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Folks, when will you all see that Kanter is NOT the path of the future, and we should not give up Jefferson, Millsap or Favors to keep him. Kanter is nothing more than another Kosta Kofous. Even with a years work, he still brings the ball down low EVERY TIME, and gets stripped more times than anyone I have ever seen. Kanter cannot hang onto the ball period. Listen, I know hes only 19 and a rookie, but I honestly do not see what all the fuss is. He had some good moments, just like Kosta did, but he just is not spectacular at all! I mean even players like McGee can handle the ball and not lose it, and lsts face it, McGee is a total moron who makes Kenyon Martin look like Stephen Hawking! I did not see ANY progress from Kanter, even when he was part of the regular rotation. I saw tons of times where Corbin, in his efforts to try and give Kanter time, waited too long, and lost games due to lost leads in the 4th quarter. I see this constant double-edged sword from Jazz fans, they want picks, but also want to win NOW! You can have one or the other, and that is pretty much it. If you are happy getting young talent, developing them, and losing them to the bigger teams, then fine, so be it. I for one have always seen a winning culture in Utah, win now, do our best, play hard and nasty. Kanter is afraid to even foul someone half the time. Personally I think we should move Kanter, and keep Favors, Jefferson and MIllsap. They are the "win now" group, heck even Alec Burkes, also a rookie, and a lower pick, has improved leaps and bounds compared to Kanter. Looking back now, there is no way Kanter should have been a #3 pick, period!

I for one don't want a decade of mediocrity, just to develop someone like Kanter into a servicable player, at the cost of every other person who actually wins you games. Jefferson and Millsap won us games, period, there is no disputing that. Kanter has not made us better, not one bit. His performance just leaves me "SMH" every night hes on the floor!
 
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Jefferson is horrible on the defensive end particularly in the PnR. We could either take a chance with Kanter ( who is already better on D than Jefferson) or we could be bound to mediocrecy. You take your pick. Jefferson isn't going to be any good on D. EVER.
 
In game 2 Jefferson and Millsap combined for 9 rebounds in 60 minutes. Kanter had 10 rebounds in 15 minutes. Even if he played garbage minutes, those are pretty staggering stats.
 
Per 36 minutes
Andrew Bynum (19, Second Year):
(22 min./gm) 12.8, 9.7, 1.9asts, .2 stls, 2.6 blks, 2.3 TO, 5 fouls (.558, .668)

Enes Kanter (19, Rookie):
(13.2 min/gm) 12.5, 11.5, .3asts, .7 stls, .9blks, 2.2 TO, 3.6 fouls (.496, .667)

1. Limited playing time from age 14 – 19.
2. Not allowed to play in college.
3. No summer league.
4. No training camp.
5. Contributed to an eighth seed Playoff NBA team despite this.

1. Tons of international records and accolades for his age-group.
2. Nike Hoop-Summit record in limited minutes against our best youth.

Who knows where he'll be, but he is no Kouf. Give him some time and a summer league or two. He dominated the Spurs' bench.

Weaknesses:
1. Passing.
2. Confidence and experience.
3. Dribbling/Ball-Handling (but this could be attributed to confidence).
4. Balance.


ESPN (Game 2 of the Playoffs):
Top Performers
Utah: E. Kanter 8 Pts, 10 Reb, 1 Ast, 1 Blk
San Antonio: T. Parker 18 Pts, 4 Reb, 9 As

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ0wMlRaJRg
 
I agree with keeping him for sure. However, I will give you another weakness of his. Incredibly slow.
 
JazzyD said:
I agree with keeping him for sure. However, I will give you another weakness of his. Incredibly slow.
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I don't think he's slow, and this is evident on defense. He does not react quickly; it's often like he doesn't know what to do. On offense, he hasn't learned that he needs to be much quicker on his moves rather than doing his four or five dribbles. He should be able to fix this, but we'll see.
 
I'm pretty much convinced in a year or two Kanter will be a low end double double big who brings solid, smart post defense every night.

Right now there might be a 15 guys in the NBA like that.
 
JJAS said:
I don't think he's slow, and this is evident on defense. He does not react quickly; it's often like he doesn't know what to do. On offense, he hasn't learned that he needs to be much quicker on his moves rather than doing his four or five dribbles. He should be able to fix this, but we'll see.
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His offensive game is exactly what I was implying.
 
candrew, not to publicly unzip you, but you may be my favorite poster on the board. almost everyone of your posts is simple, short and spot on.
 
We have a 19 year old rookie who was away from the game for a whole year while he was at Kentucky. He has held his own against some of the best big men in the game and you want to give up on him because he brings the ball down low?
 
utahquad said:
Folks, when will you all see that Kanter is NOT the path of the future, and we should not give up Jefferson, Millsap or Favors to keep him. Kanter is nothing more than another Kosta Kofous. Even with a years work, he still brings the ball down low EVERY TIME, and gets stripped more times than anyone I have ever seen. Kanter cannot hang onto the ball period. Listen, I know hes only 19 and a rookie, but I honestly do not see what all the fuss is. He had some good moments, just like Kosta did, but he just is not spectacular at all! I mean even players like McGee can handle the ball and not lose it, and lsts face it, McGee is a total moron who makes Kenyon Martin look like Stephen Hawking! I did not see ANY progress from Kanter, even when he was part of the regular rotation. I saw tons of times where Corbin, in his efforts to try and give Kanter time, waited too long, and lost games due to lost leads in the 4th quarter. I see this constant double-edged sword from Jazz fans, they want picks, but also want to win NOW! You can have one or the other, and that is pretty much it. If you are happy getting young talent, developing them, and losing them to the bigger teams, then fine, so be it. I for one have always seen a winning culture in Utah, win now, do our best, play hard and nasty. Kanter is afraid to even foul someone half the time. Personally I think we should move Kanter, and keep Favors, Jefferson and MIllsap. They are the "win now" group, heck even Alec Burkes, also a rookie, and a lower pick, has improved leaps and bounds compared to Kanter. Looking back now, there is no way Kanter should have been a #3 pick, period!

I for one don't want a decade of mediocrity, just to develop someone like Kanter into a servicable player, at the cost of every other person who actually wins you games. Jefferson and Millsap won us games, period, there is no disputing that. Kanter has not made us better, not one bit. His performance just leaves me "SMH" every night hes on the floor!
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I don't think you fully understand what being a 19 year old rookie in the NBA is like. Pointless rant.
 
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