Enes Kanter is the first Knick player in over 35+ years to get 20+ points and 20+ rebounds off of the bench. It is simple to say that he had easily one of the best games in his current career and should give anyone a reason to put him back onto the starting line up.
In the video of highlights from Enes Kanter is shows that the man played with a lot of heart while coming off the bench. It should be noted the Enes Kanter was not happy coming off the bench for the Knicks as all of last year he started. Due to a new coach in David Fizdale he stated many times that every player has to earn their starting spot. With this mindset it lead to the president of Kanter coming off the bench. Well it is easy to say in this exhibition that he clearly does not want to keep coming off the bench.
Enes Kanter scored in total of 23 points, 24 rebounds, and even had 7 assists. In total he had the best plus/minus stats for the whole entire team. In the highlight tape it shows that he is a force to be messed with in the paint. He put his whole body into almost every single basket he scored, and if he missed he threw himself back up their trying to grab the rebound and score again. The 7 assists in the game do not clearly speak enough for what he did finding in the toughest ways to pass to the open teammate for an easy score. Finally the 24 rebounds is insane, sure some were easy rebounds to get defensively but not even all of them were, and the offensive ones were just plain dominate from him. It is easy to say that this man has showed he deserved to get the starting spot back as well as becoming a early contender for an All Star.
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