Chris Grenham: Kara Lawson spoke to the Celtics before practice yesterday. Jayson Tatum spoke to the team about how excited he was for her to become a Blue Devil, while Enes Kanter asked her for a courtside seat.
Enes Kanter Rumors
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Position: C
Born: 05/20/92
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:262 lbs. / 118.8 kg.
Salary: $4,767,000
Born: 05/20/92
Height: 6-10 / 2.08
Weight:262 lbs. / 118.8 kg.
Salary: $4,767,000
Enes Kanter: Kurdish people have been discriminated,oppressed & persecuted through out history Human Rights are every Human being’s Right All the people including Kurdish people have an equal right to freedom! Kurds have their right to live free! I stand with Kurds #KurdishLivesMatter ✊
Enes Kanter: The whole world knows what I stand for This is what I will be putting on the back of my jersey during rest of the @NBA season My jersey will represent the people & countries through out the ‘WHOLE WORLD’ who are fighting for their rights & their freedom Never Give Up @CNN
Jay King: Enes Kanter said he may put “freedom” on the back of his jersey. “The problems are happening all over the world. That freedom represents the people fighting for their rights.”
Chris Grenham: Enes Kanter: “Even if the season doesn’t continue, we should give the MVP to Adam Silver.”
Enes Kanter: The whole world knows what I stand for This is what I will be putting on the back of my jersey during rest of the @NBA season My jersey will represent the people & countries through out the ‘WHOLE WORLD’ who are fighting for their rights & their freedom Never Give Up Raised fist @CNN
Over the past few years, Kanter has used his substantial platform as an international star athlete to condemn Turkey’s pivot towards authoritarianism under president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Kanter has been an outspoken critic against Erdoğan and the deepening human rights crisis taking place under his regime. “There is no freedom of speech in that country,” Kanter told the Guardian during a phone interview. “It’s heartbreaking.”
“Until I was 20 years old, my whole life was about basketball,” Kanter said. “But [after the corruption scandal], while my teammates were going to hang out, eat, go to the club, I was going home to study, to learn about foreign relations, Turkish politics, American politics, and what’s going on between America and Turkey.”
“The last time I saw my family was back in 2015,” Kanter said. “My dad was a genetics professor and he got fired from his job. My sister went to medical school for six years and she cannot find a job right now because of her last name. One of the saddest things is that my little brother’s dream was to be an NBA player but he literally got kicked out of every team in Turkey.” Kanter also revealed that his family was pressured to publicly disown him, and they eventually asked him to change his family name, which he refused to do. He has not spoken to his parents or siblings in years. “I can’t even remember the last time I spoke to my family,” he added.
Enes Kanter: My fight is NOT over! It’s just getting started. I will NOT stop until every innocent soul in Turkish prisons is set free. They freed my dad cause they are SCARED of my voice Thousands of others out there with a worse situation than mine. Let’s keep fighting against Dictators!
Enes Kanter: 1) Wow! I could cry Today I found out that 7 years after arresting my dad, taking him through a Kangaroo court and accusing him of being a criminal just because he is my dad. MY DAD HAS BEEN RELEASED! This is due to the pressure we have put on the Turkish regime.
Enes Kanter: 2) They no longer could keep him from his freedom because of the spotlight that we all put on this case! However! He is just one person, there are still tens of thousands of people wrongfully in jail in Turkey. I will not forget you, we will not forget you!
Enes Kanter: 3) This proves that the voice of the people will always push Dictators to do the right thing in the end. Don’t be scared to stand for what is right, always and always, Stand for FREEDOM Stand for DEMOCRACY Stand for HUMAN RIGHTS
The father of NBA center Enes Kanter, an outspoken critic of Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s human rights record, has been acquitted of charges that he was a member of a terrorist group, Turkish media reported on Friday. Mehmet Kanter, the father and a genetics professor in Turkey, was alleged to have supported U.S.-based cleric Fethullah Gulen who Turkey accuses of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016. Gulen denies any connection with the matter.
“There’s so many quotes out there, there’s so many rumors out there … you look at some of the players, they just signed their max contract, they have the biggest shoe deal out there, they live in the biggest market … but you cannot just be selfish. You’ve got to think about other players too. Be a leader,” Kanter said. “I understand about the social justice … you’re going to be in Orlando. The whole world is going to be focusing on you, right? You can make a huge difference. All the microphones will be on your face, so you can get your message out. Whatever you want to talk about, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ freedom, justice, democracy. Whatever you want to talk about, the whole world will be listening to you. “If you’re really about that life, go to the playoffs and take that money, and donate it back to ‘Black Lives Matter Foundation’ or just give back to the community. Don’t just say stuff.”
“There’s so many quotes out there, there’s so many rumors out there … you look at some of the players, they just signed their max contract, they have the biggest shoe deal out there, they live in the biggest market … but you cannot just be selfish. You’ve got to think about other players too. Be a leader,” Kanter said. “I understand about the social justice … you’re going to be in Orlando. The whole world is going to be focusing on you, right? You can make a huge difference. All the microphones will be on your face, so you can get your message out. Whatever you want to talk about, ‘Black Lives Matter,’ freedom, justice, democracy. Whatever you want to talk about, the whole world will be listening to you. “If you’re really about that life, go to the playoffs and take that money, and donate it back to ‘Black Lives Matter Foundation’ or just give back to the community. Don’t just say stuff.”
Enes Kanter: Today is a very special day, I am literally 1 year away from one of the most amazing privileges, becoming an American citizen. I wont take for granted the freedom I have in this country that Turkey took away from me. I will always stand for America and stand for Democracy. 🇺🇸
In an interview with NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg, the Celtics forward made it clear that not everyone is on board with the conditions of the NBA’s restart at Walt Disney World. “I have so many friends on different teams, right?” Kanter said. “I was actually talking to one of my friends, and he said – I’m not going to tell who or which team – but he said, ‘There’s so many guys on our team, that they’re not going to play.’ They’re actually in the Eastern Conference. They’re in a playoff spot. And they’re like superstars. If I told you who it is, you’d go crazy. I just can’t tell you who it is. But he said, ‘Hey, they’re not going to play.’ They said until they found a vaccine, until they find a cure, that they’re not going to play.”
Chris Grenham: Enes Kanter shared some of the Celtics’ new protocols at the Auerbach Center on his IG: pic.twitter.com/WxSDWbhrD1
As Maxwell proudly watched Celtics such as Jaylen Brown, Marcus Smart, Enes Kanter, and Vincent Poirier join in peaceful demonstrations, using their social media channels to rev up support in real time, he wondered what life might have been like if he had had access to similar platforms. “To have my voice heard,” he said. “For me to have gone someplace and been a popular athlete and said, ‘There is a beach in South Carolina which is segregated, and they put a chain-link fence in the water and you have to swim all the way out to go around?’ I was thinking as a little boy like, ‘Damn, was the water different? If you went past this area, what would happen?’ But I’d love to go back, and I’d love to be like these guys.”
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter posted a message on Twitter saying that if he ever returns to his native Turkey, he’ll want to play for Fenerbahce Beko again. Kanter has been labeled terrorist by the Turkish government due to his support of exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen. “There is always someone calling me. Thank you, you are not leaving me alone. My dear team and only love Fenerbahce. I wore their jersey with pride and if I return to my country again, it’s the only team that I want to wear its jersey. Thanks and regards to all the board [of the club],” Kanter wrote on Twitter while posting a photo of himself from the days he played for Fenerbahce. He also changed his profile picture to this photo.
Enes Kanter: BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
Enes Kanter: BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY.
Jessica McGlory: Boston Celtic Enes Kanter declaring that Black Lives Matter and joining the #bostonprotest for #GeorgeFloyd. #protests2020
Enes Kanter: We should NOT let our brothers and sisters fight this battle alone. Racism should make us sick to our stomach regardless the color of our skin. BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. #BlackLivesMatter
Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter was “shocked” to hear that there are some NBA stars who don’t want to play at all before there is a vaccine for the coronavirus. Something that basically means that they don’t plan to return to court anytime soon since there’s nothing concrete regarding when a coronavirus cure will be available. In a video interview with NBC’s Chris Fosberg, Kanter revealed a discussion he had with some of his friends from other teams. The Turkish big man mentioned that his friends told him that certain superstars won’t play when the NBA resumes.
“This is my ninth year in the league, I have so many friends on different teams, right? I was actually talking to one of my friends and he said—I’m not going to tell who or which team—but he said, ‘”here’s so many guys on our team that they’re not going to play.’ They’re actually in the Eastern Conference, they’re in a playoff spot. And they’re like superstars. Like, if I told you who it is, you’d go crazy,” Kanter said. “They said ‘hey, we are not going to play,’ They said that until they find a vaccine, until they find a cure, they are not going to play,” Kanter later added before saying that: “I was shocked by those players that don’t want to play. If they don’t play… Those people are All-Star players.”
Boston Celtics big man Enes Kanter said that while he and his Celtics teammates are looking forward to getting back on the floor, he mentions a friend on another team that is not exactly excited to play basketball right now: “This is my ninth year in the league, I have so many friends on different teams, right?” Kanter said on his podcast, via NBC Sports Boston. “I was actually talking to one of my friends and he said — I’m not going to tell who or which team — but he said, ‘There’s so many guys on our team, they’re not going to play.’ They’re actually in the Eastern Conference, they’re in a playoff spot, and they’re like superstars. Like, if I tell you who it is, you’d go crazy.”
Enes Kanter: Are you freaking kidding me? State police in Minnesota arresting @CNN reporter @OmarJimenez while he’s on air Meanwhile, the cop who murdered #GeorgeFloyd continues to walk free. They arrested a @CNN reporter before the killers of #GeorgeFloyd 🤦🏻♂️ 🤦🏻♂️ pic.twitter.com/WFJYVEC15X
Enes Kanter to WWE in five years?
Kanter told Karp that he plans to leave the NBA for WWE in around five years or so. “I think, I am hoping to play five more years. So like, yeah, I got to finish up like 14-15 years in the league,” Kanter said.
“Oh my God. I’m going to be heel,” Kanter said. “I’ll be the biggest heel the WWE has ever seen! I feel like it is more fun. It’s like entertaining people more. And for me, it’s like getting in people’s face and trash talk them and troll them. I don’t cuss, but I trash talk a lot… It’s just definitely more fun to go out there and be a heel, be a bad guy, I don’t know, I just like it better.”
Enes Kanter: In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist. We must be ANTI-racist. pic.twitter.com/w1iS4jEdsU
There are some more advanced chefs, namely Celtics center Enes Kanter, who is more familiar with food in the kitchen. He was growing up in Turkey, and as a child his mom told him to learn how to cook and he never really took her advice seriously until he got into the NBA and he started having to cook for himself. But now he experiments with all different kinds of Turkish spices and has actually turned his teammates on to a number of Turkish meals. So he’s very familiar in the kitchen. And you can see on his social media feeds all the lamb chops and steaks and chicken wings and more authentic Turkish food that he’s cooking during the hiatus.
Enes Kanter: Did #DictatorErdogan give, his lapdog, @hidoturkoglu15 ‘s phone back to make a comment 🤔 Also Did your daddy @RTErdogan tell you to block me ?
Enes Kanter: Did #DictatorErdogan give, his lapdog, @hidoturkoglu15 ‘s phone back to make a comment 🤔 Also Did your daddy @RTErdogan tell you to block me ?
Boston Celtics big man Enes Kanter expressed his excitement to return to the hardcourt as the National Basketball Association eased their COVID-19-related restrictions recently. In an interview with CNN Philippines’ Rico Hizon, the 6’11” Turkish center revealed they are currently waiting the final orders from the Massachusetts government in allowing the reopening of training facilities for sports teams. “In two hours, the Massachusetts governor will tell everybody if our practice facility will open or not. We’ve been waiting for this to happen for the last two months and I think it’s finally going to happen,” said Kanter.
Kanter added that for the past two months, he has been trying to maintain his game shape by doing home workouts. But he emphasized his real game shape can be achieved if the players will be allowed to hold practice again in their team facility. “All NBA players are working out in our house and we try to do best that we can to stay at game shape. I think we just need to go out there and have that three to four week-period to get back in real game shape,” he added.
Meanwhile, Kanter also shared his reflections on The Last Dance, the 10-part documentary chronicling the journey of NBA superstar Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls when they won six titles in the 90s. “I feel like MJ is the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time) now,” Kanter happily shared. Kanter bared he was able to personally meet Jordan when he was 16 years old, but he more appreciated the former Bulls star’ dedication to the game after watching the documentary that inspired him to be a better basketball player in the court. “It’s amazing to see how dedicated he was, how amazing that he go out there and win every game and how competitive he was. His love and passion of the game is amazing to see,” said Kanter.
Enes Kanter: I am the FUTURE of @WWE Part 1; IMGhttps://twitter.com/EnesKanter/status/1261015551289241601
Kanter, appearing in a video call with Stadium’s Shams Charania, said that if they had won one more game against the Warriors, they would have had a good chance to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers. “I know we could have beat the Cavs. That was the hard part,” Kanter said. “After the game was over, the next day, I’m like, you know what, we had everything (we needed) to go out there and win the championship, we’re just going to get back next year and try to do the same thing.”
Kanter, appearing in a video call with Stadium’s Shams Charania, said that if they had won one more game against the Warriors, they would have had a good chance to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers. “I know we could have beat the Cavs. That was the hard part,” Kanter said. “After the game was over, the next day, I’m like, you know what, we had everything (we needed) to go out there and win the championship, we’re just going to get back next year and try to do the same thing.”
Stadium: Celtics center @EnesKanter told our NBA Insider @ShamsCharania he has been offered WWE deal and plans to accept after career. Kanter also discussed his public approach with his native Turkey, Russell Westbrook’s policy for opponents and more.
