Comments on: Detroit Pistons Draft Dreams: Enes Kanter

By: engin

engin — Mon, 02 May 2011 20:59:18 +0000

Hi I am from Turkey.I read the thoughts you all made and i understand u have no idea about Kanter. He measured 6ft11 and 260 pound in amare stoudemire’s camp last summer.yes he is not an elite athlete but when did u see a monster 360 jam from an european big man. He has really good foot speed to guard power forwards.He will play 4 and 5 positions in nba. The only reason for not being selected in the first pick is he did not play pro level games last two years.For me he is ‘Duncan Light’

By: Oz

Oz — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 08:28:02 +0000

2011 Rising Star Awards (European) announced. Nikola Mirotic (forward, Real Madrid) chosen 2011 Rising Star. Victor Claver is second, J. Vesely is third, Jonas Vlanciunas is fourth. Europeans are really really weak. Let’s look! Jerebko was selected second round. In spite of that, his size and skill level is OK for NBA. But can Vesely do this? Or J. Valanciunas? Enes is a project but include lots of risks. First of all, he feels like a All-Star! Only sweat dreams… I hope he will be successful, but i guess he won’t.
So i don’t have great expections. If Cavs will select Irving, they want to send B Davis. Can’t we trade Rip for Davis?

By: Geezy

Geezy — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:33:33 +0000

The sad thing of it all is that with all the kids going back to school this year (which is not a bad thing) this draft is so weak that i don’t think Walker,Knight or Kanter will be available at #7 for us. We will be looking at options such as Fredette,Terrance Jones, or the Bismack guy. I agree with the person from from Turkey and would probably look to trade if we are unable to land one of the first three. The Euro invasion doesn’t look to promising outside of Kanter.

By: BIG MARV

BIG MARV — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:28:25 +0000

Exactly this draft is not that deep and you cannot be making mistakes, James said he’s a 4-10th pick in the draft NO WAY IN HELL! if you have a half way stacked team and you need more big’s help (such as the bucks, or the miami heat) then he would be a steal but with a team like detroit thats desperate for a splash at either PG or the Center position I think you go with the PG first because you will have good scoring guys available such as Kimba Walker Brandon Knight and mabey nolan smith. But he’s def a top 15 guy but I really dont see him in the top 10 unless you really believe in the guy. Draft a PG and just worry about a big in the free agent market.

By: sop

sop — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:22:09 +0000

Kanter is definitely the best CENTER in the draft because of this size and the fact that there are no other centers. (although Biyombo could become one) The problem is the Pistons can’t draft Kanter unless that get a top 3 pick.

By: detroitpcb

detroitpcb — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:31:37 +0000

i think Motiejunas might be the best big in the draft but he is not a rebounder or defender – he is a better CV in that he doesn’t seem to mind taking his man down low more often than Cv does while every bit as capable of hitting the outside shot.

a lot of people question his attitude and ‘softness’. Skinny kid though, just filling out, might turn out to be a better defender and rebounder than people expect but maybe that is wishful thinking.

easy draft to make a mistake in.

By: detroitpcb

detroitpcb — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:23:36 +0000

He is slow footed defensively.

Offensively he is quite skilled. He definitely has size and can rebound. he is not going to block shots but i like his mean streak.
i think he is gone before the Pistons pick – and like our friend from Turkey (wonderful country – at least along the coast) i think some of the other international players are overrated.
This is a easy year to make a mistake with the 7th pick

By: James

James — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:15:09 +0000

He’s definitely better than a top 10-15 pick especially in a weak draft like this one. I’d be pretty shocked if he dropped past 10. All the draft sites I’ve checked have him in the 4 to 10 range.

By: James

James — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:12:52 +0000

I think Kanter and Monroe would be a great pairing offensively. You can’t go wrong having two versatile bigs. From all the videos I’ve seen and reports I’ve read Kanter is a very talented offensive player. What I do worry about is pairing him with Monroe defensively. As you stated, the problem would be that neither are quick and athletic so we’d have no interior shot blocking. Jonas would be the other big man getting a lot of playing time so we’d almost never have a shot blocker in the game.

By: BIG MARV

BIG MARV — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:32:42 +0000

A bit raw but I do like that he has a nose for the ball almost similar to Kevin Love. He does play big, has an attitude and runs the floor. It would be a hard sell at the 7th pick, detroit cannot blow that pick. I still say get the point guard first but this guy def would go in the top 15 mabey either 11th or 13th if they can convience me more in the next couple months that he’s at least a steal at 7th then I will buy it but for now. he’s a 10-15th pic which aint bad at all I still think we can get our big in the free agent market. I wouldnt have no problem with him and monroe on the court together because you can put monroe at center and now you have a legit PF that can play in and out the paint that wont be in the way.