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Enes Freedom

Age 34 · Turkey · 208 cm (6'10") · 113 kg · Born May 20, 1992 · Fenerbahce

12.1 PPG 8.3 RPG 0.9 APG 820 games 10 seasons
Enes Freedom

Career snapshot

10seasons
820games
9,925career pts
20.8PER (avg)
Most-played franchise: Utah Jazz · 195 games · 2011-12–2014-15

Position rank · 2020-21

#18PPG rank
#8PER rank
#6WS rank
Among 40 Center players (min. 41 games)

Career highs (single season)

PPG 18.7 2014-15 · OKC
RPG 11.0 2014-15 · OKC
APG 1.9 2018-19 · NYK
PER 24.9 2014-15 · OKC
WS 8.1 2015-16 · OKC

Draft

2011
Round 1 · Pick 3
from Fenerbahce

Career by team

Boston Celtics
2019-20 – 2021-22 · 2 seasons
6.4 PPG 6.3 RPG 0.7 APG
93 games
Portland Trail Blazers
2018-19 – 2020-21 · 2 seasons
11.7 PPG 10.4 RPG 1.2 APG
95 games
New York Knicks
2017-18 – 2018-19 · 2 seasons
14.1 PPG 10.8 RPG 1.7 APG
115 games
Oklahoma City Thunder
2014-15 – 2016-17 · 3 seasons
14.2 PPG 8.0 RPG 0.7 APG
180 games
Utah Jazz
2011-12 – 2014-15 · 3 seasons
10.1 PPG 6.5 RPG 0.5 APG
195 games

Stats by season

SeasonTeamGGSMIN PTSREBASTSTLBLK FG%3P%FT%PERWS
2011-12 UTA 66 0 13.2 4.6 4.2 0.1 0.3 0.3 49.6 0.0 66.7 14.5 1.7
2013-14 UTA 80 37 26.7 12.3 7.5 0.9 0.4 0.5 49.1 0.0 73.0 15.6 2.2
2014-15 NBA 75 74 28.5 15.5 8.9 0.7 0.5 0.4 51.9 35.6 78.2 — —
2014-15 OKC 26 26 31.1 18.7 11.0 1.1 0.5 0.5 56.6 75.0 77.6 24.9 3.7
2014-15 UTA 49 48 27.1 13.8 7.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 49.1 31.7 78.8 17.5 2.7
2015-16 OKC 82 1 21.0 12.7 8.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 57.6 47.6 79.7 24.0 8.1
2016-17 OKC 72 0 21.3 14.3 6.7 0.9 0.4 0.5 54.5 13.2 78.6 23.7 5.8
2017-18 NYK 71 71 25.8 14.1 11.0 1.5 0.5 0.5 59.2 0.0 84.8 24.0 7.5
2018-19 NBA 67 31 24.5 13.7 9.8 1.7 0.5 0.4 54.9 29.4 78.7 — —
2018-19 NYK 44 23 25.6 14.0 10.5 1.9 0.4 0.4 53.6 31.8 81.4 21.8 3.4
2018-19 POR 23 8 22.3 13.1 8.6 1.4 0.6 0.4 57.7 25.0 73.5 23.5 2.1
2019-20 BOS 58 7 16.9 8.1 7.4 1.0 0.4 0.7 57.2 14.3 70.7 22.4 4.4
2020-21 POR 72 35 24.4 11.2 11.0 1.2 0.5 0.7 60.4 25.0 77.4 22.4 7.5
2021-22 BOS 35 1 11.7 3.7 4.6 0.2 0.1 0.4 52.6 40.0 85.7 15.0 1.4

Transfers & team changes

Derived from season-by-season team membership.

Date Move Type Notes
Jul 2020 Boston Celtics Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 2019 Portland Trail Blazers Boston Celtics season change
Jul 2019 New York Knicks Boston Celtics season change
Jul 2018 New York Knicks Portland Trail Blazers season change
Jul 2017 Oklahoma City Thunder New York Knicks season change
Oct 2014 Oklahoma City Thunder Utah Jazz mid season trade From 2014-15 to 2014-15
Jul 2014 Utah Jazz Oklahoma City Thunder season change

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Born on May 20

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About Enes Freedom

Enes Kanter Freedom is a Turkish and American human rights activist, New York Times bestselling author, 2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, and former professional basketball player who played 11 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Born in Switzerland to Kurdish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz, and primarily played the center position. He is known for his "freedom shoes" and outspoken criticism of human rights abuses in China, particularly the treat