Before committing to the Boston Celtics in free agency, Enes Kanter called Evan Turner to ask about his experience playing for Brad Stevens.
Turner played for Stevens for two seasons. Kanter and Turner were teammates this past year on the Portland Trail Blazers. Once Kanter heard positive things about Stevens from Turner, his decision to join the Celtics was finalized, via Ben Rohrbach of Yahoo Sports.
Before committing, Kanter called former Portland Trail Blazers teammate Evan Turner to ask about his experience playing for Celtics coach Brad Stevens, and once he got rave reviews back, Kanter told his manager, “I think that’s the place for me.” As Ainge said from the dais on Wednesday that the Turkish 7-footer “probably could’ve got more money in some other places,” Kanter nodded in agreement.
Enes Kanter signed a two-year, $9.7 million deal with the Celtics. He averaged 13.7 points, 9.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 67 games in 2018-19 with the New York Knicks and Blazers while shooting 54.9 percent from the field and 78.7 percent from the free-throw line.
The Celtics replaced Kyrie Irving with Kemba Walker and Al Horford with Enes Kanter. It's going to be really fascinating to see what Boston will look like on the basketball floor in 2019-20.
Celtics fans are hoping the team gets along after everything that happened with Irving in 2018-19.
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