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Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter is going to the Western Conference semi-finals after his team took down the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round, and he owes this opportunity to the New York Knicks. Kanter was part of the Knicks for the majority of this season before both sides agreed to part ways […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter seems to be having a lot of fun with his new team. After being waived by the New York Knicks a couple of months ago, the Oregon-based franchise signed him for the remainder of the season, and he quickly became an integral part of the team’s rotation. Apparently, the […]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have always been a team that will play hard. Now, the Portland Trail Blazers are learning that firsthand. Enes Kanter, who spent two and half seasons with the Thunder from 2014 to 2017, says that OKC is a team that likes to “get under people’s skin.” However, he said that the […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Enes Kanter says while his right hand is feeling better, it’s not yet at 100 percent. Kanter suffered a right hand contusion during Tuesday’s Game 2 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. He is expected to play in Game 3 on Friday. “It’s good actually, still a little hurts,” Kanter […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Enes Kanter expects the Oklahoma City Thunder to be “aggressive offensively” in Game 3 on their home floor. Kanter played for the Thunder before, so he knows better than anyone how loud the OKC crowd gets in the playoffs. The Blazers are up 2-0 in the series, so the Thunder […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Enes Kanter is expected to play in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Turkish center suffered a hand contusion in the first half of Game 2, but it doesn’t appear to be serious: Kanter hampered by hand injury #ripcity pic.twitter.com/ZqNUp9TNgD — NBC Sports […]

Oklahoma City Thunder big man Steven Adams is great friends with Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, as the two of them spent two and a half years together as teammates with the Thunder. But will Adams be spending some quality time with Kanter during their first-round Western Conference playoff series? Not exactly: Steven Adams […]

Portland Trail Blazers’ backup center Enes Kanter was tasked to fill in the void left by Jusuf Nurkic, who suffered a season-ending leg injury a couple of weeks ago. The Turkish big man didn’t disappoint. Kanter scored 20 points and grabbed 18 boards to help the Blazers hold-off the Oklahoma City Thunder 104-99 to take […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter felt something off when he faced his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunder. Kanter helped the Blazers take down the Thunder and take a 1-0 series lead. However, while he is happy with the result, the Turkish center can’t help but feel ‘very weird’ playing his previous employer in […]

Damian Lillard is the heart of the Portland Trail Blazers, but Enes Kanter gave them some soul against a familiar opponent at the start of the Western Conference postseason. The Trail Blazers gave their hometown crowd something to cheer for on Sunday afternoon. By defeating the always-dangerous Oklahoma City Thunder, 104-99, in Game 1 of […]

Enes Kanter seems to be having a lot of fun both on and off the court since being acquired by the Portland Trail Blazers back in February. The Turkish big man is raving about the idea of playing with a playoff team and is excited to face Steven Adams and the Oklahoma City Thunder in […]

When Enes Kanter and the New York Knicks agreed to a buyout back in February, several teams expressed interest in bringing in the Turkish big man for the final stretch of the season, including the Portland Trail Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Kanter eventually chose the Blazers, which has proven to be a wise […]

The Portland Trail Blazers’ dreams of making noise in the playoffs all but vanished entirely in late March, when Jusuf Nurkic suffered compound fractures to his left tibia and fibula, ending his season in horrific fashion. Nurkic, thankfully, avoided nerve damage, and is expected to make a full recovery in time to play at some […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Enes Kanter showed off his volleyball skills on Monday night against the Brooklyn Nets in what is easily one of the most unorthodox plays we’ve seen all week. Kanter used a volleyball-like spike to prevent a Hail Mary Nets play, and despite how odd it looked, it actually almost paid […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Enes Kanter is not known for making three-pointers. Actually, he is not really known for shooting jump shots at all, but during the Blazers’ double-overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night, Kanter took a beautiful behind-the-back pass from Damian Lillard and canned a triple to the delight of […]

The New York Knicks defeated the Los Angeles Lakers 124-123 on Sunday afternoon at Madison Square Garden, much to the delight of a former Knick and notorious Internet troll. Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter immediately took to Twitter to take a shot at LeBron James, using James’ patented #StriveForGreatness hashtag in sarcastic fashion: #StriveForGreatness […]

Enes Kanter is happy he left the New York Knicks on good terms after an up-and-down season with the team Kanter was waived by the Knicks, as he was unhappy with his role and playing time with the franchise that is clearly in a rebuild mode. The big man then decided to join the Portland […]

Enes Kanter has only played in nine games with the Portland Trail Blazers, but the big man says Blazers head coach Terry Stotts is one of the best coaches he has ever had in his playing career. Kanter says along with being a great basketball mind, Stotts is a great guy off the court. The […]

After he was waived by the New York Knicks, Enes Kanter received interest from multiple teams, but the big man decided to sign with the Portland Trail Blazers and it wasn’t that hard of a decision for him. Kanter says his agent, Mark Bartelstein, told him there were a few teams who wanted him. The talented […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Enes Kanter has taken to Twitter to make his strong feelings against terrorism abundantly clear to the public. Kanter has never been known to keep his political views to himself, and his most recent rant is something that we can all agree on. TERRORISM HAS NO PLACE IN OUR WORLD!!!!!!!!!!Hate […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter has Turkish roots, and he keeps up with what is going on in his home country. He is one of many players throughout the NBA that come from a different country. Kanter is outwardly loud about his feelings towards the government, comparing it to a dictatorship. Another former NBA […]

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter, who is of Turkish descent, has been extremely outspoken in regards to criticizing the autocratic and authoritarian leadership of Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. As such, President Erdogan has issued public calls for Kanter to be arrested (or worse), which has led Kanter to not be able to leave […]

The Portland Trail Blazers played the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday night in Portland. The game marked a collision between the present and past basketball worlds of Enes Kanter. It also marked a collision of a different kind. Kanter had played for the Thunder, but this time he stood on the other side of the […]

Enes Kanter says he signed with the Portland Trail Blazers instead of the Los Angeles Lakers because he wanted to be “drama-free.” After he got waived by the New York Knicks, Kanter received interest from multiple teams, including the Lakers. The big man signed with the Blazers and it looks like he made the right […]

Portland Trail Blazers Enes Kanter continues to have travel issues outside of the United States due to his long-standing battle with the Turkish government. He did not travel with the team to Canada to play the game against the Toronto Raptors. Enes Kanter says he’s not traveling with the team to Toronto due to the […]

Enes Kanter’s honeymoon start with the surging Portland Trail Blazers will be briefly interrupted, as he will not be able to travel north of the border for his team’s road game against the Toronto Raptors on Friday due to immigration issues. Kanter’s passport has been previously revoked because of his conflict with Turkish President Recep […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons was involved in a couple of altercations during his team’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday afternoon. First, Simmons had some explicit words for Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic after Nurkic had been talking some trash. Then, new Portland center Enes Kanter went after Simmons after the two […]

Newly acquired center Enes Kanter celebrated his first win with his new team, the Portland Trail Blazers, the best way he knows how — through social media. It took Kanter only mere minutes after dispatching the Brooklyn Nets on the road for the big man to take to Twitter and throw a little bit of […]

Enes Kanter signed with the Portland Trail Blazers earlier this month, but it sounds like he still has a certain level of respect for his former team, the New York Knicks. In fact, Kanter is hoping the Knicks get “really good” free agents in the offseason. Kanter made his Blazers debut on Thursday night, scoring […]

New Portland Trail Blazers addition Enes Kanter revealed his free agent final decision came down to two teams — the Blazers and the Los Angeles Lakers, according to Casey Holdahl of Blazers.com. The Lakers reportedly were amongst a field of teams interested in the Turkish big man, along with others like the Chicago Bulls, Boston […]

Enes Kanter signed with the Portland Trail Blazers on Wednesday, and the big man is already trolling the team everyone hates, the Golden State Warriors. Portland defeated Golden State on Wednesday. It was a crazy fourth quarter. Warriors head coach Steve Kerr got ejected and power forward Draymond Green was called for a Flagrant 1 […]

The Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder were reportedly interested in signing Enes Kanter, but the big man joined the Portland Trail Blazers instead, according to NBA insider Michael Pina. Kanter reportedly went to the Blazers because they can offer him the most playing time moving forward. The Lakers, Bulls, Celtics, and Thunder […]

It’s safe to say Evan Turner is pretty, pretty excited about his team’s latest free-agent acquisition. After news broke on Wednesday that the Portland Trail Blazers beat out several teams to land the recently bought-out Enes Kanter, Turner expressed his excitement for the move on Twitter. ENES KANTER, LETS GOOOOO — Evan Turner (@thekidet) February […]

The Los Angeles Lakers need all the help they can get to overcome the ill-effects of LeBron James’ recent absence and make the playoffs. Unfortunately for Magic Johnson and Rob Pelinka, though, one of their targets on the buyout market signed with a conference rival. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the team was interested in […]

Free agent big man Enes Kanter is signing with the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Kanter began this season with the New York Knicks. He was bought out by the franchise last week so he could join a contender. He was being pursued by a bevy of teams, including the Los […]

The Houston Rockets, well known for their ability to work the trade market, shuffled multiple roster pieces around prior to Thursday’s trade deadline. They were able to bring in multiple players, however only Iman Shumpert is set to remain with the team through the season, as Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin were moved shortly after […]

The New York Knicks waived big man Enes Kanter on Thursday, and it looks like the Boston Celtics are very interested in signing him, according to NBA insider Bryan Oringher. Source: the #Celtics are very interested in Enes Kanter. — SCOUTWITHBRYAN (@ScoutWithBryan) February 7, 2019 Enes Kanter played in 44 games this season for the […]

Former New York Knicks center Enes Kanter took to Twitter to on Thursday to thank the franchise and its fans for their support over the past few seasons. It was reported shortly after the NBA trade deadline that the Knicks would release Kanter from his contract, which obviously doesn’t come as much of a surprise. […]

The Los Angeles Lakers were unable to land superstar Anthony Davis before Thursday’s trade deadline, so they must now focus on improving the team for a playoff push by making use of the buyout market. After trading Svi Mykhailiuk, Micheal Beasley, and Ivica Zubac for Reggie Bullock and Mike Muscala, the Lakers have strengthened their rotation […]