Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter finds himself at the center of several newsworthy stories this week.
Specifically, the National Basketball Players Association spoke out in support of Kanter:
The NBPA statement appear to have been spurred by two events. First, reports surfaced that some fans attending game two of the Blazers and Nuggets playoff series may have made offensive and insensitive remarks toward Kanter:
Crowd is chanting "Kanter sucks!" and one yelled out, "Go back to Turkey, oh wait you can't!"
— Royce Young (@royceyoung) May 2, 2019
"Go back to Turkey.