The Ringer’s Danny Chau and Justin Verrier are sold on the importance of Enes Kanter to the Blazers postseason success. In an article about major takeaways from the opening weekend of the NBA playoffs, Chau and Verrier added this passage in a section titled “The Second West Finals Participant May Be Decided by … Enes Kanter?”:
The question now is whether Kanter can keep it up. The Blazers, believe it or not, have been the fifth-best team in basketball since the start of 2019, with ratings and a record similar to the suddenly indomitable Rockets.