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Charles Curtis

Enes Kanter trolls Kyrie Irving after taking his old Celtics number

Enes Kanter is and always will be the among the trolliest of NBA Trolls.

And just because he’s on a new team — the Boston Celtics — doesn’t mean he’s going to quit his trolling ways.

On Wednesday, the franchise introduced him and superstar acquisition Kemba Walker to the media, and Kanter was asked why he chose the jersey number 11 upon joining Boston.

At first he said it was his old jersey number, which is true. It’s what he wore while with the Thunder from 2016 to 2017. And then he pulled out this quote: “I want to be the reason no one else will.”

Sound familiar? Here’s the Kanter moment …

… And a certain Nike commercial from 2018 starring Irving in which he said the same thing:

Yep, he went there.

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