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  • #60886
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    TRC1991
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    It will be interesting to see if the Thunder match. $17.5m/year for the 3rd offensive option. Could be a $20m+ luxury tax bill.

    Maybe Mitch McGary and Serge Ibaka can make up some of the deficit if Kanter ends up in Portland?

    We shall see what Sam Presti will do! 

     

     

     

     

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  • #999494
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     I really like it as a Blazer fan. Maybe a little more than I would’ve offered him, but Paul Allen’s got deep pockets and the Blazers were well below the cap before the signing. Plus the cap is gonna jump next year.

    Blazers have no real low post scoring option outside of Chris Kaman’s corpse, and Leonard and Vonleh look more like stretch bigs who can score down low at a decent rate, so I like the signing of a guy who likes to do his work in the post. Let’s just hope we’re getting the OKC Kanter and not the Utah Kanter..

     

     

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  • #999349
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     I really like it as a Blazer fan. Maybe a little more than I would’ve offered him, but Paul Allen’s got deep pockets and the Blazers were well below the cap before the signing. Plus the cap is gonna jump next year.

    Blazers have no real low post scoring option outside of Chris Kaman’s corpse, and Leonard and Vonleh look more like stretch bigs who can score down low at a decent rate, so I like the signing of a guy who likes to do his work in the post. Let’s just hope we’re getting the OKC Kanter and not the Utah Kanter..

     

     

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  • #999500
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     I can’t believe Portland would do this. I would doubly not believe it if OKC were dumb enough to match. 17.5 mil a year. Paul Millsap, LMA, DAJ, and Gasol roughly got 20 mil/yr on average. Are you telling me that Kanter is even remotely close to being worth as much as they are?? Kanter is a team chemistry and defense killer single handedly; note how Utah took off and had one of the best post ASG records in the league after trading him, and how OKC’s rim defense took a nosedive after trading for him. Trevor Booker was right about him, and now Portland gets to experience the offensive black hole that is Kanter.

     

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  • #999355
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     I can’t believe Portland would do this. I would doubly not believe it if OKC were dumb enough to match. 17.5 mil a year. Paul Millsap, LMA, DAJ, and Gasol roughly got 20 mil/yr on average. Are you telling me that Kanter is even remotely close to being worth as much as they are?? Kanter is a team chemistry and defense killer single handedly; note how Utah took off and had one of the best post ASG records in the league after trading him, and how OKC’s rim defense took a nosedive after trading for him. Trevor Booker was right about him, and now Portland gets to experience the offensive black hole that is Kanter.

     

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    • #999514
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      Rip255

       100% true. 

      Chemistry Killer on and off the court. I feel so bad for Portland cos I think theyre a good franchise but this is a disaster in my opinion.

       

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    • #999369
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       100% true. 

      Chemistry Killer on and off the court. I feel so bad for Portland cos I think theyre a good franchise but this is a disaster in my opinion.

       

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  • #999502
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     If OKC doesn’t match does that mean Meyers Leonard will be on the move?  The already added Plumlee and Noah Vonleh this offseason.  I think a pairing of Vonleh and Kanter could be pretty good.  If Vonleh can stretch the floor it’ll give Kanter room to operate down low.  Vonleh’s shot blocking would compliment him on defense as well.  

    In the end, I think OKC does match the contract.  They’ve needed a low post threat for years and they finally got Kanter last year.  Ibaka is able to cover for him on defense.  He’s a good third option behind Durant and Westbrook.  OKC has been saying they will match any offer on Kanter so now we’ll see if they follow through with it.  

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  • #999357
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     If OKC doesn’t match does that mean Meyers Leonard will be on the move?  The already added Plumlee and Noah Vonleh this offseason.  I think a pairing of Vonleh and Kanter could be pretty good.  If Vonleh can stretch the floor it’ll give Kanter room to operate down low.  Vonleh’s shot blocking would compliment him on defense as well.  

    In the end, I think OKC does match the contract.  They’ve needed a low post threat for years and they finally got Kanter last year.  Ibaka is able to cover for him on defense.  He’s a good third option behind Durant and Westbrook.  OKC has been saying they will match any offer on Kanter so now we’ll see if they follow through with it.  

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    • #999558
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      I think Olshey is looking to create an exciting young roster…that can still tank. I think he’s playing chicken with Presti, throwing him a toxic offer; knowing that he wins either way (debatable). 

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    • #999413
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      I think Olshey is looking to create an exciting young roster…that can still tank. I think he’s playing chicken with Presti, throwing him a toxic offer; knowing that he wins either way (debatable). 

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  • #999506
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     That’s the price you got to pay to keep your skilled big man. I agree when compared to what other bigs got he’s a little overpaid. But if you want to keep your players got to pay up. They didn’t do it for harden and we saw how that played out, thunder need a third scoring option and I believe kanter can be that guy. The west is stacked and with jordandeciding to stay with clippers, between warriors, clippers okc and Spurs will they have anything left in tank to take in most Likley cavs in finals. Only time will tell. 

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  • #999361
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     That’s the price you got to pay to keep your skilled big man. I agree when compared to what other bigs got he’s a little overpaid. But if you want to keep your players got to pay up. They didn’t do it for harden and we saw how that played out, thunder need a third scoring option and I believe kanter can be that guy. The west is stacked and with jordandeciding to stay with clippers, between warriors, clippers okc and Spurs will they have anything left in tank to take in most Likley cavs in finals. Only time will tell. 

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  • #999508
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    How in the world is Kanter worth anywhere near this amount? He can’t play 1/2 of the game. Sure, he can score but he’s an atrocious defender. The Jazz were so much better without him on the floor this year. Sure, he can score 20 PPG, but he’ll probably allow 30 and have a negative overall rating. Awful move.

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  • #999363
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    How in the world is Kanter worth anywhere near this amount? He can’t play 1/2 of the game. Sure, he can score but he’s an atrocious defender. The Jazz were so much better without him on the floor this year. Sure, he can score 20 PPG, but he’ll probably allow 30 and have a negative overall rating. Awful move.

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    • #999519
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      I think we all agree that on offense he really is on of the more talented players who can play the 4 and the 5. To be honest I don’t really think Aldridge was a much better overall player especially on defense at this stage of their careers. That is no knock on LMA and because I was always very sceptical about him but to me along with Marc Gasol, Aldridge is one of the most improved players over the last couple of years. Aldridge led the league in field goals made in total last year if I’m not mistaken and another stat I heard somehwere that Aldridge had more midrange field goals last year then some TEAMS in the league in total and Kanter has a very similar offensive skillset to me. 

      Both prefer to play a face up game and like to attack/shoot from the elbow. I think by no means Kanter is worth nowhere near the 17.5 million dollars per year but the Blazers might be able to implement him pretty easilly into their rotation and he might even duplicate the numbers Aldridge had there at around 19/9 a few years ago befor he lifted his game to 23/10. 

      Overall I think this might really be too much of a risk for the Thunder to match. They already are one of just 6 teams in 2014/15 who already are in the luxery tax including BKN, CHI, CLE, GSW, MIA and OKC. KD, Westbrook, Ibaka, Roberson, Adams, Waiters, PJ3 all need to be extended soon and if Kyle Singler is worth 25 million over 5 years (which is A LOT to me but probably the money you have to spend in todays NBA) you better prepare for way more than that when Adams and Waiters are going to get extensions and extending Adams should be the Thunder main priority to me. He might be the most valuable young player on their roster out of anyone not named KD, Russ or Ibaka and I can’t really believe they value Kanter over Adams in any way, at least they shouldn’t. 

      I think the Thunder should just let him walk, I can’t see them going this deep into the tax to keep him, not to mention he would be making more money than Westbrook… It’s not like the Thunder don’t have some cap room next summer when KD comes off the books and the year after basically their entire roster is off the books if they don’t extend their young players but Kanter is a much better fir in Protland than in Oklahome to me and this has nothing to do with the contract he might get and that I’m rooting for the Tunder but like I said his game is not so different to what LMA was a few years ago. 

      The main question for the Blazers is do thea really think they are going forward with a move like this and I’ve read that the offer Kanter signed also has a 15% trade kicker which makes him almost untradable not to mention his salarie is going to climb up to 20 million dollars wich is insane to me!

       

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    • #999664
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      I think we all agree that on offense he really is on of the more talented players who can play the 4 and the 5. To be honest I don’t really think Aldridge was a much better overall player especially on defense at this stage of their careers. That is no knock on LMA and because I was always very sceptical about him but to me along with Marc Gasol, Aldridge is one of the most improved players over the last couple of years. Aldridge led the league in field goals made in total last year if I’m not mistaken and another stat I heard somehwere that Aldridge had more midrange field goals last year then some TEAMS in the league in total and Kanter has a very similar offensive skillset to me. 

      Both prefer to play a face up game and like to attack/shoot from the elbow. I think by no means Kanter is worth nowhere near the 17.5 million dollars per year but the Blazers might be able to implement him pretty easilly into their rotation and he might even duplicate the numbers Aldridge had there at around 19/9 a few years ago befor he lifted his game to 23/10. 

      Overall I think this might really be too much of a risk for the Thunder to match. They already are one of just 6 teams in 2014/15 who already are in the luxery tax including BKN, CHI, CLE, GSW, MIA and OKC. KD, Westbrook, Ibaka, Roberson, Adams, Waiters, PJ3 all need to be extended soon and if Kyle Singler is worth 25 million over 5 years (which is A LOT to me but probably the money you have to spend in todays NBA) you better prepare for way more than that when Adams and Waiters are going to get extensions and extending Adams should be the Thunder main priority to me. He might be the most valuable young player on their roster out of anyone not named KD, Russ or Ibaka and I can’t really believe they value Kanter over Adams in any way, at least they shouldn’t. 

      I think the Thunder should just let him walk, I can’t see them going this deep into the tax to keep him, not to mention he would be making more money than Westbrook… It’s not like the Thunder don’t have some cap room next summer when KD comes off the books and the year after basically their entire roster is off the books if they don’t extend their young players but Kanter is a much better fir in Protland than in Oklahome to me and this has nothing to do with the contract he might get and that I’m rooting for the Tunder but like I said his game is not so different to what LMA was a few years ago. 

      The main question for the Blazers is do thea really think they are going forward with a move like this and I’ve read that the offer Kanter signed also has a 15% trade kicker which makes him almost untradable not to mention his salarie is going to climb up to 20 million dollars wich is insane to me!

       

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  • #999512
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    A few different thoughts about this:

    -this would give Portland 5 interesting young bigs, I would be curious to see what the rotation would look like.

    – As strange as it sounds this would be the biggest free agent signing for Portland since old Scottie Pippen.

    – It’s a Smart move by the Blazers in the sense that you force a division rival to pay max money to keep thier guy and limit thier flexibility elsewhere.

    – Okc has to Mach. They are desperate to win this year, before Durant hits FA.

     

     

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  • #999367
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    A few different thoughts about this:

    -this would give Portland 5 interesting young bigs, I would be curious to see what the rotation would look like.

    – As strange as it sounds this would be the biggest free agent signing for Portland since old Scottie Pippen.

    – It’s a Smart move by the Blazers in the sense that you force a division rival to pay max money to keep thier guy and limit thier flexibility elsewhere.

    – Okc has to Mach. They are desperate to win this year, before Durant hits FA.

     

     

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  • #999524
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    "Okc has to Mach. They are desperate to win this year, before Durant hits FA"

    Solid argument. OKC will probably match.

     

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  • #999379
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    "Okc has to Mach. They are desperate to win this year, before Durant hits FA"

    Solid argument. OKC will probably match.

     

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    • #999554
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      I would argue the opposite. If you are going to bring Kevin Durant back do you think he would rather come back to having 17.5 million dollars a year of what Enes Kanter brings you or the promise of bringing in another Superstar with that cap room. When Westbrook will be due to come off the books the following season the cap is rumored to be as high as 100 million dollars so you could possibly bring him back and another player for a good final run in their respective primes.

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    • #999409
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      I would argue the opposite. If you are going to bring Kevin Durant back do you think he would rather come back to having 17.5 million dollars a year of what Enes Kanter brings you or the promise of bringing in another Superstar with that cap room. When Westbrook will be due to come off the books the following season the cap is rumored to be as high as 100 million dollars so you could possibly bring him back and another player for a good final run in their respective primes.

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      • #999425
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         I hear what you’re saying, but that only works under the assumption that Okc feels confident Durant will return. I don’t think they will feel confident in that unless they go through a stacked west and hoist the O’brien trophy. Ask the Blazers if superstars like to stay in small markets with second round rosters. Kanter isn’t great, but they are better with him, than without him this year. Also when the cap goes up to 100 million, paying a good center 17.5 won’t seem so bad. It will be the equivalent of paying around 10 per in the current cap.

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        • #999432
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          Of course Durant will have a say in this decision. I believe he’s returning… and probably, he’ll blame the organization for not acquiring assetts for a championship run. If they don’t sign Kanter and they don’t go far in the playoffs, that’s a good reason for Durant to leave IMO

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        • #999578
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          King Calucha
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          Of course Durant will have a say in this decision. I believe he’s returning… and probably, he’ll blame the organization for not acquiring assetts for a championship run. If they don’t sign Kanter and they don’t go far in the playoffs, that’s a good reason for Durant to leave IMO

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      • #999570
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         I hear what you’re saying, but that only works under the assumption that Okc feels confident Durant will return. I don’t think they will feel confident in that unless they go through a stacked west and hoist the O’brien trophy. Ask the Blazers if superstars like to stay in small markets with second round rosters. Kanter isn’t great, but they are better with him, than without him this year. Also when the cap goes up to 100 million, paying a good center 17.5 won’t seem so bad. It will be the equivalent of paying around 10 per in the current cap.

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  • #999528
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    I dont get it, are the Blazers trying to re-build or contend? Because signing Kanter to near-max money is not going to win you a ring and also hurts your future cap space. I figured Portland would "tank" for a year, but i guess Allen wants them to try and win now in the tough(er) western conference…

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  • #999383
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    I dont get it, are the Blazers trying to re-build or contend? Because signing Kanter to near-max money is not going to win you a ring and also hurts your future cap space. I figured Portland would "tank" for a year, but i guess Allen wants them to try and win now in the tough(er) western conference…

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    • #999568
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      He isn’t going to move the needle. Portland is going to lose a lot of games this year. At the moment other than Damian Lillard one on the Blazers has been a regular starter. Portland need someone that can help Lillard so he isn’t doubled all the time. McCollum and Meyers have shown some promise but need to show that they can be consistant. The Blazers really need a scoring 2/3, but will have to wait to get one in the next draft.

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    • #999423
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      He isn’t going to move the needle. Portland is going to lose a lot of games this year. At the moment other than Damian Lillard one on the Blazers has been a regular starter. Portland need someone that can help Lillard so he isn’t doubled all the time. McCollum and Meyers have shown some promise but need to show that they can be consistant. The Blazers really need a scoring 2/3, but will have to wait to get one in the next draft.

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  • #999534
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     Given the other deals some bigs have got this off season, someone was going to pay Kanter a decent salary but I would have knocked maybe $15 million off that at least. Portland have lost 3 starters via FA and traded Batum, so it’s hard to know how they will approach next year.

    They may have covered for Batum’s loss and possibly Lopez’s with the trade and FA moves but LMA and Matthews will be huge losses, so I wonder if they may look for a lottery pick next year and try to rebuild around Lillard.

    They need to keep Lillard happy and get him tied up long term as he’s lost most of his team mates and may not be too happy about that.

    Kanter can give them scoring but is no way LMA but I could see him working with Vonleh, Davis and Aminu perhaps.

    I don’t see how the Thunder can really match as they have KD and Westbrook coming up for max deals, they may want to keep Waiters too. If Kanter gets $17.5 million a year, Ibaka would be looking for that type of deal too in the future and Steve Adams needs to be renewed in due course too.

     

     

     

     

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  • #999389
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     Given the other deals some bigs have got this off season, someone was going to pay Kanter a decent salary but I would have knocked maybe $15 million off that at least. Portland have lost 3 starters via FA and traded Batum, so it’s hard to know how they will approach next year.

    They may have covered for Batum’s loss and possibly Lopez’s with the trade and FA moves but LMA and Matthews will be huge losses, so I wonder if they may look for a lottery pick next year and try to rebuild around Lillard.

    They need to keep Lillard happy and get him tied up long term as he’s lost most of his team mates and may not be too happy about that.

    Kanter can give them scoring but is no way LMA but I could see him working with Vonleh, Davis and Aminu perhaps.

    I don’t see how the Thunder can really match as they have KD and Westbrook coming up for max deals, they may want to keep Waiters too. If Kanter gets $17.5 million a year, Ibaka would be looking for that type of deal too in the future and Steve Adams needs to be renewed in due course too.

     

     

     

     

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  • #999544
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    If im OKC, i would let Kanter walk away, hes simply not worth the matching offer. They could use that money else where. I also think Steven Adams will end up being the better player, and I see him taking his game to another level next season. Given his trajectory, Adams could be a 14/10 guy next season.

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  • #999399
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    If im OKC, i would let Kanter walk away, hes simply not worth the matching offer. They could use that money else where. I also think Steven Adams will end up being the better player, and I see him taking his game to another level next season. Given his trajectory, Adams could be a 14/10 guy next season.

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  • #999560
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    But, they still have to put the best team out there they can for their fans.

    Brian Windhorst was commenting on how weak next years draft is (outside of Simmons), so they may as well put together a competitive team and be respectable.

    Tanking may work sometimes, but it doesn’t make your organization look very good.

     

     

     

      

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    But, they still have to put the best team out there they can for their fans.

    Brian Windhorst was commenting on how weak next years draft is (outside of Simmons), so they may as well put together a competitive team and be respectable.

    Tanking may work sometimes, but it doesn’t make your organization look very good.

     

     

     

      

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  • #999562
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    OKC will be fine with or with-out Kanter.

    They just need a healthy Durant and Ibaka

     

     

     

     

      

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  • #999416
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    OKC will be fine with or with-out Kanter.

    They just need a healthy Durant and Ibaka

     

     

     

     

      

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  • #999439
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     Not that a team should let players make roster decisions, but for this one they should just do what Durant says.

    If Durant wants OKC to match the offer, then do that.

    If Durant wants OKC to let Kanter go, and use Ibaka, Adams, Collison and McGary in the paint then do that.

    To finish games, Ibaka, Perry Jones, Durant, Westbrook and Augustin or Payne on the floor sounds good.  So they really don’t need Kanter, although for parts of the game when the bench are in having Kanter as the scorer with Singler, Roberson, Collison and others would help the Thunder.

    Until OKC get Durant signing an extension, they should just do whatever he wants.

     

     

     

     

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  • #999584
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    ExumInferno
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     Not that a team should let players make roster decisions, but for this one they should just do what Durant says.

    If Durant wants OKC to match the offer, then do that.

    If Durant wants OKC to let Kanter go, and use Ibaka, Adams, Collison and McGary in the paint then do that.

    To finish games, Ibaka, Perry Jones, Durant, Westbrook and Augustin or Payne on the floor sounds good.  So they really don’t need Kanter, although for parts of the game when the bench are in having Kanter as the scorer with Singler, Roberson, Collison and others would help the Thunder.

    Until OKC get Durant signing an extension, they should just do whatever he wants.

     

     

     

     

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  • #999441
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    If a non playoff team that knows Kancer well (The Jazz) declined his option of $7 mill, how on earth is he worth approx. $18 mill ?

    Portland you really are grasping at straws, trying to grab a 7th or 8th seed….

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    If a non playoff team that knows Kancer well (The Jazz) declined his option of $7 mill, how on earth is he worth approx. $18 mill ?

    Portland you really are grasping at straws, trying to grab a 7th or 8th seed….

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  • #999465
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     In this situation, I usually would say match and hope you win it all, but for the Thunder, I think they should smartly decline and let Kanter go be a multi-millionair in Portland. 

    This sounds crazy, but I think Kanter is expendable based solely on the fact that Mitch McGary has shown to be a legit NBA player. He’s been killing it in summer league, and he played extremely well for the Thunder last year when given minutes. He does all the little things to help a team win, and he even showed great promise in his offensive game. I see no reason that McGary couldn’t turn into a great first big off the bench.

    The Thunder right now have Ibaka/McGary/Adams all capable of player the 4 or 5, and you can add Durant to that mix as well. I think that’s the most potent lineup of big men in the entire NBA, and has the versatility to go big or small, offense or defense. 

    Donavan is a coach who is known to run a motion offense, so playing Durant at the 4 alot this year could be very beneficial, and I hope we see a lot of it as I’ve said many times in the past, Durant at the 4 would be the closest thing to Dirk we’ve seen in a long time. Kanter would be a good player in Brooks system, but with Donavan under the helm now, I would be fine just letting him go.

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     In this situation, I usually would say match and hope you win it all, but for the Thunder, I think they should smartly decline and let Kanter go be a multi-millionair in Portland. 

    This sounds crazy, but I think Kanter is expendable based solely on the fact that Mitch McGary has shown to be a legit NBA player. He’s been killing it in summer league, and he played extremely well for the Thunder last year when given minutes. He does all the little things to help a team win, and he even showed great promise in his offensive game. I see no reason that McGary couldn’t turn into a great first big off the bench.

    The Thunder right now have Ibaka/McGary/Adams all capable of player the 4 or 5, and you can add Durant to that mix as well. I think that’s the most potent lineup of big men in the entire NBA, and has the versatility to go big or small, offense or defense. 

    Donavan is a coach who is known to run a motion offense, so playing Durant at the 4 alot this year could be very beneficial, and I hope we see a lot of it as I’ve said many times in the past, Durant at the 4 would be the closest thing to Dirk we’ve seen in a long time. Kanter would be a good player in Brooks system, but with Donavan under the helm now, I would be fine just letting him go.

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       That was sent out before the offer sheet was signed, I don’t know if Presti was expecting Kanter to get that big of a contract, both length wise and money wise.

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       That was sent out before the offer sheet was signed, I don’t know if Presti was expecting Kanter to get that big of a contract, both length wise and money wise.

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     Please OKC,I like you,don’t match!! Those saying "OKC wants to win,they’ll match" How exactly will Kanter help them win? He may be the worst inside defender of the entire league. And he won’t touch the ball as much with Ibaka Durant also on the floor with Westbrook. Kanter to me is the biggest enigma in the entire NBA. Teletovic just signed for 5.5 million in Phoenix,but man I’d take Teletovic any day of the week over Kanter and twice on Sunday. I just don’t get it.

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     Please OKC,I like you,don’t match!! Those saying "OKC wants to win,they’ll match" How exactly will Kanter help them win? He may be the worst inside defender of the entire league. And he won’t touch the ball as much with Ibaka Durant also on the floor with Westbrook. Kanter to me is the biggest enigma in the entire NBA. Teletovic just signed for 5.5 million in Phoenix,but man I’d take Teletovic any day of the week over Kanter and twice on Sunday. I just don’t get it.

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     I thought it was a typo when I first saw the numbers. I know you usually have to overpay for restricted free agents, but 17.5 mil a year for Kanter is monopoly money. The Thunder want to win now and as much as Kanter might be overpaid they are better with him than losing him for nothing. I don’t want to match, but when you are in a win now mode do you spend goofy money to keep him? The cap is going up and the argument could be made that 17.5 for a starting NBA center isn’t a bad deal but geez. The Thunder have a really though decision ahead of them and even though he will be overpaid I see them matching the contract to try and win now.

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     I thought it was a typo when I first saw the numbers. I know you usually have to overpay for restricted free agents, but 17.5 mil a year for Kanter is monopoly money. The Thunder want to win now and as much as Kanter might be overpaid they are better with him than losing him for nothing. I don’t want to match, but when you are in a win now mode do you spend goofy money to keep him? The cap is going up and the argument could be made that 17.5 for a starting NBA center isn’t a bad deal but geez. The Thunder have a really though decision ahead of them and even though he will be overpaid I see them matching the contract to try and win now.

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     Sam Presto is saying this morning he will match. It seems too much for Kanter, but it’s undoubtedly helpful to have a big guy with back to the basket  ffensive skills. When Durant is healthy it should be even easier for Kanter to be effective when he gets the ball.

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     Sam Presto is saying this morning he will match. It seems too much for Kanter, but it’s undoubtedly helpful to have a big guy with back to the basket  ffensive skills. When Durant is healthy it should be even easier for Kanter to be effective when he gets the ball.

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