Kanter to the Thunder

[NBAFan]

Three-team deal it is per @WojYahooNBA: Enes Kanter to the Thunder, Kendrick Perkins to the Jazz, Reggie Jackson to the Pistons.

[NBAFan]

Kendrick Perkins will have his contract bought out by the Jazz, according to a source. Teams to watch: Cavs, Clippers.
Most likely CLIPS due to Doc connection.

[Robz4000]

He'd be great for the Cavs, but can he and Allen get along?

[NBAFan]

Most likely CLIPS due to Doc connection.

[spurraider21]

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[Leetonidas]

Damn, surprised no one has really said much about Kanter. I think he was a pretty big pick up for a team that needed some scoring down low. He sucks at defense but Ibaka can probably cover his ass. They lost Somalian Pirate who always killed us but Kanter could turn out to be a real good addition for OKC

[Dex]

The loss of Jackson and Perk hurts them more than the addition of Kanter, imo. Still a good pickup, though. Kanter has put up decent production through the season so will be interesting to see how it translates in OKC.

[BatManu20]

Augustin is an underrated pickup. He's having a good year. He played with Durant in college at Texas too.

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[RsxPiimp]

Wow! Great move for OKC tbh. Kanter is still a promising prospect. The guy can really score down low. Ibaka, Adams and Collison will do the dirty work still, but Kanter can come off the bench and chip in his 12 and 6. This is actually a very underrated move from OKC considering all they traded here is Perkins.

[FlAVaK]

Jazz got nothing but Porkins, who will probably be bought out?

Edit: Ok, they saved Novak 2016 salary of 3,750,000

[-21-]

Augustin is an underrated pickup. He's having a good year. He played with Durant in college at Texas too.

I agree, don't know much about Kanter though. The Thunder would be scary if he turns out to be a solid low post scorer.

[D-Wade]

The Augustin pickup was really solid imo. Always liked his game and under a good coach (lol) he's thrived.

[RsxPiimp]

Oh damn, didn't know Augustin was included. I agree with that, he's definitely a solid addition.

[hater]

non issue

GOAT Adams >>>> Supplanter

[Raven]

this bothers me a little.

[benstanfield]

:wow Kanter is younger than MCW

[313]

this bothers me a little.

[024]

This was actually a great move for the Thunder. Reggie Jackson doesn't fit in when Westbrook is healthy. Steven Adams is basically a better and younger version of Perkins and has been taking Perkins' minutes all season. Kanter can come off the bench for some low post scoring and DJ Augustin is a borderline starter scoring PG who will also be coming off the bench. Thunder just got deeper without losing much.

[FlAVaK]

Jazz got nothing but Porkins, who will probably be bought out?

Edit: Ok, they saved Novak 2016 salary of 3,750,000

Rights to Tibor Pleiß (currently at Barcelona) also to the Jazz!

[coachmac87]

Players are decent...but it comes down to chemistry...

[lil'mo]

Novak too, dude can still drain wide open threes

[djohn2oo8]

He has a 109 defensive rating

[100%duncan]

Rsxpimp this scrub wont have enough time in brooks system to go 12 and 6

[MarioSpeedwagon]

He has a 109 defensive rating
Too slow to guard 4s and offers absolutely no rim protection whatsoever at the 5. Any team that has a decent stretch four can pull Ibaka away from the basket and just attack the lane all day.

[RsxPiimp]

Rsxpimp this scrub wont have enough time in brooks system to go 12 and 6

Yeah, you're probably right I can't see him getting the same amount of usage rate with OKC. Still, it's very intriguing. OKC actually has a lot of big bodies this year (McGary, Kanter, Adams, Ibaka and even Collison) They are a very dangerous team assuming KD gets his health in check.

[lefty]

The Augustin pickup was really solid imo. Always liked his game and under a good coach (lol) he's thrived.
yup

And wont fuck up the team chemistry like Reggie Jackson

[LkrFan]

this bothers me a little.:)

[DJR210]

Damn, surprised no one has really said much about Kanter. I think he was a pretty big pick up for a team that needed some scoring down low. He sucks at defense but Ibaka can probably cover his ass. They lost Somalian Pirate who always killed us but Kanter could turn out to be a real good addition for OKC

:lol

[DJR210]

I like the moves. Pretty much a straight up swap in production with the addition of Augustin, and they were able to replace the corpse of Perkins with a 22 year old low post scorer. Now if they can get Durant to man up and stop worrying about telling the media how he cries himself to sleep every night alone they should be dangerous in the playoffs.