There is no basketball metric for team spirit, joviality, being the perfect teammate.
Esteemed Thunder general manager Sam Presti may now realize those qualities don’t come in the form of a basketball analytic.
Knicks starting center Enes Kanter is a bundle of joy and energy. The Carmelo Anthony trade is more than two months old. Oklahoma City is 8-12 without Kanter. The Knicks are 11-10 with him.
Kanter is a good-hearted man and won’t gloat.
“If you look at the team, I’ll still pick them over any team in the West,’’ Kanter said of the Thunder.