So, what happened to trying to get at least a great pick for Kanter? The Jazz have done some huge favours to great teams: Warriors, Thunder..
Isn't Kanter a RFA this year? So the Thunder traded away a player who wants to find max money this offseason and brought back another player who thinks he can get big money as a RFA. I like the move but Kanter doesn't push them over the top or anything. He is a capable offensive player but he is garbage on defense.
They got a player in DJ Augustin that provides more than a sulky RJ does and they get a flyer on a young big who maybe needs a change of scenery, They passed on Bropez, who Presti almost drafted over Russ, so he was very high on him, Kanter clearly has value.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OKC's Enes Kanter is in Portland, preparing to sign an offer sheet with Blazers, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/619224270238023682">July 9, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">OKC will likely match, + then look to deal Novak/Augustin/PJII for $0. But POR is forcing their hand. Lots of teams were rooting for this.</p>— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/619225276602560512">July 9, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Hear that, Morey. Go get Augustin! His salary is an even 3 mil. We could send over Papa and the Thunder can summarily dump his salary.
