Kanter is "unplayable"? LMAO

[sleestak33]

Watched the Spurs completely dismantle the Rockets in game 6 by 39 points and guess who lead the way? Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter. He had 34 points and 12 rebounds which is probably about what Kanter would have averaged had he been given the minutes against the Warriors and Rockets this year since neither team has nobody that can stop him. So the Spurs, who didn't have Leonard or Parker, destroyed the Rockets by running the offense through the low post....HMMMMMMM!!! Billy Donovan decided to try to match lineups against these two teams and declared Kanter "unplayable" and it resulted in a 2-11 record if you count the playoff series so obviously it was a complete and total disaster and didn't work. I said beforehand the only way OKC could compete with those teams is to use their massive advantage with their bigs and hammer those teams down low all game and obviously I was 100% right. You don't change what you're doing to adapt to the other team, you use your strengths and if you can dominate the paint you're almost always going to win. You have no chance of beating teams averaging 115 points per game when you refuse to play your 2nd best player in Kanter...that's just stupid.

[Pillendreher]

Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter.

Can we keep the players' agents out of this forum pls? This is getting embarassing.

[ThunderBolt]

Watched the Spurs completely dismantle the Rockets in game 6 by 39 points and guess who lead the way? Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter. He had 34 points and 12 rebounds which is probably about what Kanter would have averaged had he been given the minutes against the Warriors and Rockets this year since neither team has nobody that can stop him. So the Spurs, who didn't have Leonard or Parker, destroyed the Rockets by running the offense through the low post....HMMMMMMM!!! Billy Donovan decided to try to match lineups against these two teams and declared Kanter "unplayable" and it resulted in a 2-11 record if you count the playoff series so obviously it was a complete and total disaster and didn't work. I said beforehand the only way OKC could compete with those teams is to use their massive advantage with their bigs and hammer those teams down low all game and obviously I was 100% right. You don't change what you're doing to adapt to the other team, you use your strengths and if you can dominate the paint you're almost always going to win. You have no chance of beating teams averaging 115 points per game when you refuse to play your 2nd best player in Kanter...that's just stupid.

Game 1 against GS. Kanter was a -11 in three minutes. Had he played 40 minutes he was on pace to be a -147 for the game. I'm not saying what I said would have occurred, but that's the kind of faulty reasoning you use.

[spearsy23]

This is just embarrassing.

[Osirus89]

I kinda like this guys posts. They are always gold

[retrobro90]

Kanter 100% is unplayable against certain teams like the rockets or dubs. That said, I think he would've been great or at least looked a lot better in the playoffs against teams like SAS, MEM, LAC, UTA etc.

[getrichordie]

Bruh.

[sleestak33]

Kanter 100% is unplayable against certain teams like the rockets or dubs. That said, I think he would've been great or at least looked a lot better in the playoffs against teams like SAS, MEM, LAC, UTA etc.

Then why did OKC go 2-11 against the Rockets and Warriors? You think they would have had a worse record had Kanter played 35 minutes per game? You're regurgitating the same nonsense you're hearing from the media and it simply holds no validity. The truth is the ONLY way they had a chance against those two teams is if Kanter plays huge minutes. He's their 2nd best offensive player and without him they had absolutely no chance to score enough points to legitimately compete. He most certainly is not "unplayable" against them or anybody. 16th in the NBA in points scored per minute. He averages more points per minute than Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Jimmy Butler.

[sleestak33]

Watched the Spurs completely dismantle the Rockets in game 6 by 39 points and guess who lead the way? Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter. He had 34 points and 12 rebounds which is probably about what Kanter would have averaged had he been given the minutes against the Warriors and Rockets this year since neither team has nobody that can stop him. So the Spurs, who didn't have Leonard or Parker, destroyed the Rockets by running the offense through the low post....HMMMMMMM!!! Billy Donovan decided to try to match lineups against these two teams and declared Kanter "unplayable" and it resulted in a 2-11 record if you count the playoff series so obviously it was a complete and total disaster and didn't work. I said beforehand the only way OKC could compete with those teams is to use their massive advantage with their bigs and hammer those teams down low all game and obviously I was 100% right. You don't change what you're doing to adapt to the other team, you use your strengths and if you can dominate the paint you're almost always going to win. You have no chance of beating teams averaging 115 points per game when you refuse to play your 2nd best player in Kanter...that's just stupid.

Game 1 against GS. Kanter was a -11 in three minutes. Had he played 40 minutes he was on pace to be a -147 for the game. I'm not saying what I said would have occurred, but that's the kind of faulty reasoning you use.

LMFAO! Yeah because 3 minutes is a fair assessment of how a player is going to do in a game for sure! Are you serious with this? The warriors have nobody that can guard Kanter over the course of a game and he easily would have averaged 20/10 against them if given the minutes. The unplayable player was Roberson who played 110 minutes, had only 13 points and went 0-10 on 3s and 1-4 on free throws while also giving up 37 points per game to KD and 34 to Thompson. That's the definition of an unplayable player. Kanter should have been playing well over 30 minutes against the Rockets and the Warriors. That was their only chance.

[ThunderBolt]

Watched the Spurs completely dismantle the Rockets in game 6 by 39 points and guess who lead the way? Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter. He had 34 points and 12 rebounds which is probably about what Kanter would have averaged had he been given the minutes against the Warriors and Rockets this year since neither team has nobody that can stop him. So the Spurs, who didn't have Leonard or Parker, destroyed the Rockets by running the offense through the low post....HMMMMMMM!!! Billy Donovan decided to try to match lineups against these two teams and declared Kanter "unplayable" and it resulted in a 2-11 record if you count the playoff series so obviously it was a complete and total disaster and didn't work. I said beforehand the only way OKC could compete with those teams is to use their massive advantage with their bigs and hammer those teams down low all game and obviously I was 100% right. You don't change what you're doing to adapt to the other team, you use your strengths and if you can dominate the paint you're almost always going to win. You have no chance of beating teams averaging 115 points per game when you refuse to play your 2nd best player in Kanter...that's just stupid.

Game 1 against GS. Kanter was a -11 in three minutes. Had he played 40 minutes he was on pace to be a -147 for the game. I'm not saying what I said would have occurred, but that's the kind of faulty reasoning you use.

LMFAO! Yeah because 3 minutes is a fair assessment of how a player is going to do in a game for sure! Are you serious with this? The warriors have nobody that can guard Kanter over the course of a game and he easily would have averaged 20/10 against them if given the minutes. The unplayable player was Roberson who played 110 minutes, had only 13 points and went 0-10 on 3s and 1-4 on free throws while also giving up 37 points per game to KD and 34 to Thompson. That's the definition of an unplayable player. Kanter should have been playing well over 30 minutes against the Rockets and the Warriors. That was their only chance.

I'm glad you see how ridiculous my comparison is. Unfortunately, that's where you're reading comprehension ended. The point of my comparison was that you can't take a small sample size and assume that would continue for the entire game. Letting Kanter get some points against the second unit is one thing. He isn't going to have the same offense output against the first team. Also, although Kanter is a good scorer, he really regressed on passing out of the double team. He showed improvement early in the season but it was a mirage.

There is an over abundance of evidence showing kanters abilities and inabilities and how they impact our team. I'm sure this thread will contain more as time passes. You will continue to respond with "hahaha, omg, wtf, lmao, smh" and other teenage vocabulary. After you've been silenced for a while, you'll start another thread about Roberson and eventually one about Kanter.

[sleestak33]

Game 1 against GS. Kanter was a -11 in three minutes. Had he played 40 minutes he was on pace to be a -147 for the game. I'm not saying what I said would have occurred, but that's the kind of faulty reasoning you use.

LMFAO! Yeah because 3 minutes is a fair assessment of how a player is going to do in a game for sure! Are you serious with this? The warriors have nobody that can guard Kanter over the course of a game and he easily would have averaged 20/10 against them if given the minutes. The unplayable player was Roberson who played 110 minutes, had only 13 points and went 0-10 on 3s and 1-4 on free throws while also giving up 37 points per game to KD and 34 to Thompson. That's the definition of an unplayable player. Kanter should have been playing well over 30 minutes against the Rockets and the Warriors. That was their only chance.

I'm glad you see how ridiculous my comparison is. Unfortunately, that's where you're reading comprehension ended. The point of my comparison was that you can't take a small sample size and assume that would continue for the entire game. Letting Kanter get some points against the second unit is one thing. He isn't going to have the same offense output against the first team. Also, although Kanter is a good scorer, he really regressed on passing out of the double team. He showed improvement early in the season but it was a mirage.

There is an over abundance of evidence showing kanters abilities and inabilities and how they impact our team. I'm sure this thread will contain more as time passes. You will continue to respond with "hahaha, omg, wtf, lmao, smh" and other teenage vocabulary. After you've been silenced for a while, you'll start another thread about Roberson and eventually one about Kanter.

The truth is I just slam people with stats and then they come back with the regurgitation of the nonsense they keep hearing in the media. 2-11 combined record against the Warrios and the Rockets by not playing Kanter and trying to play small ball to match their lineups. I really don't even need another argument because that says it all right there. They have absolutely zero chance of competing with teams averaging 115 points per game by not playing their 2nd best player (and certainly their 2nd best offensive player). Roberson's stats against the Warrios are beyond laughable and we're sitting here talking about Kanter as if he was unplayable. Yeah, nice defense against KD there Roberson allowing him to average 37 points per game and giving up 34 to Thompson. Nice defense by Roberson allowing Harden to average well over 33 points per game in the Houston series even though Harden had an injured ankle in game 4! LOL There definitely is an unplayable player on this team but it's not Kanter.

[Kizz Fastfists]

You clearly know more about basketball than everyone who makes their living off the NBA. You should clearly be running a team so you can build a championship team around Kanter.

[slick_watts]

sleestak, i'm still waiting on your answers to the following:

1- to what would you attribute the thunder's elite defense v. houston when steven adams and andre roberson were in the game?

2- please provide the list of games with links to boxscores of the 'dozens of times' steven adams was dominated by his opponent this season.

i know you're probably a busy guy, and i'm sure you're not running away from the debate, are you?

[slick_watts]

Kanter should have been playing well over 30 minutes against the Rockets and the Warriors. That was their only chance.

did you miss the 2016 western conference finals?

[slick_watts]

The truth is I just slam people with stats

i'm still waiting for the ones you promised me. it's been about two weeks now.

[Kizz Fastfists]

It won't give you the box scores because it knows you'll go through the play-by-play and see that 75% of the points they are blaming Adams for were scored while Kanter was in the game. Just like it is Adams' fault that Russ tipped in a shot that got credited Nene on his perfect shooting night.

[Andre Roberstan]

Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter.

Can we keep the players' agents out of this forum pls? This is getting embarassing.

Found Max Ergul

[Bergmaniac]

I really hope the OP is either Kanter's PR manager, his cousin or his girlfriend. Or no older than 12. Otherwise this is just sad.

[sleestak33]

Lamarcus Aldridge who unsurprisingly is a lesser version of Enes Kanter.

Can we keep the players' agents out of this forum pls? This is getting embarassing.

Found Max Ergul

Yep and Aldridge played 40 minutes last night against the Warriors and had 28 points and 8 rebounds and dominated them down low just like Kanter would have done if given the minutes. Aldridge's per 36 minute averages are 19/8 while Kanter's are 24/11 which shows he isn't the player Kanter is and he's a carbon copy of Kanter, an excellent scorer and rebounder with some defensive limitations. But yeah, that Aldridge and Kanter they're just "unplayable" against the Rockets and Warriors! LMFAO!

[Bergmaniac]

Aldridge has always been a really good defender. He moves well, he is smart, he is long, he is disciplined. He was the main big man on the best defense in the league in the regular season and his team's DRTG was really good when he played and Kawhi was on the bench. He was a key member of a historically good defense last year. Kanter on the other hand is the one of the very worst defensive players in the league and the defensive ratings of all of his teams throughout his career has been horrendous. In his whole career his teams had always been much better defensively when he's on the bench. He's way worse than Aldridge in every defensive impact stat. So, no, they aren't the same type of player at all.

Also, Kanter played 20 MPG against the Warriors this season and his net rating was -29.2 and his TS% was 50.5.