With the NBA about to debut its HORSE contest among players and former players (Hello, Paul Pierce) while the coronavirus quarantine continues, Celtics big man Enes Kanter knows one of the C's who SHOULDN'T be included if the competition catches on.
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"If they start shooting 3s, I'm done," Kanter told Chris Forsberg on the latest episode of The Enes Kanter Show Podcast. "Definitely not me."
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Kanter was joined on the pod by fellow C's big man Daniel Theis and they were quick to suggest teammate Marcus Smart, known for his trick-shot prowess. Though Smart quipped earlier this week that he'd like defense to be included in the contests.
Beyond Smart, "I'm thinking Jaylen Brown or Jayson Tatum might be pretty good," Kanter suggested.
"Probably Tremont," Theis said, nominating rookie Tremont Waters, whose 5-foot-10 size is made up for with his shot repertoire.
Boston's international duo - Kanter from Turkey, Theis from Germany - have bonded as teammates this season, and have something in common that Kanter never realized.
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Their age.
"I played against him the past, I thought he was 34, 35 years old," Kanter recalled of their first meeting as Celtics. "He said, 'Dude I'm the same age as you [27]."
Theis is glad they've joined forces. "I hated playing against him," he said. "He can move fast and he stays in the paint for rebounds every time, so I hated playing against him because of his rebounding ability and I was fighting with him."
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