When the NBA’s free agency period approaches on July 1, everybody in the state of Oklahoma will be keeping a close eye on the contract negotiations between the Oklahoma City Thunder and restricted free agent Enes Kanter.
If Thunder owner Clay Bennett doesn’t want to pay the luxury tax for exceeding the salary cap, Kanter won’t be back in Oklahoma City. However, general manager Sam Presti would have never made the trade if he didn’t have the intention of paying the tax. It looks like the Thunder will get the first meeting with Kanter, and they will try to get a deal done before he hits the open market.