (and I say this with love being a big Gordon homer). When you ask Ty about this, he says Gordon and Trey are all we have, and that they'll figure it out. That's not true, we have Alec who is trending upwards and should get more minutes, Ian Clark who never plays, Diante Garrett who plays within himself most of the time, and Brandon Rush who DL wants to recover and transform into an asset. Still, with the exception of not giving those minutes to Alec, I like that Corbin is letting Trey and Gordon play through their blunders.
