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Jazz center Enes Kanter began one-on-one workouts Monday with former NBA All-Star small forward Kiki Vandeweghe in Los Angeles. Kanter is scheduled to spend two weeks working out with Vandeweghe. Daily individual sessions are broken up by weight training, five-on-five games and shooting drills.
After a two-week run with Vandeweghe, Kanter will return to Salt Lake City by Sept. 17. He'll engage in one-on-one workouts with Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin in preparation for training camp for the 2012-13 season.
Kanter's work with Vandeweghe marks the first time the No. 3 overall pick of the 2011 NBA Draft has been individually trained by a specific big-man coach since he entered the league. He previously engaged in workouts with Chicago-based trainer Tim Grover, and spent the 2011-12 season working with Jazz player development coach Michael Sanders, who was promoted Thursday to assistant coach.
Kanter, 20, averaged 4.6 points and 4.2 rebounds in 13.2 minutes during his rookie season. He played in all 66 regular-season games, shooting 49.6 percent from the field and 66.7 percent from the free-throw line.
Kanter showed promise and exceeded overall expectations. His playing time was sometimes erratic, though, and his action was limited during Utah's first-round playoff defeat to San Antonio.
Vandeweghe averaged 19.7 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists during 13 seasons with Denver, Portland, New York and the Los Angeles Clippers. He shot 52.5 percent from the field and 87.2 percent from the free throw line during his career, earning two All-Star appearances.
Vandeweghe held front-office roles with Dallas, Denver and New Jersey, and coached the Nets during the 2009-10 season. During his tenure with Dallas, Vandeweghe was credited with fine-tuning Dirk Nowitzki's game.
[I][B]Excerpts from an interview Friday with Kanter[/B][/I]
[B]Kanter on how hard Vandeweghe is pushing him:[/B] Oh, he's killing me, man.
[B]How different workouts with Vandeweghe have been compared to his previous training: [/B]The things he's done I've never
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Steve Luhm: Clarification: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Lindsey and Rudoy won't talk publicly about Bell buyout until something is resolved[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR][/URL]
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[URL="http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-signs-second-round-pick-kevin-murphy"][COLOR=#000080]The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed second-round draft pick Kevin Murphy.[/COLOR][/URL] Per team policy, terms of the deal were not released. [URL="http://www.nba.com/jazz/news/jazz-signs-second-round-pick-kevin-murphy"][COLOR=#000080]NBA.com[/COLOR][/URL]
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Marc J. Spears: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Free agent forward Josh Howard to visit Spurs on Monday,[/COLOR][/URL] source tells Y! Sports. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR][/URL]
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Brian T. Smith: UFA forward [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Josh Howard still has interest in signing with #UtahJazz[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR][/URL]
Brian T. Smith: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Unresolved Raja Bell buyout situation complicates Howard's interest in re-signing with Jazz;[/COLOR][/URL] more likely he'll choose another #NBA team. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR][/URL]
Brian T. Smith: Several agents with clients who had interest in signing with Jazz have wondered why it's taken so long for Utah to finalize buyout. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Considering Bell's situation with Utah stretches back to D-Will era, fact sides haven't resolved buyout has become surreal and un-Jazz like[/COLOR][/URL]. [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR][/URL]
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Brian T. Smith: [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Fresh off his two-week training session with Kiki Vandeweghe in L.A., #UtahJazz center Enes Kanter will begin working out with Tyrone Corbin and assistant coaches this week in #SLC.[/COLOR][/URL] Still haven't heard of any plans for Jazz players to gather en masse before camp, though [URL="http://*********.com/twitter/media.html"][COLOR=#000080]Twitter[/COLOR][/URL]
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Jazz quietly tryng to reassemble into a potentially lethal team out west.
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Once they finally move on from the Al Jefferson era they might make that move.