Ime Udoka comments on Enes Kanter's lack of playing time and social media posts
Ime Udoka on Enes Kanter’s lack of playing time: “My thing is strictly basketball. We're switching a lot and doing some things that probably are not as natural for him and that's limited his time to some extent … Nothing basketball related will be based on [social media].” pic.twitter.com/f1yr7m3aoO
— Chris Forsberg (@ChrisForsberg_) November 15, 2021
Enes Kanter has only played 10 minutes total all season. With Al Horford out on Saturday night, Boston struggled mightily the minutes that Robert Williams had to rest, but Ime still wouldn't go to Enes. So while Udoka shot down any insinuation that Kanter's posts on human rights in Taiwan, Tibet, and Hong Kong have anything to do with his DNP's, one does need to wonder why Kanter was re-signed in the first place?
Brad Stevens and Udoka both know Kanter's strengths and weaknesses on the court by this point in his career. So if he's not going to play when one of your two centers is out, is he only on the roster for the games that both are out? Would he even play then?Celtics were a +13 for the 34 mins that Time Lord played & thus a -15 for the 14 mins he didn't.
— CelticsLife.com (@celticslife) November 14, 2021
None of those 14 mins went to Enes Kanter. Why did you re-sign Enes if you aren't going to play him the nights Al is out & you're getting killed the mins Time Lord has to rest?
Related:
Enes Kanter: "Keep limiting me on the court, I will expose you off the court" https://t.co/74KrdC6Oto pic.twitter.com/xkuzNd5Qo3
— CelticsLife.com (@celticslife) November 15, 2021
Lot of writers, networks, and publications that cover the NBA ignoring the Kanter story… š¤hmm…. šµšµšµ
— CelticsLife.com (@celticslife) October 21, 2021
Suspicious since when Kanter had previously spoken up on other social issues like human rights in Turkey or BLM, he received a lot of coverage and kudos. šµšµšµ
Brad Stevens says Enes Kanter has his and Celtics support (kind of) https://t.co/UcjCR11nbn pic.twitter.com/bkisII5HPB
— CelticsLife.com (@celticslife) October 31, 2021
