Enes Kanter WASN'T So Gentle In The NBA...

Enes Kanter wasn't always so nice and peaceful. He's making all the headlines recently for wanting to play in the WNBA. You have all of these angry women who just think you're the biggest a-hole in the world for doing this and you're doing it to protect them. This is just common sense, you know. I mean, I am 7 foot 280 pounds. If I ever play in the league, which I know I will, if they don't change the rules because I am eligible to play, I promise you, I'm gonna go out there to try to break Will Chamberlain 100 point record. Just to name equality, you know what I mean? Kanter is mocking the potential inclusion of transgender women in the league by sarcastically claiming he identifies as a woman, implying that's all it takes to get in under its current rules. So, Freedom is trying to change that and protect women by acting all sweet and talking nice. But if there's one thing we remember about his NBA days is that he wasn't so gentle. As a matter of fact, Kanter was a bad man, not afraid to talk trash and bump heads with the premier superstars of the league. And he didn't stop there, spilling out some words about LeBron that no one else has ever said. Heck, the guy was even banished from his native country of Turkey for insulting his president, calling him a Hitler of our generation. But Kanter wasn't all about chasing cloud, he had game. The Jazz selected him with the third pick in the 2011 NBA draft, ahead of guys like Kawhi Leonard, Jimmy Butler and Klay Thompson. And during his sophomore season, in his second ever career start, Kanter exploded against the Bobcats, seemingly out of nowhere. And has put up a monster double-double of 23 points and 22 rebounds on a sizzling hot 10 of 12 shooting from the field in the blowout win over Charlotte. Now that's a mailman kind of stat line. He was absolutely money from everywhere on the court. 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In 26 games without Kevin Durant on the floor, Kanter bumped his averages to 18.5 points and 11 boards on 57% efficiency, helping the team finish the season on a 15-11 record, missing the playoffs by just a hair. However, the next year, he found his sweet spot, coming off the bench for the 55 and 27 Thunder, who were hungrier than ever. Against the Blazers in April, Kanter unlocked God Mode and had the game of his career. And has wrote some Thunder history that day, becoming the first player ever with 30 points and 20 rebounds while shooting 70% from the field. He finished the season with a stat line of 12.5 points and 8 boards on 57% efficiency, getting consideration for the 6th man of the year award. And he continued his stellar play in the first round of the playoffs as well. Get this, Kanter followed his game 3 performance of 21 points with an even better one, racking up a team high of 28 on almost perfect 12-13 shooting from the field in the win over the Mavs. Nevertheless, his role diminished in the next 2 series against the Spurs and especially the Warriors as he wasn't exactly the type of big you can rely on to defend the dubbed stretch 5. This is where his frustrations began to appear. And against the Mavs in late January the following season, Kanter broke his arm by punching a chair on the bench. He missed 10 games due to that but still put up a decent 14 points and 7 boards season before getting traded in the summer of 2017 to the Knicks in the package for Carmelo. And for a season and a half in those dark times of New York basketball and as the menace shined on multiple occasions. On Christmas day against the Sixers, Kanter messed around and got another 30-20 game albeit in a loss at the end. And every once in a while he would rock the sports center with dunks like these. During his time with the Knicks, he averaged a double-double of 14 points and 11 rebounds on a solid 57% shooting. Regardless, the team was headed in a different direction so they waived him before the trade deadline in 2019. But then Portland picked him up and he instantly became the third option behind Dame and CJ. Kanter absolutely balled out in the last 6 games of the season for the Blazers, posting almost 20 points and 13 boards on 60% efficiency. That's wild. And he was an essential part in what turned out to be the deepest playoff run of Dame's era in Portland. He had a classic revenge game against OKC at the start with 20 points and 18 rebounds in the tight win at the end. And for the rest of the series, averaged 13-10, helping his team demolish the Thunder 4 games to 1. Kanter was keeping the level of play high in the second round against the Nuggets as well, often causing troubles for young Nikola Jokic on both ends of the floor. But when the Warriors came in the conference finals, he was immediately relegated to the bench cause he was once again unable to stay in front of the quicker guys. So in his last couple of seasons, he bounced around Portland and Boston having two quick stints with both teams. And on a random Saturday night in Portland of 2021, he set the Blazers franchise record for most rebounds in a single game. Kanter filled up the stat sheet with 24 points and 30 rebounds, 12 of which came of the offensive end, which is also a team record for most ever. That's who he was, he would dominate the pain during the regular season but just couldn't stay on the floor in the playoffs as the game evolved. That and the fact that he liked to experiment with shoes, publicly taking a stand against the entire country of China caused Ennis to lose his job in 2022. So there you have it, Ennis Kanter has always been a rebellious person, a true maverick that will stand firm for what he believes, not afraid to jump straight in And speaking of that, Kevin Garnett was probably the most vocal guy in the NBA. He dragged the Timberwolves all by himself to the Western Conference Finals in 2004. That epic series against the Kings immortalized his legacy and you gotta check it out right here in this video. Talk to you in the next one. Peace out.