Thunder: OKC will match Kanter offer sheet

[djohn2oo8]

David Aldridge ✔@daldridgetnt
Source indicates OKC will, as expected, match the 4-year, $70M offer sheet today for big man Enes Kanter, given Thursday by Portland.
1:34 PM - 12 Jul 2015

Presti

[AlexJones]

Think I had a stroke looking at his BBall Reference numbers the other day. Holy Presti

[HarlemHeat37]

He's trash, but they didn't really have a choice IMO..can't look cheap again with Westbrook and Durant's impending Free Agency looming..

[Koolaid_Man]

Talk about being in the right place at the right time...I know this guy is laughing and saying to himself that he just ed over the league...

[djohn2oo8]

He's trash, but they didn't really have a choice IMO..can't look cheap again with Westbrook and Durant's impending Free Agency looming..

They will have to deal with the question of why match Kanter and not Harden for a long time. Terrible move to match.

[HarlemHeat37]

^^ That doesn't really matter, though, they've been dealing with the Harden question since it happened, and probably always will, regardless..

[jeebus]

lol

[TXstbobcat]

Horrible ing contract. KD has to be counting down the days until he can get out of that hole of a city.

[djohn2oo8]

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rp...e/12/sort/DRPM

Kanter was 469th

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/rp...e/12/sort/DRPM

[spurraider21]

He's trash, but they didn't really have a choice IMO..can't look cheap again with Westbrook and Durant's impending Free Agency looming..

this

[djohn2oo8]

According to Synergy, he had a PPP of 1.32 in spot-up situations last season (97th percentile).

[whitemamba]

presti, but they have to do it, they have no choice. OKC will surprise people this year, he just had to rebound and defend be bigs in the west, which he will do.

[djohn2oo8]

presti, but they have to do it, they have no choice. OKC will surprise people this year, he just had to rebound and defend be bigs in the west, which he will do.

He is a big man who can't defend. That is devastating to a team's chances.

[whitemamba]

He is a big man who can't defend. That is devastating to a team's chances.

Hes getting there man, he's big and strong as .. A big body in the paint is all they need. As long as it's not Perkins ; they good imho.

[Cry Havoc]

It'll look a little better when the cap jumps to $109,000,000, but it's still an albatross of a contract for a David Lee-esque player.

[djohn2oo8]

It'll look a little better when the cap jumps to $109,000,000, but it's still an albatross of a contract for a David Lee-esque player.

And a 15 percent trade kicker

[whitemamba]

Are they over the salary cap now after it's been raised ? Luxury would of been a If not.

[Spurs da champs]

Hes getting there man, he's big and strong as .. A big body in the paint is all they need. As long as it's not Perkins ; they good imho.

True, not to mention he's got Ibaka alongside him to cover for his defensive weakness.

[SuperCam]

Disgusting contract. Surely Durant recognizes how all time terrible of a defensive player Kanter is, and wouldn't object to the front office going in a different direction? Of course given that these ing players still think Kobe is elite and how awful GMs they become later, they probably don't know

[djohn2oo8]

True, not to mention he's got Ibaka alongside him to cover for his defensive weakness.

There is no denying Kanter has significant, glaring flaws on one end of the floor. He plays defense like he's got Danny Glover's legs in "Lethal Weapon 2" after that bomb threat. The Thunder allowed a stunning 110.4 points per 100 possessions when Kanter was on the floor last season, and while you might be saying, "Yeah, but Serge Ibaka will help that," in the nine games with Ibaka, OKC still allowed 107.5 points per 100 with Kanter on the floor. (Of course, Ibaka wasn't exactly 100 percent healthy as he was about to undergo knee surgery.) Kanter was dead last in the NBA among centers in defensive real plus/minus. He was a bad defensive player. He could improve on that end. Or he could stay bad.

[random21]

Horrible ing contract. KD has to be counting down the days until he can get out of that hole of a city.

Okc organization gonna have to pay that piece of that even when KD bolts to DC, next summer...

[Seventyniner]

Kanter is going to make about as much as Duncan, Danny Green, and David West combined. Disgusting.

[whitemamba]

There is no denying Kanter has significant, glaring flaws on one end of the floor. He plays defense like he's got Danny Glover's legs in "Lethal Weapon 2" after that bomb threat. The Thunder allowed a stunning 110.4 points per 100 possessions when Kanter was on the floor last season, and while you might be saying, "Yeah, but Serge Ibaka will help that," in the nine games with Ibaka, OKC still allowed 107.5 points per 100 with Kanter on the floor. (Of course, Ibaka wasn't exactly 100 percent healthy as he was about to undergo knee surgery.) Kanter was dead last in the NBA among centers in defensive real plus/minus. He was a bad defensive player. He could improve on that end. Or he could stay bad.

lol, they played 9 games man..

[Robz4000]

Hopefully Spurs can get PJIII from them when they salary dump half their team for this trash.

[Thread]

Thank Christ. With Jordan going back to Los Angeles & Kanter going back to OKC two more possibilities to keep The from #6 in the tonio.