With the reception Enes Kanter received on Wednesday night, you’d never guess he’d been traded.
As Kanter lounged courtside an hour before tipoff of Game 5 between the Thunder and the Jazz, roughly two dozen fans, media and Thunder staffers approached him in a 15-minute span. They shook his hand, posed for selfies and some gave him hugs.
Kanter, the 25-year-old Turkish forward who spent two-and-a-half seasons in Oklahoma City, welcomed them all.
“It just shows how nice they are,” he told The Tribune. “I was here for two-and-a-half years, and every day, they showed me so much love, and that’s why I wanted to come back here, to show this city my love and my support.”
Shortly after Kanter called the Thunder faithful “the best fans in the world” last year, he was sent to the New York Knicks in a blockbuster trade for Carmelo Anthony. But that didn’t stop him from coming to Game 5, wearing a “Stache Bros.” shirt with his and Steven Adams’ likeness on it. He had follow-up plans on Thursday to meet with the mayor of Oklahoma City, and talked about his basketball camp.
As Kanter lounged courtside an hour before tipoff of Game 5 between the Thunder and the Jazz, roughly two dozen fans, media and Thunder staffers approached him in a 15-minute span. They shook his hand, posed for selfies and some gave him hugs.
Kanter, the 25-year-old Turkish forward who spent two-and-a-half seasons in Oklahoma City, welcomed them all.
“It just shows how nice they are,” he told The Tribune. “I was here for two-and-a-half years, and every day, they showed me so much love, and that’s why I wanted to come back here, to show this city my love and my support.”
Shortly after Kanter called the Thunder faithful “the best fans in the world” last year, he was sent to the New York Knicks in a blockbuster trade for Carmelo Anthony. But that didn’t stop him from coming to Game 5, wearing a “Stache Bros.” shirt with his and Steven Adams’ likeness on it. He had follow-up plans on Thursday to meet with the mayor of Oklahoma City, and talked about his basketball camp.
