{"id":1003431,"date":"2021-11-12T13:43:57","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003431"},"modified":"2021-11-12T13:43:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:43:59","slug":"enes-kanter-nba-threatened-to-ban-me-for-anti-china-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-nba-threatened-to-ban-me-for-anti-china-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter: NBA Threatened to Ban Me for Anti-China Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fenes-kanter-nba-threatened-to-ban-me-for-anti-china-shoes%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1003431&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Maddie-Meyer_Getty-Images-15-640x432-1-640x432-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Boston Celtics center and towering human rights advocate Enes Kanter has revealed that NBA representatives tried to get him to stop wearing shoes with messages that were critical of China, and even suggested that he could be banned from the league.<\/p>\n<p>Kanter, who was born in oppressed Turkey, has engaged in a series of videos recently calling for China to stop oppressing the people of Tibet and for the communist giant to put an end to its forced labor camps in which the country\u2019s Uyghur minorities are constantly shipped to serve as slave labor in China\u2019s factories.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Now he says that NBA officials are attacking him in quiet warnings delivered out of the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent interview with CNN, Kanter revealed that the NBA was attempting to scare him into putting an end to his focus on the league\u2019s multibillion-dollar business partner, China. Kanter says that league officials told him he could be banned for criticizing China and wearing anti-China shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Kanter also said that he asked NBA officials \u2014 including league chief Adam Silver \u2014 if he was breaking any actual league rules for behavior but was told he wasn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.882352941176\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesKanter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EnesKanter<\/a>&nbsp;says that he doesn&#8217;t care about the cost that he may face from criticizing China. But are the NBA concerned? Kanter told me he has discussed it with commissioner Adam Silver. &#8220;I told him\u2026 am I breaking any rules?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He said, no, you&#8217;re not breaking any rules.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v2pDNklsGS\">pic.twitter.com\/v2pDNklsGS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christiane Amanpour (@camanpour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/camanpour\/status\/1458507313606766600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NBA Star RIPS Nike&#039;s Cozy Relationship With China | The David Hookstead Show\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pe6as_0dvog?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>Kanter has been on a roll lately with his advocacy for those oppressed by the red Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>Just this week, for instance, Kanter posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/11\/10\/enes-kanter-prods-beijing-taiwan-china\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> exclaiming that Taiwan is a free country and \u201cis not a part of China and never will be.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.04347826087\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Taiwan will never surrender to the EVIL Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan is a DEMOCRATIC and FREE country.<\/p>\n<p>I <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithTaiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithTaiwan<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The future of Taiwan must be determined by the Taiwanese people.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan is NOT a part of China<br \/>and NEVER will be! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IslandOfResilience?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IslandOfResilience<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreedomShoes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreedomShoes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3yxWnfbWLK\">pic.twitter.com\/3yxWnfbWLK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesKanter\/status\/1458466864334528514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also said that he hopes to see Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese, and the people of Hong Kong all standing free of Chinese oppression.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.246006389776\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I love seeing Tibetans, Uyghurs, Taiwanese, Hongkongers, everyone!!<br \/>All standing in solidarity urging for one simple thing: Freedom!!! <\/p>\n<p>This is the beginning of a new generation of hope. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeTibet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeTibet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeUyghurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeUyghurs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeHongKong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeHongKong<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandWithTaiwan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandWithTaiwan<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gzWST9tHv8\">pic.twitter.com\/gzWST9tHv8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesKanter\/status\/1456999822565822465?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In October, Kanter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/25\/nba-star-enes-kanter-demands-nike-stop-its-modern-day-slavery-partnership-with-china\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted<\/a> a series of videos and messages directed at Nike urging them to stop doing business with the slave labor camps in China. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/26\/enes-kanter-invites-kine-owner-phil-knight-tour-chinese-concentration-camps\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offered<\/a> to pay for a fact-finding trip to China for himself and Nike CEO Phil Knight to see how slave labor can be eliminated from the manufacturing supply chain.<\/p>\n<p>Kanter\u2019s drive for human rights is not a late campaign, either. The 29-year-old has been a stalwart supporter of freedom in his native country of Turkey with his opposition to dictator President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. He has been such a strong critic of Erdogan that the Turkish dictator has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/08\/06\/i-dont-care-if-its-9000-nbas-enes-kanter-defiant-turkey-issues-9-warrants\/\" target=\" _blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issued<\/a> at least nine arrest warrants for Kanter charging him with \u201cinsulting the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a><\/i>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boston Celtics center and towering human rights advocate Enes Kanter has revealed that NBA representatives tried to get him to stop wearing shoes with messages that were critical of China, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1003431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1003431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1003431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1003431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1003431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}