Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter will not travel with the team to Toronto for Friday night's game against the Raptors.
Kanter, a native of Turkey, spoke with Trail Blazers beat reporter Casey Holdahl on Wednesday night to address his fears he'll be arrested if he leaves the country.
"Because of one dictator I can't go out and do my job. Pretty sad," Kanter said.
Officials in Turkey put out an extradition request on Kanter in January and issued a red notice, which alerts Interpol to locate and arrest any person that has extradition orders pending.