He must workout!
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thebrazilianzz
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hm... here is another ripped gym rat who worked harder then anybody on the Jazz according to Sloan. Wondering where is he now?
According to Wikipedia: "In June 2011, he signed a deal with Franca Basquetebol Clube. In 2012, Araújo decided to retire, though he was open to return to basketball if he had a good proposal. He co-owns a gymnasium in Franca and is about to open a fitness clothing shop called B66 after his nickname and number. Araújo also wants to write a book about his story as a "cautionary tale"."
The Fresh Prince
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Wlad?
underKANTER
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oh man... i live in switzerland and i'm studying law at the university of zurich. the same university where kanter's dad became a doctor. to go on with, kanter was born in zurich as well. my girlfriend is turkish and i have many friends coming from turkey. there are also many turkish people here over here...
but i'm sorry that i'm not turkish and i don't care about the turkish national basketball team. well tried...
Stifle Tower
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Interesting. I didn't know all of that info on Enes and his family. So perhaps he feels more Swiss-American than Turkish and doesn't give a %$#@ about playing for the Turkish national team.
addictionary
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underKANTER
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you know, i have arabian origin and once stayed for about three months in istanbul. i was impressed by the city and the country. really an amazing experience!
as soon as i went back to switzerland, some turkish friends of mine talked about enes kanter and that he would have the potential to become one of the best foreign born players ever heading to the nba (switzerland is the country where i was born and grew up and i'm still living here).
i kind of started to care more about enes kanter and his story and even about the turkish basketball team. for sure my girlfriend was a reason as well since she likes basketball like me. i have grown up watching international basketball and the nba and i do have a special connection to turkey like some of you guys have to other countries as well...
underKANTER
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some friends of mine said that it might have something to do with the current coach of the turkish national team. he once was the coach of that turkish team that made kanter ineligible to play at the college level for the wildcats for being professional and receiving more money as allowed.
to go on with, i do think that he might have some personal issues with some people within the organization of the turkish national team that where criticizing his decision going overseas and the guy who said kanter would not be ready and kind of was criticizing his game and his development.
kanter is a winner, a fighter, a hardworker! i do think that he wanted the offseason to improve his game and maybe did not want to return to the turkish national team before he was not 100 percent ready. i do think that for him, it is more important to improve than helping his national team. he only can help when he feels he is really ready to dominate. he wants to go back as an improved player and maybe thought that playing for the national team would not help him as much as working out in the states. i mean, the czech republic, portugal, italy and belarus are not really a great combination of teams to improve his game. maybe he rates his workouts as a more important thing than playing against bad competition as well. turkey is a crap of a team without their stars and good players à la turkoglu, asik and ilyasova.
underKANTER
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true... but the chemistry over there is important!
as i mentioned before, he might not want to play for the same coach who once was the coach of that turkish team which made kanter ineligible to play at the college level.
he might have some personal isssues within the office of the national turkish basketball team.
i do think that's the main reason and no one talks about it. there are some unknown issues. i don't believe that kanter would really refuse to play for his national team without having a real, strong reason.
That's the basketball god blessing Kanter. At worst, Kanter can be our Karl Malone, minus the skills....