Enes Kanter = Zach Randolph?

you see I didn't say "they are different styles of basketball because they play different," I wouldn't say that because that doesn't make any sense and is pretty piss poor grammar. You are acting like a fucking jack ass and seem pretty stupid but I guess I'll entertain you. Yea positions are more arbitrary today but thats why I added

different roles for their teams

you should learn to read. Don't try to insult me when you're argument for why >Kanter = Randolph was so simple I could probably come up with a better argument on acid. Randolph averages 54.1 touches per game, Kanter 56.9, Randolph passes the ball 34.9 times per game, Kanter 41.9, yet Randolph produces so much more per game than Kanter, they clearly have different jobs in the teams' systems, if you watched them play you wouldn't need to look at stats to see that. But while I'm looking at stats I'll point out a few things:

By Randolph's 4th year as a pro, he was averaging over 16 shots per game, with a usage% of over 27, Kanter is under 12 attempts per game and a usage% of 25, higher than I thought, but still not near the offensive load Randolph was carrying. Randolph had a much, much, much more well rounded offensive game in his 4th year than Kanter. An example: He was taking less than 40% of his shots in the RA and over 30% of his shots from midrange, while Kanter was taking over 40% of his shots in the RA and less than 30% from midrange. Randolph was/is actually a decent midrange shooter, unlike Kanter, who is shooting almost 32% from 10+ feet.

In addition to the scoring load, Randolph actually was not that bad of a passing big, something that isn't part of Kanter's game at all. A stat to back it up: Through 4 years Randolph had double the ast% that Kanter has through 4 years.

And then there is defense, where, by all statistical measures apart from blocks, Randolph was much better. He was miles ahead of Kanter, scored in different ways, and played a bigger role on his team if we are comparing them at the same point in their careers.

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