Blazers making offer to Kanter

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

Well fuck me with a chainsaw!

Gently?

 

[Blazinaway]

OKC pretty much has to be 100% sold on kanter as a player to match.

and think about that Durant is a UFA next year, and they did not match Harden, what message does it send Durant if they don't match Kanter?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

All this goop about us taking their riff raff if they match is nonsensical.

 

[Hobbesarable]

All this goop about us taking their riff raff if they match is nonsensical.

Better come along with some draft picks if that's the case.

 

[Further]

Well i doubt OKC matches, and I think we are going to be stuck with a shitty defensive center on a huge contract.

 

[magnifier661]

Gently?

With force and vigor

 

[ThugginPaulyGAllen]

Kanter comes in at 73rd out of 73 on NBA.com's DRPM rankings for center. Bargnani is at 72.

and 7th offensively

 

[BlazerDuckSeahawkFan94]

With force and vigor

 

[DaLincolnJones]

we are talking about the same OKC that let Floppybeard get away..just how many max contracts will they carry?

 

[riverman]

and 7th offensively

Surprising since I don't remember anybody but Westbrook ever shooting the ball while he was in OKC

 

[Rastapopoulos]

and 7th offensively

Read the rest.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

All this goop about us taking their riff raff if they match is nonsensical.

I actually like pj3

 

[Sinobas]

Per DX, Kanter's standing reach at the combine was 9'1.5", and his max vert was 32.5", giving him a max reach of 11'10". That's lower than all our bigs except Leonard. Further, his speed/agility numbers are very similar to Leonard's.

Conclusion--if Leonard can learn how to play defense, so can Kanter.

Lower than all of our bigs?

 

[Rastapopoulos]

Surprising since I don't remember anybody but Westbrook ever shooting the ball while he was in OKC

Well Westbrook was first in ORPM for PGs (yes, ahead of Curry) and Kanter was playing with him, so...

 

[BlazerWookee]

With force and vigor

And Raymond Felton.

 

[RoyToy]

If this happens I wonder where the playing time for Mason Plumlee would be

He's the guy I want to see the most. Vanilla Gorilla 2.0

 

[magnifier661]

If this happens I wonder where the playing time for Mason Plumlee would be

He's the guy I want to see the most. Vanilla Gorilla 2.0

I think they get equal minutes. Defense and offense

 

[PtldPlatypus]

Lower than all of our bigs?

Yes--Vonleh, Davis, and Plumlee all recorded max reaches of 12' or higher. Aminu's was equal to Kanter's at 11'10", and Leonard's was a little lower at 11'8.5". (For the record, Kaman was 11'9", 12 years ago; I imagine he's a little lower now.)

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

Kanter gone before he signed:

Randy Renner@RandyRenner
16 mins ago
Sounds like #Thunder will match from what Sam Presti told @Anthony Slaterfrom The Oklahoman moments ago

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[BLAZINGGIANTS]

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[Rastapopoulos]

So you people who actually want us to GET Kanter:
- If he's good, we'll get more wins and a lower draft pick (and we'll have much less cap space)
- If he's bad, we'll get a good pick, but we'll be stuck with a guy who his old teammates in Utah were openly contemptuous of, only on a huge contract

You better believe he makes us a contender.

 

[JfizzleBlazer]

Makes me wish we would have kept rhj if we get kanter.

The only bigs we have with value that we could trade are Leonard (I hope we don't deal him) or kaman because of his contract.

We can't deal vonleh or plumlee until late augustish unless by themselves.

No idea

 

[RoyToy]

In any case, signing Kanter here would be a huge vote of confidence on the Thunder's part, as this scenario has the Thunder going much farther over the luxury tax than they ever have been before.

We'll see what they do

 

[B-Roy]

“We haven’t received an offer sheet as of yet,” Thunder GM Sam Presti told The Oklahoman on Thursday afternoon. “But our intention has been to match offers on Enes and nothing has changed in this regard. Enes expressed his desire to be a part of the Thunder in our meeting with him yesterday and we have planned in advance should he receive an offer such as the one that has been reported.”

From the Oklahoman

 

[RoyToy]

“We haven’t received an offer sheet as of yet,” Thunder GM Sam Presti told The Oklahoman on Thursday afternoon. “But our intention has been to match offers on Enes and nothing has changed in this regard. Enes expressed his desire to be a part of the Thunder in our meeting with him yesterday and we have planned in advance should he receive an offer such as the one that has been reported.”

Sounds like a guy staying in OKC

 

[PtldPlatypus]

So you people who actually want us to GET Kanter:
- If he's good, we'll get more wins and a lower draft pick (and we'll have much less cap space)
- If he's bad, we'll get a good pick, but we'll be stuck with a guy who his old teammates in Utah were openly contemptuous of, only on a huge contract

You better believe he makes us a contender.

If he's good, he replaces what Aldridge gave us, at 7 years younger and $4M/year less. I'm in favor of that.

 

[Scalma]

Presti is praying he never gets that offer sheet delivered

 

[PtldPlatypus]

I wonder if they went with the 15% signing bonus, just to make things that much more difficult for the Okies.

 

[Draco]

It's kind of a lose lose for OKC. Kanter isn't worth the contract but they have zero ability to add talent if they let him walk. He's a useful backup big man. If they let him walk the only benefit for next season is purely money saved. Not what Durant wants to see.

If we get stuck with him I'll be disappointed; but with the rising cap it's a contract we could likely get out of next summer. Biggest concern I have is his selfish play rubbing teammates the wrong way.

 

[riverman]

If he's good, he replaces what Aldridge gave us, at 7 years younger and $4M/year less. I'm in favor of that.

He's actually 8 years younger...its like having LA his 2nd season here