Mickey8 wrote:bebopdeluxe wrote:Mickey8 wrote:He already made million of dollars, his career is going rapidly down to the toilet, the only way he can draw some attention to himself is to act like se is some kind of activist who "cares" about injustice in China, while the country in which he lives is committing crimes around the world on the daily basis, he's just a stooge for the military industrial complex , he's not brave , he's useful for FOX NEWS, CNN , who are seeking hard for another armed conflict with the foreign country.
Is this really your take here? That Kanter is doing this for “attention”?
How the F does that make ANY sense? Huh?
Yeah - take on China, Nike and LeBron in one fell swoop. I am sure that will GUARANTEE that Kanter gets a great new contract from a team whose merchandise and games will be INSTANTLY banned from China. I can just see the line of GM’s who CAN’T WAIT to give Kanter a big new deal!
Do some of you who post stuff like this even THINK about what you are saying before you say it?
(bebop shakes his head in utter disbelief)
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Of course he's doing it for an attention and he's the tool for the mainstream media , the big networks to stir more conflict with China, its been a long time since USA started a new conflict , there has to be a new region, new frontier . If he really cares about killings and genocide , he would be protesting in front of the White House , starvation and bombing of Yemen, USA efforts to overthrow governments in South America etc , he's not any kind of hero, he's the rich guy who left his family behind in the harm way , try to picture himself as some great justice warrior , out of his expensive mansion , he wont fool me , he's fake as they come.
But what - EXACTLY - is Kanter HIMSELF getting out of the statements he is making - huh?
Is it making him MORE attractive to an NBA team? (nope)
Is it allowing him freedom of movement into Turkey, China or Hong Kong? (nope)
Is it leading to endorsement contracts from companies who find Kanter’s political statements and positions the kind of thing these companies want to align with? (hell nope)
So…the “attention” that Kanter seems to be looking for is with media outlets, news organizations, and human rights groups who are FIGHTING EVERY DAY to raise public awareness to the repression and genocide of these oppressed minorities. I do not see how Enes Kanter is BENEFITTING PERSONALLY from the stands he is taking. The Turkish government wants to arrest him. I am sure that his position on China will make him toxic as a potential free agent - particularly because he is a rotation NBA player that GM’s can easily pass on (to not deal with the blowback the team will receive from China).
In many ways, he has WAY MORE to lose than a superstar player who will get signed by an NBA team; at least that superstar’s impact on the team’s success would make a team more willing to deal with the blowback that might come from the signing. If Kanter is competing with, say, Bismarck Biyombo for a spot on a team, how will the “attention” that Kanter receives for his strong anti-China stance help him? Huh?
You are literally making ZERO sense, bro. It sounds like you have a problem with people who fight for human rights - because you live in the US (I am also guessing you are probably white) and have NO FREAKING IDEA what it is like to be repressed because of your ethnicity like what the Chinese and Turkish do to these minority groups…or what early Americans did to the aboriginal natives of North America or the African slaves they imported.
I should know better than to get into a discussion like this on RealGM.
