Enes Kanter Out 6-8 Weeks with Fractured Forearm

Thabo Sefolosha · Post #1 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:46 am

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources-enes-kanter-out-6-to-8-weeks-with-fractured-forearm-040319208.html

Oklahoma City center Enes Kanter sustained a fractured forearm after punching a chair on the Thunder’s bench on Thursday night, a self-inflicted injury that could sideline him six to eight weeks, league sources told The Vertical.

Kanter, the Thunder’s second-highest paid player at $17.1 million a season, fired his fist into the empty chair in frustration on his way to the bench during a first-half timeout in Oklahoma City’s 109-98 victory over Dallas.

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Thabo Sefolosha · Post #2 » by **Thabo Sefolosha** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:51 am

Our bench scorer and our best trade piece are now gone. Good job Kanter.

Osirus89 · Post #3 » by **Osirus89** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:31 am

How stupid do you have to be to take YOURSELF out with an injury like that. Right as we are about to come out of the tough January schedule. Gone for two months. He might not move during the season anymore, but come draft night.... especially after something like this.

oken · Post #4 » by **oken** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:59 am

It's the Sonics curse!! :evil:

Pillendreher · Post #5 » by **Pillendreher** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:21 am

This will help us in the long run. Our young guys will be forced to actually play basketball and not just dump it into one guy. There will be growing pains, but we'll come out stronger.

Post #6 » by **bondom34** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:28 am

Pillendreher wrote:This will help us in the long run. Our young guys will be forced to actually play basketball and not just dump it into one guy. There will be growing pains, but we'll come out stronger.

Yeah, I'm not totally sure this hurts.

Post #7 » by **Dadouv47** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 8:56 am

We were finally healthy

Anyway it's going to hurt most for WB to hit his triple double average ( assists) than our team level. Hope Lauvergne will play like 1-2 months ago.

Pillendreher · Post #8 » by **Pillendreher** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 12:08 pm

Re the on/off numbers posted by bondom on DT

You gotta dig deeper. Both Kanter and Russ on means Kanter playing with the rest of the starters or at least a big part of them. Which brings me to what I've been saying for weeks: Kanter can't carry lineups. The perfect role for him is being the guy cleaning up the glass and finishing at the rim after good passes. He would have been brilliant with the 2012 bench next to Harden and Collison.

oken · Post #9 » by **oken** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 12:23 pm

spearsy23 · Post #10 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:21 pm

Does this mean Billy has to actually coach? I'm not sure what that will look like.

Pillendreher · Post #11 » by **Pillendreher** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:13 pm

spearsy23 wrote:Does this mean Billy has to actually coach? I'm not sure what that will look like.

Russ is gonna play 48 minutes.

Kizz Fastfists · Post #12 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 3:45 pm

We'll see what Sabonis can do with 30 MPG.

getrichordie · Post #13 » by **getrichordie** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 5:55 pm

Silver lining is guys like Lauvergne and Sabonis get more minutes. Maybe we even call up Huestis or Dakari and see how they fair? Why not?

Losing a few games helps us get a better pick anyway.

AirP. · Post #14 » by **AirP.** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:33 pm

Luckily one of those weeks there's no games with the all-star break.

spearsy23 · Post #15 » by **spearsy23** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 6:49 pm

getrichordie wrote:Silver lining is guys like Lauvergne and Sabonis get more minutes. Maybe we even call up Huestis or Dakari and see how they fair? Why not?

Losing a few games helps us get a better pick anyway.

We'd have to cut someone to sign dakari. Please be singler.

Post #16 » by **bondom34** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:09 pm

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NaturalThunder · Post #17 » by **NaturalThunder** » Fri Jan 27, 2017 7:16 pm

bondom34 wrote:

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Which, as we all know, in Thunder Land that means he'll be reevaluated in a month and that will start the clock on his 6-8 week recovery timeline.

GlenRiceARoni · Post #18 » by **GlenRiceARoni** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:12 am

Lol at all the whoa is russell talk from the media.

Guy aint that good. Heard kornheisher or wilbon say it was a one man team now... uh... steven adams isn't a good player?

This wont help his assists since he's a good dump off man. Might help his rebounds, hard to say.

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basketballwacko2 · Post #19 » by **basketballwacko2** » Sat Jan 28, 2017 1:26 am

Thabo Sefolosha wrote:Our bench scorer and our best trade piece are now gone. Good job Kanter.

Rotten turn of events! That sucks for the Thunder!

getrichordie · Post #20 » by **getrichordie** » Sun Jan 29, 2017 5:17 pm

spearsy23 wrote:
getrichordie wrote:Silver lining is guys like Lauvergne and Sabonis get more minutes. Maybe we even call up Huestis or Dakari and see how they fair? Why not?

Losing a few games helps us get a better pick anyway.

We'd have to cut someone to sign Dakari. Please be Singler.

That's not going to happen, though I think it should. I don't see Singler being a part of any trade package, so no reason to keep him.