Blazers Sign Enes Kanter To 1 Year $2.3 Million

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Knicks waive Enes Kanter

The New York Knicks have waived center Enes Kanter.

The Knicks had talked to teams about potential trades for the past several weeks, sources said, but Kanter's $18.6 million expiring contract proved too difficult to move at Thursday's deadline.

Kanter, 26, had appeared in just three of the Knicks' past 12 games and had been vocal about his displeasure over his reduced role.

Kanter has averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds -- tied for 12th in the league -- in just 25.6 minutes per game this season, but he ranked last out of 68 qualified centers in ESPN's defensive real plus-minus metric. He is tied for third in the NBA in offensive rebounding (3.9 per game) since the start of the 2017-18 season.

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Veteran center Enes Kanter signs with Trail Blazers

Free-agent center Enes Kanter has signed a deal with the Portland Trail Blazers, he said Wednesday.

The Blazers signed Kanter as a restricted free agent to a four-year, $70 million offer sheet in 2015. The Oklahoma City Thunder matched the offer, retaining Kanter before eventually trading him to the Knicks as part of the Carmelo Anthony deal in 2017.

Kanter averaged 14 points and 10.5 rebounds, the latter tied for 12th in the league, in just 25.6 minutes per game this season for the Knicks. He appeared in 44 games.

In eight seasons with Utah, Oklahoma City and New York, Kanter has averaged 11.9 points and 7.6 rebounds.