Enes Kanter is no stranger to some Twitter beef as the Knicks’ big man regularly finds himself trolling opponents on social media, often escalating whatever happened during the game.
Last season, Kanter and Suns star guard Devin Booker got into it during a January game between the two soon-to-be lottery teams, with Booker getting tossed and the Knicks winning. Kanter celebrated by posting a picture of Booker holding up a giant L, and saying he should “talk to me nice.”
Hold that “L” kid.
Talk to me nice or don’t talk to me at all… pic.twitter.com/tS3mLgClTA
— Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) January 27, 2018
On Monday, the Suns visited the Knicks for their first meeting since that night and exacted some revenge. Booker lit up New York for 38 points to go along with seven boards, as the Suns rattled off a third consecutive win (by far their longest winning streak of the season). Afterwards, Booker hadn’t forgotten about Kanter’s tweet from January and so he retweeted it with a little commentary on the Suns’ offensive strategy in the game.
🤦🏽♂️ “Pick n Roll at 00 every time” https://t.co/riaizpFpZV
— Book (@DevinBook) December 18, 2018
It’s a pretty great response from Booker and an honest one at that. Kanter is well known around the league for being a bucket-getter and great glass man, but a miserable defender. It’s one of the reasons he’s on his third team of his career, with questions about what his role can be as he heads into free agency this summer. There’s no doubting his abilities on the offensive end, but teams certainly target him on the defensive side of the ball and Booker highlighted that in his response to Kanter.
