Kanter has been killing it on offense and on the glass for Oklahoma City — he has even discovered the concept of passing! — but he is completely clueless on defense. This is his idea of rim protection when he’s along the back line as a help defender:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ22FCcafEQ
No wonder Utah was anxious to give Rudy Gobert more minutes. Kanter is a sieve against the pick-and-roll. He runs around and shifts his feet, but his timing and footwork are all wrong, and any top-level ball handler can blow by him into the paint. Several teams have already run the “go at Kanter on every possession” crunch-time offense, and that would figure to intensify in the playoffs.