Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom announces 2028 Congressional bid

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Former NBA star Enes Kanter Freedom is looking to pursue a whole new career path in the not-too-distant future.

Freedom has previously hinted that he would launch a bid for political office, but he cautioned that he would only do so at the appropriate time. Freedom, who was born in Switzerland but was primarily raised in Turkey, became an American citizen in 2021 and changed his last name to Freedom. He would not be eligible to hold a political office in the US until 2028. 

"Everytime I go into Congress or (the) Senate, people are like 'What are you doing? What are you waiting for? You have an amazing shot at this.' But, we have this crazy rule . . . after you become a citizen you have to wait seven years to run for an office. So I became a citizen in 2021, so I am allowed to run into 2028."

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Enes Kanter Freedom attends the Algemeiner 50th Anniversary J100 Gala at The Ziegfeld Ballroom on November 29, 2022, in New York City.  (Jared Siskin/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images)

Freedom added that he believed being a member of Congress would give him the opportunity to make an impact.

"Being an activist is good and its amazing, and it inspires so many people, but I think to make a real change you have to be in the Congress or Senate. So, I will be, yes, looking to run for Congress in 2028. It's going to be exciting."

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Freedom did not reveal which state he hopes to represent when he runs for office, but he did note that he wanted to live somewhere that typically has a warm climate.

"Send me somewhere warm