Enes Freedom cut by China

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Well it looks like my favorite Wildcat has been cut because of his speaking out against modern day slavery and genocide. Apparently American corporations care more about appeasing communist China then standing up for American values. I for one am proud as heck for the stand Enes took. We love you Mr Freedom!!!
 
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I like the guy but he's a bad player right now.
He probably isn't what he once was but he averaged 11 pts and 11 rebounds last season. He also averaged 24 mpg last year and only 11 this year. Is he averaging less mpg because he suddenly became a bad player, because Boston traded for a guy they didn't need or because after his protest of China during a game that China banned any Boston games from being broadcast in China? None of us will ever know the true answer to that.
 

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There are a lot of guys out of the NBA who could put up numbers with minutes.

Kanter can't play the modern game. Is a disaster defensively. There's definitely not a conspiracy to keep Greg Monroe out of the league. Basically same deal.

Kaepernick was way higher up the food chain (very fringe starter, but top end backup) when he left the NFL.
 

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Well it looks like my favorite Wildcat has been cut because of his speaking out against modern day slavery and genocide. Apparently American corporations care more about appeasing communist China then standing up for American values. I for one am proud as heck for the stand Enes took. We love you Mr Freedom!!!
Celtics got rid of him for luxury tax reasons. Houston cut him because he's too old for their plans, doesn't make any sense with how the Rockets play, and they already have two players at his position that are better.
 
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Only because his minutes were cut...year before he averages 11 points and 11 rebounds.

There is definitely some behind the scenes BS here in play to silence him as he did not toe the company genocide line.
He was on a team now that places defense as the highest priority. Celtics are the best defensive team in the league. They have the best net rating in the league this calendar year, and that's with barely playing Kanter if any at all.

Kanter doesn't play any defense. You're not getting PT on an Ime Udoka team if you can't play defense., which Kanter has never done.

Denis Schroeder was the only guy on the Celtics that regularly played who isn't generally considered a plus defender and they got rid of him too. If you play defense, you'll get minutes in Boston as long as you aren't a complete liability on offense.
 
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Celtics got rid of him for luxury tax reasons. Houston cut him because he's too old for their plans, doesn't make any sense with how the Rockets play, and they already have two players at his position that are better.
The League average age is 26, Houston's average age is 25 and Enes is 29.

He was on a team now that places defense as the highest priority. Celtics are the best defensive team in the league. Kanter doesn't play any defense. You're not getting PT on an Ime Udoka team if you can't play defense., which Kanter has never done.
You are right that he has never been a good defender so why would Boston sign him again knowing he isn't. It's not like he just quit playing defense and they were shocked by it.
 

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The League average age is 26, Houston's average age is 25 and Enes is 29.


You are right that he has never been a good defender so why would Boston sign him again knowing he isn't. It's not like he just quit playing defense and they were shocked by it.
Houston is a bad team building for the future. A 29-year-old who is at best your third best center makes zero sense to keep.

Celtics needed cheap depth at center. All they had was an injury prone center in Robert Williams, Al Horford who hadn't played in foreer since OKC shut him down early last season, a smaller Grant Williams coming off a disappointing season, and a largely useless Bruno Fernando. With Williams taking a leap and staying healthy, Al Horford still playing well, Grant Williams taking a leap, and being able to get Theis, Kanter was beyond useless in Boston.
 
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Rick Honcho

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Well it looks like my favorite Wildcat has been cut because of his speaking out against modern day slavery and genocide. Apparently American corporations care more about appeasing communist China then standing up for American values. I for one am proud as heck for the stand Enes took. We love you Mr Freedom!!!
How can Kanter be a "favorite Wildcat" when he never played a game for UK? For what it's worth, Charles Hurt was and will always be my favorite Wildcat.
 

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I'm guessing playing for a Turkish pro team is off the table... If only there is someone from Kentucky who could boost his wrestling career as Under Kanter...
 

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Kap sucked and was out of a job.Kanter sucked and was out of a job.Everything isn't politics.
Normally this would sound reasonable. However when John Cena inadvertently acknowledged the existence of Taiwan and the studio forced him to apologize to China, in Chinese no less, it's necessary to realize that China has heavy control over Hollywood and our Sports. In this case it's clear that this is happening.
 
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Only because his minutes were cut...year before he averages 11 points and 11 rebounds.

There is definitely some behind the scenes BS here in play to silence him as he did not toe the company genocide line.
Thank you. These manscaped bitches just look at stats like that tells the tale.

Kap sucked and was out of a job.Kanter sucked and was out of a job.Everything isn't politics.
Have you looked outside lately? Everything IS politics now.
 
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One of the parts that stuck out to me was NBC wouldn’t air his commercial because it had brand names and logos in it. NBC was “brave” enough to attack their own President when it was popular but won’t attack big companies. Cowards.
 

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Freak yes. Although, it is easier to not need a paycheck when you got 100 M’s in the bank.
He’s a breath of fresh air in a world of athletes who only seem to care about getting richer.

From his confidence in losing his contracts it does seem like he was wise with his money which is not something a lot of athletes can say.

But as you say, losing a paycheck with his capital isn’t the same as say, a factory worker with a family to support.
 

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Only because his minutes were cut...year before he averages 11 points and 11 rebounds.

There is definitely some behind the scenes BS here in play to silence him as he did not toe the company genocide line.
Agree. Freedom could lead the league in rebounds if he got decent minutes. He was purposely not being played and made to look like he no longer had enough game to play in the NBA.
 

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Normally this would sound reasonable. However when John Cena inadvertently acknowledged the existence of Taiwan and the studio forced him to apologize to China, in Chinese no less, it's necessary to realize that China has heavy control over Hollywood and our Sports. In this case it's clear that this is happening.

Yep. NBA under major Chinese influence. He was also asked to speak at CPAC which prob contributed as well as our Chinese overlords crying foul.

“Nobody cares about the Uyghers” - Warriors part owner.
 

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He should arrange for a joint tryout with Colin Kaepernick who is better than half the starting QBs in the NFL!! We can let the View take care of the details.
 
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Daryl Morey tweeted about China and is still president of basketball operations for one of the most storied franchises in the league--the same league that can and has taken an entire team away from a guy over racism.

If anybody cared about Kanter this much, he wouldn't have been doing all this in the first place or have changed his name.
 
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MegaBlue05

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Kap sucked and was out of a job.Kanter sucked and was out of a job.Everything isn't politics.

This is really what it comes down to. I love Enes like I love all former Cats, but the bottom line was his offensive production was slipping and he was one of, if not the, worst defensive center in the league. The numbers don’t lie.