Earlier this week, National Basketball Association superstar LeBron James announced that he would have no further comment on the NBA-China controversy, which was prompted by a now-deleted, pro-Hong Kong democracy tweet from Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey. This was a probably a good idea, because James’ initial response clanged off the backboard, or whatever roundball cliche applies.
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National Basketball Association players and coaches have hardly been shy about cataloging America’s sins or condemning U.S. President Donald Trump for his failings. When it comes China’s rampant human rights abuses, however, the woke NBA has suffered a collective case of laryngitis.
Lots of National Basketball Association players head to China in the off season. It’s not just for the extra appearance cash; the sneaker companies tell them to just do it, as it were. NBA players sign enormous contracts with the athletic shoe companies, and brand marketing is part of the deal. The NBA, the shoe companies, and China’s state-controlled economy are closely linked.
If you’re a regular Shark Tank viewer, you’ve probably seen the Sharks pressure entrepreneurs to move their made-in-the-USA products to China to improve margins. That’s kind of the Wall Street hedge fund, crony capitalist mentality. American industry and the American worker be damned.
In a quirk of professional sports, NBA nickname-sakes Linsanity and Vinsanity wound up playing for the same team this season, namely the Atlanta Hawks.
Undrafted out of Harvard, journeyman point guard Jeremy Lin had an headline-making ascendancy, that led to his Linsanity moniker, with the New York Knicks in February 2012. He leveraged that performance to a lucrative three-year, free-agent contract with the Houston Rockets. The oft-injured Lin was subsequently traded to the Los Angeles Lakers, and later landed with the Charlotte Hornets before signing a three-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets in July 2016. He missed most of the 2017 season because of a knee injury, and in July 2018, the Nets traded him to Atlanta.
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