Rumors

Steve Clarke, who lives in Norway, first visited the museum by himself while his son was practicing at the FedExForum on Dec. 14. But after going on the tour, he was excited to tell his son about his trip and suggested Brandon attend when he had the time. “I said, ‘This museum is around the people you are around every single day, and it’s part of you as well,’ ” said Steve Clarke. “ ‘Although I am not African American, I am of Jamaican descent, so that is the same thing. They paved for you to get here, otherwise it would not have worked out for me or you.’ ”

The Undefeated

David Cobb: Taylor Jenkins talked with Jonas Valanciunas via WhatsApp yesterday as Valanciunas was on a fishing trip in Norway. Kleiman says no comment on the opt-in decision but praises him quite a bit.

Twitter

You had been scheduled to speak in May at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway. What happened there with the cancellation? Enes Kanter: I couldn’t go because of my passport. They canceled my passport a little over a year ago, and that’s why I couldn’t actually go outside of the country. We didn’t want to take that chance because I’m still not an American citizen. I’m still a Turkish citizen, so if anything happens, they could send me back to Turkey. And if they send me back to Turkey, it would get really ugly. So I’m like, “You know what? Don’t even bother taking that chance. Just stay here.”

The Athletic

Kanter’s goal is to return now to the U.S. He’s visited “eight or nine countries,” Fetic said, on his world tour. Remaining stops in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Switzerland likely would be canceled. “Because his passport is canceled, it would be difficult to get into other countries,” Fetic said.

Oklahoman

Keeping track of Brook Lopez is somewhere between "Where's Waldo?" and "Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?" The globe-trotting center has spent time in Norway and Denmark in Europe, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia in Africa and New Zealand, which as any geographer can tell you is part of the continent of Australia. He also has spent some time in North America and now is part of the NBA's 3x3 competition in South Korea.

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