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OKC Thunder in the news: Enes Kanter citizen of nowhere

The OKC Thunder have found themselves in the news, a lot as of late. They recently inked guard Deonte Burton to a full-time contract, after Burton had spent the majority of the season on a two-way deal.

Secondly, former OKC Thunder center Enes Kanter was the center of a stellar ESPN 60 profile. The 32-minute segment detailed Kanter’s fight with his homeland of Turkey.

With that, let’s jump into the news:

Deonte the great is converted:

After much speculation, the Thunder did the inevitable and converted rookie guard Deonte Burton’s two-way contract into a standard NBA deal.