Enes Kanter was available for the New York Knicks in their 127-109 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder Monday, but in a bench role, again. Mitchell Robinson and Luke Kornet, both younger than Kanter, have taken priority.
It was Kanter’s first game back. He previously missed time with an illness and declining to travel amid prosecution concerns from his native country, Turkey. Before that, Kornet had assumed the starting center role.
When the 26-year-old’s role was reduced earlier this season to a reserve, it led to public comments of displeasure.