What Enes Kanter needs to do different on defense

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    I said his 1st priority should be to protect the paint. Most opposing Centers are most dangerous around the basket anyway. What he sometimes does is let the opposing Center take him to no-man's land and leave the rim absolutely unprotected
     
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    If what he's saying is what I'm saying--which it is--why assume he doesn't know how it works? Seems like what he's saying makes perfect sense.
     
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    Three reasons...

    1) I've mentioned to him before that it's up to Coach Stotts what his priorities should be and that he can't just go against that to which he told me that was stupid.

    2) He fails to recognize the impact guards allowing their man to get into the key has on a big man.

    3) He's admitted that he doesn't watch many games so his opinions are often based on box scores or limited samples.
     
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    The key to succeeding in the Playoffs: Kanter's defense.
    Rather than staying with his man at all costs he needs to first and foremost protect the paint and the rim.
    If he does that we at least make it to the 2nd round
     
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    May as well just dump this here.

    Kanter has interesting splits in head to head matchups against Gobert. His field goal percentage is 7% lower than his career average. He does however average more free throws, while Gobert averages more than a foul above his career average.

    I believe the outcome of a Utah/Portland series would be decided between these two.
     
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    In addition to the Kanter-Gobert matchup, the series will depend on the Leonard-Gobert matchup. Recognizing that in the Jan 30 Jazz 132-105 win in which Meyers was the starting Center, we had the excellent 4 of 5 swish3 and 6 of 7 FG shooting by Meyers who scored 16 vs Rudy's 15 points, optimized use of Enes and Meyers in these games should be wins for us. Let's plan to get the best of low post Enes and high post Meyers alternating to keep the Jazz behind and off balance for the wins!
     
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