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Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center?

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Who should play the Majority of our Big's (PF/C) minutes? – (Up to 5 Votes out of 8 choices)

R. Williams
32
26%
Horford
29
23%
Kanter
22
18%
Tatum
21
17%
G. Williams
16
13%
Parker
1
1%
Hernangómez
1
1%
Fernando
2
2%
 
Total votes: 124

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Re: Enes Kanter – Should he (or another) get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#61 » by chrisab123 » Fri Dec 3, 2021 12:24 pm

rmal8852 wrote:
chrisab123 wrote:Depends if the league ends up stepping in or not. This China stuff can't be helping his case at all. I could see the Celtics trading him the first chance they get for anything so they can get back on TV in China. They hold all the power in this situation.


Is that you LeBron?

You really,really, really, want to bend the knee to China…again?


Haha. Its just reality. They literally hold all the cards here. Kanter is not a top tier player and is literally a bottom of the rotation guy. No team is going to take a bullet and lose millions long term for him. Its probably his last year in the league and Kanter is probably okay with it for now. If Tatum came out and said F China then it would be different since you really can't black ball a borderline top 10 player in the league.
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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – (Legal Name Change) Becomes a U.S. Citizen 

Post#62 » by cheezone » Fri Dec 3, 2021 12:56 pm

ddb wrote:Congrats to Enes for earning his citizenship legally the way it's suppose to be. Our diversity and the dream of living free is what makes our country so great...... Unlike millions of people our current administration is allowing to walk across our southern border illegally..


Love it yes, as a fellow naturalized citizen I am very proud of Enes. 10 long years and thousands of dollars is what it took me to become a proud US citizen it always pisses me off to see people just walk across the border and think their entitled to be here and not understand how long and hard it was for me to prove myself and finally become a citizen. my family and I decided we really wanted this and worked hard for it which is the right way just like most other countries
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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#63 » by cheezone » Fri Dec 3, 2021 1:01 pm

What is wrong with you people so if someone has a different view like a more conservative view and doesn’t agree with all your bs liberal socialist bull crap you get banned. This is insane I come from a country which is very similar Cuba if we spoke against our leader or his party we would be tossed in jail/prison. You guys are wrong one of the greatest rights in this country is freedom of speech and to be able to express yourself
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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#64 » by poopship » Fri Dec 3, 2021 1:35 pm

cheezone wrote:What is wrong with you people so if someone has a different view like a more conservative view and doesn’t agree with all your bs liberal socialist bull crap you get banned. This is insane I come from a country which is very similar Cuba if we spoke against our leader or his party we would be tossed in jail/prison. You guys are wrong one of the greatest rights in this country is freedom of speech and to be able to express yourself


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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#65 » by Curmudgeon » Fri Dec 3, 2021 2:29 pm

I guess being banned from RealGM is the same as imprisonment. But look at the bright side. The food is terrible in prison (or so they tell me).
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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#66 » by ddb » Fri Dec 3, 2021 3:06 pm

cheezone wrote:What is wrong with you people so if someone has a different view like a more conservative view and doesn’t agree with all your bs liberal socialist bull crap you get banned. This is insane I come from a country which is very similar Cuba if we spoke against our leader or his party we would be tossed in jail/prison. You guys are wrong one of the greatest rights in this country is freedom of speech and to be able to express yourself


apparently not on the socialist REALGM Celtics board.
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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#67 » by Half-Full » Fri Dec 3, 2021 4:21 pm

cheezone wrote:What is wrong with you people so if someone has a different view like a more conservative view and doesn’t agree with all your bs liberal socialist bull crap you get banned. This is insane I come from a country which is very similar Cuba if we spoke against our leader or his party we would be tossed in jail/prison. You guys are wrong one of the greatest rights in this country is freedom of speech and to be able to express yourself


And then there are the grammar Nazis who would point out the lack of punctuation in your post. No appreciation for stream of consciousness writing, free from the constraints of punctuation. How insane is that?
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Re: Enes Kanter Freedom – Who Should get Consistent Minutes as the 3rd Center? 

Post#68 » by Jammer » Mon Dec 6, 2021 11:53 pm

I have re-considered my position. Although Rob and Al are clearly better Two-Way Centers than Enes, the fact of the matter is that if you want to put the Celtics strongest lineup on the floor, IF EVERYONE IS HEALTHY, then ENES should play some center.

The reasoning is that the Celtics have six strongly positive impact players:
Rob Williams III
Al Horford (noticeably better offensively as a C than a PF. Overall, slightly better as a C than a PF factoring in defense)
Enes Kanter
Jayson Tatum (effective at either SF or PF)
Jaylen Brown (much better offensively and defensively as an SF than as an SG)
Marcus Smart (can play PG or SG)

Two modestly positive impact players:
Dennis Schroder
Josh Richardson

and one player not too negative in impact (Grant Williams). Everyone else has blown to date, although the team has high hopes for "shooters" Nesmith and Pritchard (who have been abysmmal this season), and Langford offers exceptional defense while not much offense. If the intent is to feature the Top 9 players in a playoff game, and if it's a team where Kanter can actually stay on the floor, than the playoff rotation, and many regular season game rotation, would be:

C: Rob Williams III (28) / Enes Kanter (20)
PF: Jayson Tatum (24) / Al Horford (24) seems spent at higher minute levels
SF: Jaylen Brown (36) / Jayson Tatum (12)
SG: Marcus Smart (20) / Josh Richardson (28)
PG: Dennis Schroder (32) / Marcus Smart (16)

If Langford can step up his offensive game to the point of being a consistent contributor he could nab some wing minutes even if everyone else is available.

And if Enes Freedom can’t stay on the floor because he is exploited on defense, then Grant Williams will play some PF while Al Horford slides over to center.

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