NBA superstar Lebron James received a barrage of criticism after he attacked a general manager who tweeted out support for Anti-Chinese protestors in Hong Kong. As Fox News reports:
NBA superstar LeBron James was skewered Monday night after he criticized as “misinformed” a general manager’s tweet supporting Hong Kong’s ongoing pro-democracy protests — and then doubled down in a damage control tweet, saying the online show of support for the embattled demonstrators “could have waited a week.”
James, who’s considered one of the more outspoken athletes on social justice issues in a league that prides itself on being one of the most progressive in sports, was uncharacteristically deferential to NBA and Chinese leadership in his remarks about Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey’s tweet of a slogan – “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong” – expressing support for those marching in Hong Kong.
The single tweet from Morey’s personal account was soon deleted, but not before spurring a rebuke from some within the NBA and inciting a backlash in China. Authorities in the communist country last week canceled publicity events and news conferences and banned the broadcast last week of an exhibition game between the Brooklyn Nets and James’ Los Angeles Lakers.
LeBron James on if Daryl Morey should be reprimanded for his tweet pic.twitter.com/6hCE8vCyNn
— Mark Medina (@MarkG_Medina) October 15, 2019
“I’m not here to judge how the league handled the situation,” the perennial All-Star told reporters in Los Angeles on Monday night. “I just think that, when you’re misinformed or you’re not educated about something – and I’m just talking about the tweet itself – you never know the ramifications that can happen. We all see what that did, not only did for our league but for all of us in America, for people in China as well. Sometimes you have to think through the things that you say that may cause harm not only for yourself but for the majority of people. I think that’s just a prime example of that.”
My team and this league just went through a difficult week. I think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others. And I believe nobody stopped and considered what would happen. Could have waited a week to send it.
— LeBron James (@KingJames) October 15, 2019
.@KingJames — you’re parroting communist propaganda. China is running torture camps and you know it. #GoogleUyghurs https://t.co/BExRpi02EB
— Senator Ben Sasse (@SenSasse) October 15, 2019
It’s stunning to see a massive star like James going to bat for the brutal anti-American Communist Chinese regime. It seems as though the entire NBA may have sold out its country in exchange for the prospect of more Chinese profits.
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