Enes Kanter just finished his first season with the New York Knicks but he got a chance to come back to Oklahoma City to watch both of his former teams face off in Game 5.
He started his career with the Utah Jazz in 2011 but was traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2015 season. He spent 2.5 years with the Thunder before being traded again this time to the Knicks.
Before Game 5, Fred Katz of the Norman Transcript caught up with Kanter to talk about watching his two former teams go to battle. He was asked a question about the Jazz's crowd, to which Kanter said they were the worst.
“Let me tell you something, man. Their crowd might be the worst crowd to play in front of, because it’s just like — I know that crowd is just like, it’s terrible. Because I remember, they used to boo [former Jazz point guard] Deron Williams [after he left]. They used to boo me a lot. They used to boo a few other players, and then none of them had a really, really good game. If you got booed, you always have bad game.”
It is really not a surprise that Kanter gets booed by the Jazz crowd as he asked to be traded before the trade deadline in which he went over to the Thunder. It's really not a surprise that he also sided with the Thunder in who he hopes to win this series.
“I am cheering for the Thunder and not cheering for the Utah Jazz. I even told the Knicks ‘I’m going to watch one of the Thunder games. Just making sure you guys are OK.’ I let them know early. They said ‘whatever. OK.’ I watch Thunder games. Sometimes people watch before the games. Sometimes I turn on the channel where the Thunder was playing and they would just come around and watch the Thunder.”
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