_(cropped).jpg) Freedom with the Boston Celtics in 2021 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | May 20, 1992 Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Turkish/American[1][2] | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 250 lb (113 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | Stoneridge Preparatory School (Simi Valley, California) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Kentucky[3] | ||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 2011: 1st round, 3rd overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Selected by the Utah Jazz | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2008–2009; 2011–2022 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Center | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | Fenerbahçe | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2015 | Utah Jazz | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Oklahoma City Thunder | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2019 | New York Knicks | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | Boston Celtics | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at NBA.com | |||||||||||||||
| Stats at Basketball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Enes Kanter Freedom (Turkish pronunciation: [eˈnes kanˈtæɾ fɾiˈdom]; born Enes Kanter; May 20, 1992[4]) is a Turkish-American former professional basketball player and human rights activist who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also had a brief professional wrestling career, where he is a former WWE 24/7 Champion. Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. A center, Freedom played for five NBA teams during his eleven-year career.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
citizenwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Freedom, Enes (September 11, 2018). "NBA Player Enes Freedom: I've Spoken Out Against Turkey's President Erdogan and Now I Can't Go Home". Time. Archived from the original on December 31, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
Last year, Erdogan canceled my passport and put out an international warrant for my arrest. That means I am now stateless and pretty much can't leave the United States. It's interfering with my career, too.
- ^ "Enes Kantor". University of Kentucky Athletics. September 19, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
- ^ Kanter, Enes (May 23, 2017). "They Can Take Away Your Country, Just Like That". The Players' Tribune.