Enes Kanter made his way to the podium with a large grin. He greeted the team’s beat writers and spent his time on the mic cracking jokes, praising his young teammates and new coach — and vowing to make the Knicks great again.
Oh, and the jovial center offered this meme-worthy one-liner: “When I think about the playoffs, my nipples get hard.”
Kanter sure seems happy to still be a Knick after opting into the final year of his contract. The free agent-to-be, traded to the Knicks in the Carmelo Anthony deal last fall, reiterated his plan to retire with the team he joined last year, hoping to be part of the franchise once it begins winning.