• Jazz fans probably won’t want to hear this, especially given the acrimonious way he departed Utah a few years ago.
But here goes anyway: Former Jazz center Enes Kanter is playing the best basketball of his career. And along with star forward Kristaps Porzingis, he presents a big matchup problem for the Jazz on Wednesday night, when they face the New York Knicks in Madison Square Garden.
Kanter still enjoys playing the villain. On Monday, he and LeBron James engaged in a very public dust-up, complete with a WWE-style staredown during the Cavs-Knicks game and barbs tossed back and forth by both afterwords.