Oklahoma City Thunder Match Trail Blazers Offer for Enes Kanter

Adrian Wojnarowski of YahooSports is reporting that the Oklahoma City Thunder have informed the Portland Trail Blazers that they will match Portland's offer to restricted free agent Enes Kanter.

Oklahoma City has informed Portland it has matched $70M offer sheet for restricted free agent Enes Kanter, league sources tell Yahoo Sports.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 13, 2015

The Blazers offered the reserve center a 4-year, $70 million deal on Thursday. The Thunder had 3 days to match. Wojnarowski goes on to explain the implications for Oklahoma City.

For Thunder, this was an easy decision. OKC offered Kanter in $62M-range, and always planned for possibility of a max offer sheet.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 13, 2015

As salary cap rises in 2016-'17, Kanter contract won't cause Thunder to be a luxury tax team -- even if Kevin Durant signed new deal.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 13, 2015

Thunder takes tax hit this season, but they've been under tax for years. Ownership simply has to deal with it. Huge stakes with KD this year

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) July 13, 2015