The 2017–18 New York Knicks season was the 72nd season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Enes Kanter Freedom is an American professional basketball player, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee who last played for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He also had a brief professional wrestling career, where he is a former WWE 24/7 Champion. Born in Switzerland to Turkish parents, he was raised in Turkey and moved to the United States as a teenager. Freedom was selected as the third overall pick of the 2011 NBA draft by the Utah Jazz. A center, Freedom played for five NBA teams during his eleven-year career.