NEW YORK, NY – MAY 22: Turkish NBA Player Enes Kanter speaks to the media during a news conference about his detention at a Romanian airport on May 22, 2017 in New York City. Kanter returned to the U.S. after being detained for several hours at a Romanian airport following statements he made criticizing Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images)

Now back in America, Enes Kanter says he wants to become an American citizen