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trust Favors and Kanter
Posted by: Jazzdependency on January 12th, 2012
The author's views are entirely his or her own and may not reflect the views of the Utah Jazz.watching the Lakers game last night I was frustrated that Favors and Kanter only played a combined 20 minutes … more specifically, that they came at the very end of the 3rd quarter and played awesome, and then were both pulled two minutes into the fourth. I think it was the difference in the game. By the end of the 4th, Jefferson and Millsap were tired.
Kanter was the best Jazz big man last night in his very limited time against Bynum …he shut him down on three low post shots, without fouling, and his putback dunk was nice. Favors too, this was more frustrating than the Kanter situation …12 minutes? He finished with 4 points and 5 rebounds.
As the season rolls on, the Jazz strength will be frontcourt depth and size, we have to use it when it matters. It seems like Kanter and Favors minutes are viewed as development time … they should be viewed as better D and rebounding than Al minutes.
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Jefferson struggles against Gasol and Bynum (Al’s stats against the Lakers over the last three seasons will back me up on that), so I would have liked to have seen more of Kanter and Favors last night as well. In general though, I like how Corbin has been using his frontcourt rotations.
Agreed. Kanter and Favors frustrated the Laker bigs. They are a ferocious duo. Especially on the tail end of a back to back, they really should have got 5 more minutes a piece in my opinion.
They play well are a terrible young couple, we need to work on them. That’s the Kanter´s pot he could be big in these league with his rebs skills
The reason they were pulled is because they weren’t producing offensively. big al and millsap also frustrated the bigs they never found a rhythm bottom line is they are young and inexperienced my guess is by years end it will be favors and millsap on the court late in close games. big al chokes when he is defended well. he admitted that last night.
Kanter is getting all the minutes he can handle at this point. The word is, that he gets tired after about 8 minutes of hard play. Conditioning and experience are happening as we speak. He isn’t going anywhere, and will get more minutes.
Rather see the two youngins in and get some fouls if nothing else. Bynums not a freethrow shooter. Make them earn them. And leaving Gasol open on the 3? Hes not suppose to shoot 3’s but then either was Milsap until last season. Let the fresh legs bother the Lakers big men or even double up Kobe and put him on his butt a time or two.
Oh woe for the days of the 80’s when basketball was played by men as men and nasty, not micro-manged by refs like its a Jr Jazz game.
I would have liked to see a Kanter – Favors – Millsap combo in in this game. I think that combo there would give the Lakers bigs fits. Millsap is MONEY with his mid-range jumper, and he would’ve been going against Metta World Peace, who he would school. Kanter on Bynum, Favors on Gasol.
Kanter played fantastic defense on both Bynum and Gasol
Talking about men, Was it Bynum that asked to be removed after a few minutes of kanter, and why ?
i thought he’d maybe had enough of kanter, that man is a rock to try and push around.
and Steve Blake left when kanter was on the floor, i know he hurt his rib in the Phoenix game and probably hurt it when he took his last shot, but watching kanter rebound and protect the ball i see alot of big men getting hurt.