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Enes Kanter may gamble and opt out of his contract

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Enes Kanter loves New York. So much so that he is leaning toward opting out of his contract in hopes of getting a new long-term deal with the Knicks.

“You could say that, yes,” Kanter said Thursday.

It would be a risky and surprising move that could backfire on Kanter for multiple reasons.

He would be opting out of a whopping $18.6 million next season. Kanter may not see that in a new deal from the small amount of teams that have cap space, and he probably won’t from the Knicks. They don’t want to sign anyone to any long-term contracts this summer so they have the money to be spenders in 2019.