Enes Kanter shoes in tonight’s game had LeBron bowing to China.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #1 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:41 am

Not sure if already posted, if so mods please merge/delete. I looked and didn’t see a thread page 1 or 2, but maybe I missed it. This is definitely an interesting situation brewing between these two currently.

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NyKnicks1714 · Post #2 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:43 am

I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.

D.Brasco · Post #3 » by **D.Brasco** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:43 am

NyKnicks1714 wrote:I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.

People always come at the King.

Tracymcgoaty · Post #4 » by **Tracymcgoaty** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:46 am

Doesn't Kanter play for an association in partnership with China?

sip · Post #5 » by **sip** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:48 am

NyKnicks1714 wrote:I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.

It is pretty clear why. LeBron was the one that stood up for China during the Morey situation and he wants to come off as a social justice warrior. Of course that is only when it doesn't impact his pocket book.

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life_saver · Post #6 » by **life_saver** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:51 am

I mean we all know why Lebron made those statements and I doubt Lebron has some personal bias or opinion towards the situation in China..it's not any different to how various MNCs deal with China ...all these businesses (including NBA) get significant amount of revenue from China and don't wanna lose that. For me, the question is where exactly do you draw the line? Are you gonna also start boycotting buying mobile phones because they are made in China? Or are you gonna start boycotting every company that has items manufactured in China?

Ckay · Post #7 » by **Ckay** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:52 am

Ofc a former Clipper fan would post it.

Kanter been going after LeBron for the last 3 weeks.

azcatz11 · Post #8 » by **azcatz11** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 3:54 am

OKCfanSinceSGA wrote:Not sure if already posted, if so mods please merge/delete. I looked and didn’t see a thread page 1 or 2, but maybe I missed it. This is definitely an interesting situation brewing between these two currently.

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Most of us are sick of Lebron at this point. He’s just a huge hypocrite. I’m glad Kanter had the balls to do that

BoatsNZones · Post #9 » by **BoatsNZones** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:00 am

sip wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.
It is pretty clear why. LeBron was the one that stood up for China during the Morey situation and he wants to come off as a social justice warrior. Of course that is only when it doesn't impact his pocket book.

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Ding ding. He's effectively the face of Chinese/NBA relations and took their side against Morey's stance against China (hilariously/famously, calling Morey ignorant on the issue).

This is amazing. Kanter is the King of trolls.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #10 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:03 am

sip wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.
It is pretty clear why. LeBron was the one that stood up for China during the Morey situation and he wants to come off as a social justice warrior. Of course that is only when it doesn't impact his pocket book.

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...while a bunch of other NBA players continued to collect their checks and let LeBron do their dirty work for them

LAL1947 · Post #11 » by **LAL1947** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:05 am

OKCfanSinceSGA wrote:Not sure if already posted, if so mods please merge/delete. I looked and didn’t see a thread page 1 or 2, but maybe I missed it. This is definitely an interesting situation brewing between these two currently.

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Mad respect to Enes Kanter. He appears to have more in common with Martin Luther King Jr than Lebron does, in terms of standing up for people's lives, freedom and civil rights.

I'm too old to wear colorful sneakers like those but I have to admit they look pretty cool too.

Post #12 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:06 am

So does Kanter intend to retire from the NBA cause of their on going business in China or with Nike or does he draw the line at attacking others?

bbalnation · Post #13 » by **bbalnation** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:07 am

Wow. This is next level.

A bit disappointed in Enes. Theres a lot of ways he could have gotten that message across that strongly without going at the man like that.
There's a lot of nuance around this situation... not everyone has the same type of courage that Enes has, nor should they be expected to be. Also, not all situations are the same, especially when we consider things like safety.

ngl tho man its gotten my interest. I'm glad someone's finally speaking about the situation itself. I'm disappointed in the way its being packaged.

CIN-C-STAR · Post #14 » by **CIN-C-STAR** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:08 am

First off, those are some amazing kicks. Seriously. Bravo to the artist.

Secondly, good on Kanter. That's what free speech is for.

Last, I wonder what China's reaction will be? Will they cancel the NBA again? Will they try to have Kanter assassinated?
I mean, they just disappeared a former professional tennis athlete for coming forward with a claim of sexual assault against a party member. Assassination seems farfetched but it would certainly be easier, and possibly more lucrative, for Kanter to just cash those checks and be quiet. Gotta give him some credit for bravery here, agree or disagree.

NyKnicks1714 · Post #15 » by **NyKnicks1714** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:09 am

dockingsched wrote:So does Kanter intend to retire from the NBA cause of their on going business in China or with Nike or does he draw the line at attacking others?

I don't want to attack Kanter too much, because it is admirable to speak out against China the way he has, and he's been the most vocal pro-vaccine NBA player, as far as I know...but he's kind of doing it the easy way here. It's not even that he's not retiring from the NBA, you can still be part of a system and speak out against it, but he's being especially selective here. Tatum has a multi-year deal with Jordan (so same thing), but I suspect he won't have anything to say about that.

Post #16 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:10 am

CIN-C-STAR wrote:First off, those are some amazing kicks. Seriously. Bravo to the artist.

Secondly, good on Kanter. That's what free speech is for.

Last, I wonder what China's reaction will be? Will they cancel the NBA again? Will they try to have Kanter assassinated?
I mean, they just disappeared a former professional tennis athlete for coming forward with a claim of sexual assault against a party member. Assassination seems farfetched but it would certainly be easier, and possibly more lucrative, for Kanter to just cash those checks and be quiet. Gotta give him some credit for bravery here, agree or disagree.

Nah, this isn’t free speech when it’s his work uniform. Nba couks, should and probably will make him stop that asap as you can’t really be harassing and attacking a co worker like that. That can’t fly.

bbalnation · Post #17 » by **bbalnation** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:10 am

BoatsNZones wrote:
sip wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.
It is pretty clear why. LeBron was the one that stood up for China during the Morey situation and he wants to come off as a social justice warrior. Of course that is only when it doesn't impact his pocket book.

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Ding ding. He's effectively the face of Chinese/NBA relations and took their side against Morey's stance against China (hilariously/famously, calling Morey ignorant on the issue).

This is amazing. Kanter is the King of trolls.

Weren't they IN China?

Safety matters? Isn't there an athlete missing right now? Its kind of reckless to be stating "facts" without context, isnt it?

Post #18 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:11 am

CIN-C-STAR wrote:First off, those are some amazing kicks. Seriously. Bravo to the artist.

Secondly, good on Kanter. That's what free speech is for.

Last, I wonder what China's reaction will be? Will they cancel the NBA again? Will they try to have Kanter assassinated?
I mean, they just disappeared a former professional tennis athlete for coming forward with a claim of sexual assault against a party member. Assassination seems farfetched but it would certainly be easier, and possibly more lucrative, for Kanter to just cash those checks and be quiet. Gotta give him some credit for bravery here, agree or disagree.

Nah, this isn’t free speech when it’s his work uniform. Nba could, should and probably will make him stop that asap as you can’t really be harassing and attacking a co worker like that. That can’t fly.

azcatz11 · Post #19 » by **azcatz11** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:13 am

CIN-C-STAR wrote:First off, those are some amazing kicks. Seriously. Bravo to the artist.

Secondly, good on Kanter. That's what free speech is for.

Last, I wonder what China's reaction will be? Will they cancel the NBA again? Will they try to have Kanter assassinated?
I mean, they just disappeared a former professional tennis athlete for coming forward with a claim of sexual assault against a party member. Assassination seems farfetched but it would certainly be easier, and possibly more lucrative, for Kanter to just cash those checks and be quiet. Gotta give him some credit for bravery here, agree or disagree.

Yep - going against Lebron/China does take a lot of balls (excuse my language)

Mephariel · Post #20 » by **Mephariel** » Sat Nov 20, 2021 4:14 am

sip wrote:
NyKnicks1714 wrote:I respect Kanter for speaking out against China, but so weird that he's singling out LeBron. He has teammates with Nike deals.
It is pretty clear why. LeBron was the one that stood up for China during the Morey situation and he wants to come off as a social justice warrior. Of course that is only when it doesn't impact his pocket book.

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There is nothing wrong with that. You can choose which wars you want to fight. Why should Lebron care about China if he doesn't want to? It is not his country.