Enes Kanter

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Basketball player
Enes Kanter
Enes Kanter Western Conference Finals 2019 (cropped) .jpg
Player information
Nickname Big Turkey
birthday 20th May 1992 (age 28)
place of birth Zurich , Switzerland
size 211 cm
position Center / Power Forward
college Kentucky
NBA draft 2011 , 3rd pick , Utah Jazz
Club information
society Boston Celtics
league NBA
Jersey number 11
Clubs as active
2008–2009 Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor 2011–2015 Utah Jazz 2015–2017 Oklahoma City Thunder 2017–2019 New York Knicks 2019 Portland Trail Blazers Since 2019 Boston CelticsTurkeyTurkey
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
United StatesUnited States
00000United StatesUnited States
0United StatesUnited States
National team
000002011 TurkeyTurkey Turkey 8 games

Enes Kanter (born May 20, 1992 in Zurich , Switzerland ) is a basketball player who is currently stateless after his Turkish citizenship was canceled . He plays for the Boston Celtics in the North American NBA .

Youth and college

Enes Kanter settled in Van because of the work and the hometown of his father, a university graduate . He first started playing basketball in Van at the age of 14. In 2006 he was part of the youth department of Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor . Already at the age of 16 he attracted attention when he scored 22 points, 17 rebounds and 4 blocks at the Jordan Brand Classic International . As a reservist of the professional team, Kanter came in the 2008/09 season to nine appearances in the Turkish basketball league and in the ULEB Euroleague . Fenerbahçe and the Greek top club Olympiacos Piraeus then offered Kanter a professional contract. However, Kanter declined on the grounds that he wanted to move to an American high school. He moved to the United States to the Stoneridge Preparatory School .

After graduating from high school, Kanter received offers from many renowned American universities. Including the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), the University of Southern California (USC) and Indiana University . Initially he gave an oral acceptance to the University of Washington , but later enrolled at the University of Kentucky . At the Nike Hoop Summit 2010, Kanter scored 34 points against a US selection, breaking the competition record set by Dirk Nowitzki in 1998 . He also got 13 rebounds. After this performance, he was considered a great NBA talent by many scouts and experts.

At the beginning of the 2010/11 season Kanter moved to the college team of Kentucky, he should not have played there according to NCAA rules, since he had received 33,000 USD from Fenerbahçe Ülkerspor in the 2008/09 season over his necessary expenses. Without having played a game, Kanter switched to the professional camp after a year at university and signed up for the NBA draft .

NBA

Utah Jazz (2011 to 2015)

In the 2011 NBA draft , he was drafted third by the Utah Jazz . The draft pick had been acquired by the New Jersey Nets in an earlier transfer in exchange for Deron Williams .

He made his NBA debut on December 27, 2011 against the Los Angeles Lakers . In the 71:96 defeat of Jazz against the Lakers, Kanter came off the bench and scored five points and eleven rebounds. Due to his lack of experience and immature skills, Kanter mostly came off the bench in his rookie season. On April 26, Kanter scored his first double-double with twelve points and ten rebounds against the Portland Trail Blazers .

During the summer of 2012, Kanter lost about 22 kg of his weight through a strict eating plan. In his second year, Kanter managed a so-called 20/20 game. When Jazz won against the Charlotte Bobcats on March 1, 2013, Kanter achieved career bests with 23 points and 22 rebounds. Kanter finished his second year with improved values ​​in all categories. Shortly before the end of the season, Kanter sustained an injury by dislocating his shoulder. The season ended prematurely for him.

With the departure of Al Jefferson and Paul Millsap , a lot of playing time was free for Kanter. Kanter started as a center, but lost his regular seat shortly afterwards to Marvin Williams . From then on he brought his performance off the bench before head coach Tyrone Corbin let him start more often at the end of the season. Kanter achieved top career results in all categories this season. Under the new coach Quin Snyder , Kanter became a nominal starter in jazz for the new NBA season 14/15 . However, he could not convince defensively and increasingly lost play to Rudy Gobert .

Kanter for the curtsy at the free-throw line

Oklahoma City Thunder (2015 to 2017)

In February 2015, Kanter was transferred to the Oklahoma City Thunder as part of a three-team transfer. Just a few days earlier, Kanter was dissatisfied with his role in jazz and called for a team change. On March 24, 2015, he set a club record in the game against the Los Angeles Lakers by scoring a double-double in the first quarter . In this game he got 25 points and 16 rebounds. A week later, in the game against the Dallas Mavericks , Kanter achieved a personal record with 30 points. In addition, he completed a double-double with 16 rebounds. Dallas just won the game 135-131. Kanter scored 18.7 points and 11.1 rebounds on average in the remaining 26 games for the Thunder. However, the Thunder just missed the playoff qualification. In the summer of 2015, Kanter signed a preliminary contract with the Portland Trail Blazers as a so-called restricted free agent . The Thunder then had three days to catch up with the offer, so that Kanter would continue to play for $ 70 million over four years in Oklahoma. With that contract, he became the highest-earning NBA player of Turkish origin of all time. On April 6, 2016, he scored a career high of 33 points and 20 rebounds in the game against the Portland Trail Blazers. He is the first Thunder player in history to have over 30 points and 20 rebounds. In the subsequent election for the best bank player of the season , Kanter took third place.

Kanter suffered a curious injury in the 2016/17 season when, out of frustration, he hit a folding chair with his fist and fractured his forearm, which meant that the Thunder was missing eight weeks.

New York Knicks (2017 to 2019)

Kanter was traded to the New York Knicks on September 23, 2017 along with Doug McDermott and a second round pick from 2018 in exchange for star player Carmelo Anthony . At the beginning of February 2019, Kanter was dismissed from the Knicks' contract, which ran until the end of the season.

Portland Trail Blazers (2019)

A few days after separating from the Knicks , Enes Kanter signed a new contract until the end of the season with the Portland Trail Blazers on February 13 , where he should replace the injured Jusuf Nurkic . Kanter helped the Blazers to a strong playoff performance with which he reached the conference finals in the west.

Boston Celtics (Since 2019)

Kanter signed a ten million dollar two-year contract with the Boston Celtics that summer .

statistics

Legend
  GP Matches played (Games Played)   GS  Games from the beginning (Games started)  MPG  Graduated minutes per game (Minutes per game)
 FG%  Throw rate from the field (field goal percentage)  3P%  Throwing quota three-point throws (3-point field-goal percentage)  FT%  Free throw rate (free-throw percentage)
 RPG  Rebounds per game (rebounds per game)  APG  Assists per game (assists per game)  SPG  Steals per game (steals per game)
 BPG  Blocks per game (blocks per game)  PPG  Points per game (points per game)  FAT  Career record

Regular season

season team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2011-12 Utah 66 0 13.2 .496 .000 .667 4.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 4.6
2012–13 Utah 70 2 15.4 .554 1,000 .795 4.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 7.2
2013-14 Utah 80 37 26.7 .491 .000 .730 7.5 0.9 0.4 0.5 12.3
2014–15 Utah / Oklahoma City 75 74 28.5 .519 .356 .782 8.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 15.5
2015–16 Oklahoma City 82 1 21.0 .576 .476 .797 8.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 12.7
2016–17 Oklahoma City 72 0 21.3 .545 .132 .786 6.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 14.3
2017-18 new York 71 71 25.8 .592 .000 .848 11.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 14.1
2018–19 New York / Portland 67 31 24.5 .549 .356 .787 9.8 1.7 0.5 0.4 13.7
total 583 216 22.2 .541 .294 .780 7.6 0.8 0.4 0.4 11.9

International career

Kanter took part in the U-18 basketball championship in France in 2009. With the Turkish national team he could achieve the 3rd place. Kanter was voted MVP of the tournament with 18.6 points and 16.4 rebounds .

He played his first international match for the Turkish national team on August 11, 2011 against Ukraine . In that game he came off the bench and scored seven points and six rebounds. Kanter took part with Turkey at the 2011 European Championships in Lithuania . However, the Turkish national team was eliminated in the second round. Kanter scored 9.6 points and 3.9 rebounds per game in 8 games during the competition.

Private

Kanter was born in Switzerland to Turkish parents (Mehmet and Gülsün Kanter) who later returned to their homeland. He is a supporter of the Hizmet movement of the Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen , who is considered a political opponent of the authoritarian Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and has lived in exile in the US state of Pennsylvania since 1999 .

After the failed coup attempt in Turkey in 2016 , for which Gülen was responsible according to the Turkish government, Kanter criticized Erdoğan heavily on Twitter, which led to his account in Turkey being blocked. On August 9, 2016, Kanter's father publicly stated that his family had disowned him because of his political views and his support for Gülen, and suggested that he adopt a different surname. Kanter declared that he loved Gülen "more than his family" and changed his username on Twitter to Enes Gülen.

In May 2017, Kanter was refused entry to Romania because his Turkish passport had been canceled. However, Kanter was later able to travel back to the USA. According to his own statement, he is currently stateless . Since Kanter has a green card , he will try to acquire American citizenship .

Enes Kanter's younger brother Kerem Kanter is also a professional basketball player. He played for Xavier University and is now active in the Spanish league.

At a WWE event on September 9, 2019, he was able to win and briefly hold the WWE 24/7 Championship from R-Truth .

In October 2019, Kanter criticized the Turkish military offensive in northern Syria against the Kurds and campaigns for the rights of the Kurds.

Kanter professes the Islamic faith and fasts regularly.

See also

Web links

Commons : Enes Kanter  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Az Önce Oldu: Enes Kanter'in babası Mehmet Kanter kimdir? June 18, 2018, accessed on March 13, 2020 (tr-TR).
  2. ↑ Doğa Koleji– Anaokulu | İlkokul | Ortaokul | Lise | Özel Okul | Fen ve Teknoloji Lisesi | Üstün Zekalılar Eğitimi | Bursluluk Sinavı. Retrieved October 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ NN: 2008 Jordan Brand Classic International Box Score. ( April 7, 2013 memento on Internet Archive ) Archived from Jordan Brand Classic — website; Beaverton, OR, undated 2008-2011. Retrieved February 12, 2019 (in English).
  4. ^ Enes Kanter, a revolutionary case for Kentucky, NCAA
  5. ↑ Scout.com Enes Kanter Profile
  6. ^ Enes Kanter ruled ineligible
  7. ↑ : 2011 First-Round Picks
  8. ↑ [1] Thursday, April 26, 2012
  9. ↑ Utah Jazz Center Enes Kanter loses 51 pounds
  10. ^ Ailing Jazz ride Enes Kanter's 23 points, 22 rebounds
  11. ↑ Jared Bray: Utah Jazz Injury Update: Enes Kanter Expected to Miss 2-3 Weeks. ( Memento of April 7, 2013 on Internet Archive ) Archived from Yahoo! website; Sunnyvale, CA, March 29, 2013. Retrieved February 12, 2019 (in English).
  12. ↑ Thunder Acquires Kanter, Novak, Augustin, Singler and Draft Pick
  13. ↑ http://www.fox23.com/news/sports/thunder-beat-lakers-enes-kanter-adds-another-doubl/nkdts/
  14. ↑ http://fantasynews.cbssports.com/fantasybasketball/update/25132421/thunder-c-enes-kanter-scores-career-high-30-vs-mavericks
  15. ^ NN: Thunder match Portland's offer sheet for Kanter. Agency report on: NBA / OKC website; New York City, NY July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2017 (in English).
  16. ^ Cliff Brunt (AP): Thunder Matches Offer Sheet for Kanter. On: NBA website; New York City, NY July 12, 2015. Retrieved September 18, 2017 (in English).
  17. ^ NBA: Enes Kanter Records First 30/20 Game in Thunder History. April 6, 2016, accessed April 7, 2016 .
  18. ↑ Sources: Enes Kanter out 6-to-8 weeks with fractured forearm
  19. ↑ Basketball player Kanter and New York Knicks go their separate ways. In: spiegel.de . February 8, 2019, accessed February 8, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Portland snaps to Kanter - Lin to the Raptors. In: kicker.de. Kicker , February 14, 2019, accessed on February 14, 2019 .
  21. ^ Celtics Sign Enes Kanter
  22. ^ Enes Kanter's Profile
  23. ↑ Enes Kanter EuroBasket 2011 Stats
  24. ↑ Enes nasıl keşfedildi? 'Böyle ayak mı olur ...' - NBA. Retrieved October 29, 2019 (Turkish).
  25. ↑ Enes Kanter Changed His Twitter Handle to Include "Gulen" After Family Reportedly Disowned Him for Political Views , thebiglead, August 8, 2016
  26. ↑ Romania refuses entry to Turkish NBA professional , zeit.de, May 20, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2017.
  27. ↑ Turkey cancels passport from Erdogan critic , spiegel.de, May 20, 2017, accessed on May 28, 2017.
  28. ^ NN: arrest warrant against Erdogan's opponents. NBA: Erdogan's opponent Enes Kanter is wanted in Turkey by an arrest warrant. On: Sport1 website; Ismaning, May 27, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  29. ↑ See: Clyde McGrady: Turkish NBA star Enes Kanter to visit Capitol Hill ahead of Erdogan visit. Boston Celtics center has called the Turkish leader the 'Hitler of our century'. On: Roll Call website; Washington, DC, November 12, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019 (in English).
  30. ↑ Raw (09.09.2019) | Wrestling-Point.de. Retrieved September 10, 2019 .
  31. ↑ Anonymous: NBA: Turkish Enes Kanter denounces Erdogan's offensive in Syria | tellerreport.com. Retrieved March 13, 2020 .
  32. ↑ Twitter. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  33. ↑ Jonathan Adams: Enes Kanter's Muslim Faith: What Religion Is Blazers' Center? In: Heavy.com. May 19, 2019, accessed October 29, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kanter, Enes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich , Switzerland