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Finestrg
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12/24/2017 12:36 PM
This is per Holden Walter-Warner of the Daily Knicks blog https://dailyknicks.com/2017/12/24/new-york-knicks-enes-kanter-best-acquisition-since-kristaps-porzingis/. I mean how true is that? I know it might cost us a decent amount of cheddar coming up but man, pay this guy eventually and keep him here!
Against DET: 22/16/3 on 11-17 FGs. Any coincidence this guy puts up his best game of the year, against Andre Drummond mind you--in his house, on a high number of FG attempts like that? Had to have been the most shots he's taken in a game as a Knick. And it was good enough to put us right there to win a game on the road with KP & Lee playing inefficent and w/o Timmy. I've been saying it since we got this dude -- GIVE HIM THE DAMN BALL MORE!!!! I can almost guarantee you right now, with anything close to 17 shot attempts, you'll never see this dude turn in a 4-17 stinker. NEVER. Just too good an offensive player. And when you feed him often (think Amare showing the spoon feed me the ball gesture when he was hot in a game a few years ago -- man, would I love to see Enes do something like that eventually), the other elements of his game will only standout and shine as well (he's already a very good rebounder so the 16 boards is not surprising at all, but the 3 blocks is a little. But why is that? How did he come up with the 3 blocks? Because he's out there FULLY ENGAGED. Again, WAY too good an offensive player to ever get less than 10 shots up at the basket. We're just doing something wrong out there if this guy doesn't get 15 shots up a game minimum the rest of the way, even when Timmy gets back. This guy's got so much more to his game than what he's shown here and anyone who's watched him closely over the past few years will tell you that. This is a guy who's stood toe to toe with Anthony Davis and outplayed him. This is a guy who actually CAN SHOOT the ball WELL from mid-range, he just hasn't really shown that here. Rather, he hasn't been given the freedom to take those shots. A mistake imho. I mean, this dude was taking and making 3s toward the end of his stint in Utah!! I'm telling you all right now, with 15 shots a game, with his offensive repertoire, the way he can rebound the ball, etc., this dude's an all-star in the Eastern Conference year after year...not to mention a GREAT complement next to KP (all we'll really need is to come up with a better player than O'Quinn eventually. Maybe that's Willy? Maybe it's a lesser, no-name role player we come up with on the cheap somewhere, someone who's an even better scorer/rebounder/shot-blocker than KOQ -- maybe someone like Khem Birch? I mean it could be that simple. KP/Kanter/Willy/Khem Birch -- what else do we really need up front? Back to Kanter -- it's time to exploit and realize this guy's potential. Time to turn Kanter into a focal point out there! Merry Christmas to all and your families! |
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