LONDON _ While the Knicks were an ocean away and Enes Kanter was left home alone in New York, he still was the most visible player on the roster _ appearing in sit-down interviews on CNN, PBS and BBC, penning an op-ed in The Washington Post and visiting with a handful of senators and congressmen.
Shortly after the rest of the team arrived in London while Kanter opted to remain home in fear of retribution from Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a story surfaced that Istanbul's state prosecutor is trying to have an Interpol red notice placed on Kanter, seeking to have him arrested and extradited as a terrorist.
When the Knicks take to the practice court, Kanter will be reunited with his teammates, at least for now. The Knicks and the NBA are uncertain of just how serious the political threats are for Kanter, unable to ascertain whether an alert had actually been sought. As one Turkish blogger at the London game noted, Kanter's fears of someone reaching out to attack him in England may be real, but that threat isn't alleviated in the United States.
