Anyone still watching the kowtowing NBA?

[NWPilgrim]

I suppose I was naive in the world of sports not to know how beholden sports leagues are to clothing companies and them to China. And how much audience revenue they seek in China. Now that Hong Kong and the NBA tweets have revealed this nefarious overlord relationship, especially with the NBA, I am sickened.

I have never been a big basketball viewer but am wondering if this “reveal” and LeBron’s apologetics for China have moved others to dump NBA viewing? I mean the NBA struts itself as inner city justice league. US police are brutal thugs? But breaking Chinese bones (according to Xi) is fine?

[tn1911]

I want to live in a world without the NFL or the NBA...

[Sam]

Still watching? .... haven't watched them before, ain't gonna start now.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

The juxtaposition between the treatment of Trump as a dangerous despot and North Carolina over their bathroom concentration camps versus China and their actual despot and real concentration camps is just too rich.

It isn't that the NBA is pro-China, it just shows that they are pro NBA getting money. They think these positions are the most advantageous in the long run- and maybe they are. I haven't watched a full game in decades and can't name half the teams. To me it is the retirement home for awesome college players, which I do watch with some regularity.

F the NBA, NASCAR, NIKE, P&G all these corporate virtue signaling marketing plans. They go after bathrooms, the 2A, Betsy Ross shoes and white guys in general as the root of all evil, but when it comes to actually facing a real evil in the world, they whiff, drop to their knees and deep throat Winnie the Pooh.

[Arik]

Saw headlines about it, didn't have time to read. Anyone have a cliff Notes version?

Also, never watched basketball.

[AKDoug]

The last time I watched the NBA, Larry Bird and Michael Jordan were still a thing. I haven't sat down and watched a professional sporting event of ANY type in three years. I don't miss it a bit.

[SteyrAUG]

I want to live in a world without the NFL or the NBA...

+1

And any other sport where adults are paid MILLIONS to play childrens games. Hong Kong is poised to become another Tienamen Square, don't think they aren't capable of doing it.

I'm actually sad it takes a sportstard like LeBraun to get people talking about this. Because honestly I'm usually "who cares what a basketball player thinks about politics", it's right up there with how concerned I am about the opinion of random Hollywood celebrities who honestly "play pretend" for a living. But given how much sports apparel crap funnels money into China I guess it's an actual issue.

I suggest everyone "take a knee" and not attend NBA games and not watch them on TV. Want to hurt them? Cut off the money flow.

[SteyrAUG]

Saw headlines about it, didn't have time to read. Anyone have a cliff Notes version?

Also, never watched basketball.

Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted a message of support of Hong Kong’s demonstrators, saying: “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.”

LeBron says he believes Rockets GM Daryl Morey wasn’t educated when he spoke about Hong Kong and that his tweet could have hurt a lot of people, including financially.

James then made a comment in response to a question about whether Morey should be punished for his controversial tweet.

“So many people could have been harmed, not only financially but physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and what we say and what we do. Even though yes, we do have freedom of speech, it can be a lot of negative that comes with it.”

Protesters said his comments smacked of a double standard, because he’s used his clout as a sports superstar to press for social causes in the US.

“Please remember, all NBA players, what you said before: ‘Black lives matter.’ Hong Kong lives also matter!” one of the protesters, William Mok, 36, told a crowd of hundreds.

Others said James’ comments made it seem like he’s more worried about money than people.

[soulezoo]

Still watching? .... haven't watched them before, ain't gonna start now.

Exactly. Especially a sport with no diversity! No diversity = racist!!!

[Ned Christiansen]

And Apple? China says jump and they ask how high. Because all their stuff is made there in the aforementioned concentration camps.

"Shut down the app the protesters are using" and bang, it's gone.

It's like China owns 49% of Free Speech Inc. How far off is the hostile takeover...?