Enes Kanter Freedom

What strikes me about Enes Kanter Freedom is that he ended up defined less by basketball than by what he was willing to risk for his convictions. An eleven-season NBA career is no small thing, but he traded comfort for activism, got nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, and even legally changed his name to Freedom when he became a U.S. citizen. That kind of trade-off fascinates me. Plenty of athletes stay quiet to protect their careers; he did the opposite, and you sense it cost him something. Standing 211 cm, born in Switzerland to Turkish parents and schooled at Kentucky, he was always between worlds, which maybe explains the restlessness.

Name (English)

Enes Kanter Freedom

Name (Japanese)

エネス・カンター

Reading

えねす・かんたー

Born

May 20, 1992 (age 34)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Monkey

Origin

Zurich, Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Height

211 cm

Occupation

basketball player

University

University of Kentucky

Motto

Private

• Official sitehttp://www.eneskanter11.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/eneskanter11/
• Xhttps://x.com/EnesKanter
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%80%E3%83%A0

Tags

• Canton of Zurich
• basketball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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