Boston Celtics Games Pulled In China After Enes Kanter Comments On Tibet

[ItsDanger]

I appreciate Kanter's integrity especially these days. Money hasn't corrupted him.

[geminiz]

should have been working the other way around. nba should have been cancelling china. we dont need their money. Why should we be broadcasting our international game when they cant respect international culture? gtfo. The people sit by and let this happen, its not all on the CCP.

Umm the people didn't sit, they stood and get ran over by CCP tanks. Don't crap on the rest cuz they value their livelihood; with good intent or not, unlike US, most of the world don't let u protest and trash up small businesses, public infrastructure and get away with it. This is on CCP.


Xi basically took a dump on the world, and given NBA won't even let people bring Free Hong Kong sign, I say good luck on expecting anything from NBA beyond their virtual signaling on social justice.

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[Lockdown504090]

should have been working the other way around. nba should have been cancelling china. we dont need their money. Why should we be broadcasting our international game when they cant respect international culture? gtfo. The people sit by and let this happen, its not all on the CCP.

Umm the people didn't sit, they stood and get ran over by CCP tanks. Don't crap on the rest cuz they value their livelihood; with good intent or not, unlike US, most of the world don't let u protest and trash up small businesses, public infrastructure and get away with it. This is on CCP.


Xi basically took a dump on the world, and given NBA won't even let people bring Free Hong Kong sign, I say good luck on expecting anything from NBA beyond their virtual signaling on social justice.

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not enough people, too many just ignore it, too many people say "im just doing my job" too many say they cant do anything, and too many people try to justify nonsense. Too many in China, too many here. The nba should be happy to take a 15 % hit off not being enslaved to china. Everyone just has a million excuses why they let BS like this slide. I spent a few months there and seen the way they ignore the uiguyr stuff and how they make justifications on how they treat muslims. As soon as these corporations move their supply chains(many are silently in the process of doing so) you'll see how their attitudes change.

[CharityStripe34]

Perhaps Enes should take a look at Turkeys wonderful regime and pristine treatment of not only its own citizens but the substantial Kurdish population in southeast Turkey.

[CharityStripe34]

He is doing this because China is backing Erodogen the crackpot Turkish leader. The friend of my enemy is my enemy.

Love this from the guy that wants to be “the reason that no one else wears #11 in BOS.”

The biggest benefactor of Turkey by far and away is the US government.

[FreeBoosie]

Kyrie gets s#at on for taking a stance and speaking up against the forced vaccinations or lose your job agenda, even if you're actually saving lives everyday like nurses, firefighters, cops and doctors do and were praised as heroes just last year...all while this guy is being praised for speaking against china like he's a hero which I'm not saying he's not but just the hypocrisy is astounding.

[FreeBoosie]

Perhaps Enes should take a look at Turkeys wonderful regime and pristine treatment of not only its own citizens but the substantial Kurdish population in southeast Turkey.

He actually does speak against the regime and had his citizenship revoked and was almost kidnapped back to Turkey for doing so lol

[Rip32]

Kyrie gets s#at on for taking a stance and speaking up against the forced vaccinations or lose your job agenda, even if you're actually saving lives everyday like nurses, firefighters, cops and doctors do and were praised as heroes just last year...all while this guy is being praised for speaking against china like he's a hero which I'm not saying he's not but just the hypocrisy is astounding.

I agree! Total hypocrisy

[RipCityKJ]

Perhaps Enes should take a look at Turkeys wonderful regime and pristine treatment of not only its own citizens but the substantial Kurdish population in southeast Turkey.

Kanter has done nothing but spend his entire off time trying to get people to see what’s going on in Turkey. He’s been banned from the country and had the government essentially put a hit out for him. Your comment is full of the ignorance you tried to pin on Enes.

[defstarcon]

proving his point

[ryanball]

Let a player or team owner declare opposition to abortion and watch how many deals and endorsements get shut down by our freedom-loving American corporations.

[madmaxmedia]

I was unaware that after Daryl Morey left HOU, China transferred it’s ban on Rockets games to the Sixers. If they are targeting individuals for their free speech, that is something the NBA should take seriously.

And to me, it makes Enos Kanter’s decision to speak up on Tibet more courageous. Unlike Morey, he is not a star at his job, and Chinese pressure could cost him his career. China is a huge revenue source for the NBA. Despite that, I certainly hope Adam Silver comes out and defends Kanter’s free speech rights every bit as much as they did Morey’s.

Yeah that's really weird, I had no idea either. I don't know what the NBA is doing behind the scenes, if they are largely letting things play out or what. The Morey Hong Kong stuff obviously didn't prevent him from getting another job, but besides that who knows.

[madmaxmedia]

Perhaps Enes should take a look at Turkeys wonderful regime and pristine treatment of not only its own citizens but the substantial Kurdish population in southeast Turkey.

Kanter has done nothing but spend his entire off time trying to get people to see what’s going on in Turkey. He’s been banned from the country and had the government essentially put a hit out for him. Your comment is full of the ignorance you tried to pin on Enes.

If he was gonna criticize Enes, that was the absolute worst way he could do it.

[madmaxmedia]

Kyrie gets s#at on for taking a stance and speaking up against the forced vaccinations or lose your job agenda, even if you're actually saving lives everyday like nurses, firefighters, cops and doctors do and were praised as heroes just last year...all while this guy is being praised for speaking against china like he's a hero which I'm not saying he's not but just the hypocrisy is astounding.

There are a wide range of opinions in this country on mandatory vaccinations, the vaccine, and even just COVID. Just because one compliments Enes and don't also compliment Kyrie doesn't mean they're necessarily a hypocrite.

[Sinobas]

China is a private company....

[theFireBlanket]

Kyrie gets s#at on for taking a stance and speaking up against the forced vaccinations or lose your job agenda, even if you're actually saving lives everyday like nurses, firefighters, cops and doctors do and were praised as heroes just last year...all while this guy is being praised for speaking against china like he's a hero which I'm not saying he's not but just the hypocrisy is astounding.

I agree! Total hypocrisy

It's not even comparable dude.

Taking a vaccine isn't systemic oppression or genocidal.

It's taken at no monetary cost & has saved lives due to limiting the severity of covid spreading & killing vulnerable people.

Kyrie is only fueling misinformation & taking up a false platform. Empowerment? Power isn't always a good thing. Especially not when misused. Kareem is right about players unwilling to cooperate for the overall outcome. They should have their contracts revoked.

[Barcs]

Kyrie gets s#at on for taking a stance and speaking up against the forced vaccinations or lose your job agenda, even if you're actually saving lives everyday like nurses, firefighters, cops and doctors do and were praised as heroes just last year...all while this guy is being praised for speaking against china like he's a hero which I'm not saying he's not but just the hypocrisy is astounding.

Whataboutism at its worst. Not taking a vaccine over personal pride and ego is not even remotely comparable to what is going on in China and Turkey. Terrible comparison, you should be ashamed for even comparing the situations. Kyrie being a drama queen has nothing to do with Kanter pointing out real problems.

[Barcs]

Let a player or team owner declare opposition to abortion and watch how many deals and endorsements get shut down by our freedom-loving American corporations.

Nobody is getting fired from the NBA for being anti abortion. L O **** L.

[geminiz]

should have been working the other way around. nba should have been cancelling china. we dont need their money. Why should we be broadcasting our international game when they cant respect international culture? gtfo. The people sit by and let this happen, its not all on the CCP.

Umm the people didn't sit, they stood and get ran over by CCP tanks. Don't crap on the rest cuz they value their livelihood; with good intent or not, unlike US, most of the world don't let u protest and trash up small businesses, public infrastructure and get away with it. This is on CCP.


Xi basically took a dump on the world, and given NBA won't even let people bring Free Hong Kong sign, I say good luck on expecting anything from NBA beyond their virtual signaling on social justice.

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not enough people, too many just ignore it, too many people say "im just doing my job" too many say they cant do anything, and too many people try to justify nonsense. Too many in China, too many here. The nba should be happy to take a 15 % hit off not being enslaved to china. Everyone just has a million excuses why they let BS like this slide. I spent a few months there and seen the way they ignore the uiguyr stuff and how they make justifications on how they treat muslims. As soon as these corporations move their supply chains(many are silently in the process of doing so) you'll see how their attitudes change.

I duno, most hated company in the world: Facebook
Most loved company in the world that's basically religion:Apple

Guess which one of the two left China, losing market to Chinese rivalry bytedance/TikTok, and which one of the two literally have data center in China (why do u think iMessage works there, not ur Telegram/WhatsApp/Messenger/whatever-Google-have-at-the-month-before they-replace-it-next-month?), operating under CCP watch, yet is touted as the golden standard for privacy?

If this is how the public reacts to company's stance, as a business owner, u gotta be a sucker not to cave. Of course I'm just a worker, so f CCP.

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[Rip32]

Kyrie gets s#at on for taking a stance and speaking up against the forced vaccinations or lose your job agenda, even if you're actually saving lives everyday like nurses, firefighters, cops and doctors do and were praised as heroes just last year...all while this guy is being praised for speaking against china like he's a hero which I'm not saying he's not but just the hypocrisy is astounding.

I agree! Total hypocrisy

It's not even comparable dude.

Taking a vaccine isn't systemic oppression or genocidal.

It's taken at no monetary cost & has saved lives due to limiting the severity of covid spreading & killing vulnerable people.

Kyrie is only fueling misinformation & taking up a false platform. Empowerment? Power isn't always a good thing. Especially not when misused. Kareem is right about players unwilling to cooperate for the overall outcome. They should have their contracts revoked.

So you expect us to believe you have all the answers? Only a fool would do so. Where you getting your info from? Probably from this brought and paid for media