Enes Kanter was bummed out, but at least he could joke about his potential free agency. Unlike several players this summer of dry salary cap space, Kanter has money coming to him.
So, when Yahoo! Sports' Shams Charania reported that Kanter was picking up the option on his $18.6 million salary for this upcoming season, the former Thunder center playfully tweeted that he hadn't made his decision yet. That wasn't a tough decision to make in this market.
Every summer there are a handful of exorbitant NBA contracts signed, but this isn't the summer of 2016 when teams were flush with salary cap space.