Enes Kanter on Damian Lillard’s Loyalty, Russell Westbrook’s Intensity, and His Activism | Real Ones from The Ringer NBA Show

Enes Kanter on Damian Lillard’s Loyalty, Russell Westbrook’s Intensity, and His Activism | Real Ones

1 hour 22 minutes Posted May 6, 2021 at 7:09 pm.

First off, Logan and Raja get into the on-court spat between Indiana Pacers assistant coach Greg Foster and center Goga Bitadze

and J.A. Adande’s tweet saying that the play-in tournament could be bad for the league if it prevents the Celtics and Lakers from making the playoffs

Then Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter joins the show to talk about the dreaded play-in tournament

playing with Carmelo Anthony at this stage of his career

Damian Lillard’s loyalty to Portland

everything he learned from the great Russell Westbrook

staying away from social media where mountains of criticism are on players' feeds

and his activism surrounding human rights violations in Turkey and what speaking out has cost him

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First off, Logan and Raja get into the on-court spat between Indiana Pacers assistant coach Greg Foster and center Goga Bitadze (0:30) and J.A. Adande’s tweet saying that the play-in tournament could be bad for the league if it prevents the Celtics and Lakers from making the playoffs (10:49). Then Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter joins the show to talk about the dreaded play-in tournament (19:26), playing with Carmelo Anthony at this stage of his career (31:30), Damian Lillard’s loyalty to Portland (37:25), everything he learned from the great Russell Westbrook (40:15), staying away from social media where mountains of criticism are on players' feeds (50:45), and his activism surrounding human rights violations in Turkey and what speaking out has cost him (1:01:45). Hosts: Logan Murdock and Raja BellGuest: Enes KanterAssociate Producer: Sasha Ashall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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