I already wrote it a couple of days ago...I suspect that Kanter's hate his related to his religion and not only to basketball.
This trade will be very hard to digest.
Saturday Thunder VS Bobcats 7 PM ET ---- Enes Kanter Night
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I already wrote it a couple of days ago...I suspect that Kanter's hate his related to his religion and not only to basketball.
This trade will be very hard to digest.
If I was trying to put gas on the fire "just to wrangle", I'd make a post more like this:
addictionary
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Lol ur teh bestOKC THUNDER @okcthunder 9 Min.Vor 9 Minuten
.@BudLight Photo of the Night. Enes Kanter protects the paint. "It was unbelievable. I'm really happy to be here."
I could cry after taking a close look into this Pick... Master against Padawan...
CAKAR
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No my friend, no one hates him because of his religion. We really have great guys on this site. They had high expectations and just got little value. But, they should not blame Enes for demanding a trade, dude just wants to make business. He always was on a difficult situation and was handled horribly his first 3 years.
♪alt13
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The Jazz tried to play hardball but after Kanters comments they lost most of their leverage. I think the blowing a kiss thing blew it up a bit more. Was it a good trade? No. Did DL have a choice? Not really. The other 2 options were match a big contract for a guy that could become a locker room problem or let him walk for nothing.
Trading out Kanter is more about the opportunity cost of keeping Kanter on a big contract than anything else. Kanter is a good player, but Kanter at $12M+/year isn't a good deal for the Jazz. The big question is what happens with the roster and cap space this deal gives the Jazz.
Having said that, Kanter isn't going to get as many touches with the Thunder when he's surrounded by Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka and this Waiters characters who chucks.
Kanter got 9 shots with both Durant and Adams out of the line-up. He might have nights where he gets 5 shots or fewer.
Having said that, Kanter isn't going to get as many touches with the Thunder when he's surrounded by Westbrook, Durant, Ibaka and this Waiters characters who chucks.
Kanter got 9 shots with both Durant and Adams out of the line-up. He might have nights where he gets 5 shots or fewer.
If he plays a lot with Westbrook, though, he's going to get a lot of dumpoffs under the basket and chances for offensive rebounds off Westbrook misses. Dude is relentless attacking the rim.
freakazoid
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With the cap jumping 25 million in the next two years, 12 million would have been doable if Kanter would have accepted his role. We'll have to wait and see what he ends up signing for, but I'm guessing that Kanter at 12 million would still be a nice asset with a 90 million cap.
Fishsticks
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I think you are a bonafide looney toon. You seriously think that???
Fishsticks
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Can we trade Diamond for anything? Fishsticks?
Apparently I entertain you if you just reply to my posts.
gregbroncs
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Complete BS. There has been virtually no talk about his religion except by his fans from Turkey. People here don't give a ****. He is hated because he opened his big fat mouth and hurt the Jazz. Nothing more.
gregbroncs
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Both sides must agree to a trade. Who would give you fishsticks for him?
LifeOnaPlate
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Thing is, I could see Enes actually passing more for OKC. He looks up to several of them whereas it didn't seem like he looked up to any of the Jazz fellows.
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LifeOnaPlate
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Doubtful. There's plenty of sexism (too much) on this forum, there's even some generally antagonistic posts against religion on occasion. But I've not seen much in the way of Islam bashing in particular. There's been a little talk about the particular sect he's apparently connected with, but I don't know much about it. I really regret losing Kanter. I wish he was more of a team guy than he is. I wish he didn't languish under terrible coach Corbin for several seasons. I think he'll be a good player in this league wherever he ends up.
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Fishsticks
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You are an absolute idiot. Move over the okc boardS.
Stifle Tower
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Exactly. Lindsey said, "you can't pay everyone $10M." And Kanter wanted $15M. If a team really wants him this summer, they'll have to give him close to that. If he doesn't get it, he just signs for the QO. There's virtually no chance for a S&T. Kanter is not going to accept a cheap offer and any team that is stupid enough to give him $15M KNOWS Utah isn't going to match. As for waiting another year, he'd likely fetch even less for just a 1/2 yr rental. And we don't want him taking up playing time that can be given to whomever we view as the eventual 3rd big, whether that's Booker, a draft pick or a free agent.
And as you mentioned, 2015 is a good time to go after a top free agent. Not every team will have a ton of cap space available. EVERY team will in 2016. Better to have that flexibility now instead of when the market is hyper-inflated in 2016. That's the summer to take a vacation and let everyone else overspend.
