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SPONSORED BY: ATHLETIC GREENS. Get a free 1-year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs with your first purchase. Go to https://athleticgreens.com/triggernometry/ Enes Kanter Freedom is a professional basketball player who last played for the Boston Celtics in the NBA. He was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. A center, Kanter played for five NBA teams during his eleven year career and represented the Turkish national team in international play between 2008-2015. He is an outspoken activist as regards the human rights violations of various dictatorships. Join our exclusive TRIGGERnometry community on Locals! https://triggernometry.locals.com/ OR Support TRIGGERnometry Here: Bitcoin: bc1qm6vvhduc6s3rvy8u76sllmrfpynfv94qw8p8d5 Music by: Music by: Xentric | info@xentricapc.com | https://www.xentricapc.com/ YouTube: @xentricapc Buy Merch Here: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/shop/ Advertise on TRIGGERnometry: marketing@triggerpod.co.uk Join the Mailing List: https://www.triggerpod.co.uk/sign-up/ Find TRIGGERnometry on Social Media: https://twitter.com/triggerpod https://www.facebook.com/triggerpod/ https://www.instagram.com/triggerpod/ About TRIGGERnometry: Stand-up comedians Konstantin Kisin (@konstantinkisin) and Francis Foster (@francisjfoster) make sense of politics, economics, free speech, AI, drug policy and WW3 with the help of presidential advisors, renowned economists, award-winning journalists, controversial writers, leading scientists and notorious comedians. 00:00 Intro 01:21 Enes Kanter’s Background 04:43 What Was it Like in the NBA? 06:44 What Does it Take to Make it in the NBA? 09:14 The Pressure of Elite Sport 13:01 How Enes Deals with Success 19:42 Sponsor Message: Athletic Greens 21:15 What Makes Top Level Athletes so Special? 27:10 Speaking Out about Turkey 36:44 How a Platform Provides a Sense of Duty 40:02 Speaking Out about China 43:27 "Take Off Your Shoes" 50:03 Is it Wrong to Bring Politics into Sport? 51:53 Did Enes Want to Fight the NBA? 54:56 BLM in the NBA 1:02:42 Does Enes Have Any Regrets? 1:04:05 What’s the One Thing We’re Not Talking About? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices