The Knicks and the NBA has time to assess this situation and determine a solution, but it’s obviously quite dicey. On one hand, Kanter doesn’t own a valid passport and is being charged as a terrorist in his home country of Turkey. On the other hand, Kanter’s biggest crime is speaking freely – specifically against Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who has tightened his authoritarian grip on the country by arresting those who don’t fall in line.

Based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "Kanter is a controversial figure."?
Yes