newyorknewyork wrote:I mean we would have to trade the 2nd for him. Then we would need to trade away KOQ and Willy to find him mins. Which he will then have to prove that he is a hungry player who will stay in shape and avoid injury. Then prove that he can rebound and defend enough to make a positive impact. Kanter is Kanter because he is a dominant rebounder, hits his fts, gets buckets at a high per second/possession rate. Doesn't need a high usage rate to do these things.
Its not just the 2nd rd pick we are giving up. But within the rest of the year until he becomes a FA. There will need to be a lot of heavy lifting to make it work just to see if he can reach his potential. Then how about Jeff showing him tough love if his defense is poor for a stretch. How does that work for the impending FA?
We may just not be in the best position to do this. And odds are out of the ton of big men coming out of the draft this yr or drafts in the future. A mid to late first rounder ends up being better than him in a few years.
Oquinn and a 2021 #2. If they want o spin Oquinn somewhere else--fine. Its a good deal for them and for us. We replace Oquinn with Okafor who becomes Kanters back up. If Kanter asks for 100-120mm we still have Okafor(who will not get that type of money) and Willy. If I ended up with Okafor and Willy--Im good with that. Our focus in the offseason is PG PG and wing players. We can take care of this C thing right now. KP needs a strong C next to him.