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Report: Enes Kanter demands trade from Utah Jazz

Published Feb. 12, 2015 12:50 p.m. ET

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It hasn't been an easy season for Enes Kanter. First, he and the Jazz couldn't agree on a contract extension. Then, Rudy Gobert's emergence as a defensive force has drastically cut into his playing time. Now, it appears as if Kanter's frustrations with his role and inconsistent minutes have reached a boiling point.

Frustrated by his role during his three-plus years in Utah, center Enes Kanter told The Salt Lake Tribune he hopes to be traded before this year's deadline.

Kanter expressed his frustration after Wednesday's 87-82 loss to the Mavericks, a game in which Kanter left with an eye injury and did not play in the fourth quarter despite his claim that he was healthy enough to play.

"It was not my eye at all. I don't know what it was, but it was not my eye at all. So we'll see what's going to happen," Kanter said after the game, declining to elaborate further.

(Read more at The Salt Lake Tribune)