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Was Kanter a Cancer?

Interesting story about the Thunder's current dynamic. As the Jazz have ripped off two impressive back-to-back victories against two legit teams following Kanter's departure, I figured there would be speculation in Jazz Nation regarding whether the Kanter move was addition by subtraction.

And it may very well be, but we don't really have anything beyond hearsay to go on when evaluating the locker room dynamic pre- or post-Kanter. The Jazz may very well end up being a better team without Kanter based on these rumblings, but let's wait a few more games before we make up our minds.

Perhaps the biggest takeaway from this whole situation is that 'fit' and player development are crucial, yet often underemphasized components of building a successful team. Hopefully the Jazz brass will reflect on this situation and grow from it as they move forward with this young team that is just waiting to bust out. This team might just be a lot closer to doing that than we even realize. I look forward to the rest of the season -- much more so than I did any point this year so far.

Go get em.
 
homeytennis said:
He's gone and the Jazz are killing good teams without him. I go back to this piece about the Jazz scrimmage in the fall and this from the DN: Rookie Brock Motum, the Australian who played at Washington State, scored seven points and looked as good as anybody on the court during the 24-minute scrimmage. His scoring came from outside and off of a nice-looking floating scoop shot.

Jazz center Derrick Favors was impressed.

“Brock, he’s a better player than I thought he was,” Favors said of the 6-10 power forward who’s hoping to secure a roster spot this month. “I seen him during the summer league (and thought), ‘OK, he’s a good player.’ During training camp and especially tonight, he showed another level, I thought.”
In other words the Jazz had a lot of capital invested in Kanter, the front office told Snyder to get rid of front court players that might take PT from the tyro and then when it became evident that he could not do the job, suddenly positive results occur. Bring back Pleis, Tomic and Brock. It will be interesting to see how Cooley does on his 10 day K.
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Way too early to go down this path bro. Come back this time next year and ask the same question.
 
Burke after the Spurs game explaining team chemistry: "We got no cancer on the team". I don't know how much you can read into that. Might have nothing to do with Kanter.
 
I don't believe he was a cancer. However, I do believe he didn't do everything he could to help the team become better. He seems a bit egotistical, almost like he had to play for himself and not the team. There are many selfish players in the NBA, and the moment they start thinking that they are more important than the team, they become an issue.

Lets be honest. Kanter could feel the heat from Gobert. He knew it was a matter of time. But instead of taking one for the team, he thought only of himself and made the comment about being traded. I really enjoyed Kanter, when he wasn't forcing. When he was having fun and playing for the team. When he stuck up for the team and what we were trying to do. But that Kanter who did those things and had fun with the team ceased to exist. Maybe the pressure of being contract year got to him. But Kanter will never be more than an average player until he starts allowing things to come to him. Stop forcing and plays for the team with not worrying about his own personal #s.
 
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