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Enes Kanter, Kentucky’s top recruit from Turkey, allegedly received more than $100,000 in cash and benefits from his professional team there, which could jeopardize his chance to play for the university, according to a New York Times report.

The Times spoke with the general manger of Fenerbahce Ulker, Nedim Karakas, who admitted that the club had been giving banking and housing records to the NCAA that showed Kanter did receive incentives. Among the alleged benefits were housing and food for his family, pocket money, an initial payment of $19,800 and a salary to Kanter of more than $6,500 a month in his last season.

“I am sorry for telling this for Enes, but we cannot lie if someone asks the whole story, we cannot hide,” Karakas told the Times. He also added that the amount given to Kanter and his family in four years was somewhere between $100,000 and $150,000.

If Karakas is telling the truth, there is a good chance Kanter would be ineligible to play for the Wildcats.

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