We heard it all before. Enes Kanter is not good enough on defense to receive consistent minutes. You might be able to play him in the regular season but not the playoffs. Even his former coach Billy Donovan appeared to say, “You can’t play Kanter”, during a game in 2017.
After his buyout with the tanking New York Knicks, Kanter signed with the Portland Trail Blazers. Since then, he has proven how wrong his critics were.
Kanter has not only played, but he has been essential to Portland’s success.