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'10 Switzerland/NV C Enes Kanter (Kentucky Signee)

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Scout article: August 18th

Kanter has turned down contracts of over 5 million dollars from professional European teams to move to the United States for his senior year. He will be joining Findlay Prep (where we are recruiting his team SG Nick Johnson). Kanter has already received 35 phone calls including one from the Bucks.

Edit: Changed thread title to Switzerland from Sweden.
 
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He is actually Turkish but was born in Zurich, Switzerland (not Sweden) because his father (a histology professor) was working there at the time.

I am Turkish myself so I would like to see him here but we are pretty full already for the 2010 class.
 
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If someone else besides Turner would leave early for the NBA or transfer, you never know. I would think that this guy will be a late signee since he just arrived in the States. There is no mention of any schools in the above article.
 
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We, OSU, were reportedly one of the very first to call about him - even with no ships available to offer.

While he may end up waiting and signing in the Spring, I imagine with all of the interest he will be offered schollies by numerous schools well before the Fall signing period. It may be tempting for him to get it over with and sign in October.

That would seem to leave OSU out of contention. But maybe he will wait and we'll find out what Buford's intentions are and know for sure.

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Cavfan89;1521854; said:
In a different scout.com article it gave a list of 35+ schools that called.
Interesting that Ohio State has been in contact when Matta has said that he will only over sign by one. I guess that's why I think this kid would have to be a Spring signee for us to even be in the picture. Plus, I think he needs to get acclimated to the United States culture before letting someone like the assistant coach at Findlay make his college decision for him.
 
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Huskies get commitment from 6-foot-10 Turkish star Enes Kanter
Kanter, a 17-year-old center, is considered a possible lottery pick in 2011 NBA draft.
By Percy Allen
Seattle Times staff reporter

Spurned by Kentwood High School basketball star Joshua Smith, who signed with UCLA last week, the Huskies went to Las Vegas over the weekend and hit the jackpot.

Washington received a verbal commitment from Turkish standout Enes Kanter, who flew under the radar of most recruiting analysts but might be one of the best big men in the Class of 2010.

The 6-foot-10, 240-pound center from Stoneridge Preparatory School in Simi Valley, Calif., is one of seven centers in the class to get five stars by Scout.com (Smith is also on that list). Kanter reportedly chose UW over UCLA, USC, Indiana and UNLV.

Huskies | Huskies get commitment from 6-foot-10 Turkish star Enes Kanter | Seattle Times Newspaper
 
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Report: Enes Kanter to sign letter of intent with Kentucky
March 23, 2010

Scout.com is reporting that Turkish star Enes Kanter, who orally committed to Washington in November, will sign a national letter of intent with Kentucky.

The Seattle Times is also reporting the story, saying they received a call from a reporter in Louisville who said the story appears to be true.

Per NCAA rules, the Kentucky coaches aren't acknowledging the report, but as the reporter told the Seattle Times: "There's a lot of happy people in Lexington."

Rivals.com caught up with Kanter's prep coach Derryck Thornton who confirmed the report.

Report: Enes Kanter to sign letter of intent with Kentucky | The Fabulous Forum | Los Angeles Times
 
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Cavfan89;1688443; said:
Kanter has been committed to Kentucky for a little while now. So, no that does not explain why Coach C would announce that Patrick Patterson was going pro prior to him actually deciding.

Shhh dont let the facts get in my way of bashing Calipari!!!!!!!!! I dont follow UK recruiting so I had no clue, thanks for the info.
 
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Updated: Sat, Apr. 17, 2010
UK signee Kanter is on everyone's radar now
Turkish big man turned heads at Summit
By Jerry Tipton / [email protected]

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UK signee Enes Kanter played for Turkey in the 2009 U-18 European Championship.


NEW YORK ? For Jared Sullinger, a top-five national prospect headed for Ohio State, Enes Kanter was an unknown commodity going into last weekend's Nike Hoop Summit.

"I had never heard of him tearing up any camps," Sullinger said Friday.

So Kanter presented quite a calling card in the game. He scored 34 points, breaking Dirk Nowitzki's 12-year-old record for the World Select Team, and grabbed 13 rebounds.

The USA Junior National Select Team won 101-97 with Sullinger scoring 22 points. But Kanter won, too, setting records for field goals made (13) and attempted (21) and stamping himself as an elite player. With Kanter signing a national letter of intent with Kentucky earlier this week, that's good news for a program looking to reload after announcing that five players planned to enter this year's NBA Draft.

"His skill ability is off the charts," Sullinger said after a practice for the Jordan Brand Classic here on Saturday. "He's going to be a really great basketball player on the (college) level."

Read more: UK signee Kanter is on everyone's radar now | KentuckySports.com
 
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Buh-Bye


http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/08/sports/ncaabasketball/08basketball.html?_r=2&ref=sports

ISTANBUL ? The best recruit in Kentucky?s top-ranked recruiting class, the Turkish center Enes Kanter, received more than $100,000 in cash and benefits over three years from the professional team he played for here, according to the team?s general manager.
In an interview in his office here this week, the general manager of Fenerbahce Ulker, Nedim Karakas, said the club had given banking and housing records to the N.C.A.A. that show Kanter received benefits that could jeopardize his amateur status for college basketball.
?I am sorry for telling this for Enes, but we cannot lie if someone asks the whole story, we cannot hide,? Karakas said.
Karakas said that Fenerbahce provided housing to Kanter and his family for more than three years, provided them with food and pocket money and paid Kanter a salary of more than $6,500 a month during his final season.
Karakas and Fenerbahce?s basketball chief executive, Aydin Ors, both said they were unhappy with the way Kanter left the club because they had invested heavily in his development.
Kanter, an 18-year-old who is 6-foot-11 and 272 pounds, is considered by some as the best big man in the world for his age.
Fenerbahce stands to benefit if Kanter is declared ineligible to play college basketball since the team would be due a transfer fee if he plays in Europe next season, but Karakas said turning in the documents to the N.C.A.A. eligibility center was a matter of telling the truth.
?This is real, and the N.C.A.A.?s main goal is to protect the amateur side of sports,? Karakas said.
Max Ergul, who has acted as an adviser to Kanter, said Kanter?s experience at Fenerbahce was similar to a player attending prep school in the United States.
?They paid the necessary expenses, like any other kid who goes to prep school and gets the $30- or $40,000 scholarship,? Ergul said. ?I think that?s the truth.?
If he received the amount of money that Karakas says he did, it would cast serious doubt on his eligibility for the Wildcats. The N.C.A.A., which does not comment on specific cases, is reviewing Kanter?s amateur status. He was not cleared by the N.C.A.A. to play for Kentucky on a preseason team trip to Canada in August.
Kanter?s case is complicated because he did not sign a contract with the club.
Kentucky Coach John Calipari did not return a call to his cellphone seeking comment, but he told The Sporting News in April that Kanter didn?t receive any money. Kanter couldn?t be reached for comment. His father, Mehmet, a prominent professor in Turkey, did not return e-mail requests.
?There was no money, from what we?re seeing, what the kid is saying and the family, and what Nike is saying,? Calipari told The Sporting News. ?There?s a lot of misinformation out there. You?ve got people talking about it that don?t know, just heard a rumor.?
Karakas said the club provided Kanter and his family with between $100,000 and $150,000 starting when Kanter was 14 and he and his family moved from the Turkish capital of Ankara to Istanbul.
While some young prospects remain eligible if they receive only room and board, Karakas said Kanter?s family received more because he was an elite prospect.
?For Enes, he was a different guy from all the players because if you have a good player and he?s coming with his family we are renting them a house and giving him pocket money,? he said, putting that amount at between $20,000 and $25,000 a year. CONT...
 
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0% chance the NCAA should clear this kid to play for Kentucky. We'll see what happens, but hopefully the NCAA clearinghouse will for once prevent a Calipari mercenary from taking the court instead of being the Keystone Cops and then retroactively wiping out the records when the news comes out after the fact.
 
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