{"id":1037412,"date":"2021-11-20T17:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T22:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1037412"},"modified":"2021-11-20T17:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T22:43:42","slug":"lebron-on-enes-kanters-china-criticism-trying-to-use-my-name-to-create-opportunity-for-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-on-enes-kanters-china-criticism-trying-to-use-my-name-to-create-opportunity-for-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"LeBron on Enes Kanter&#039;s China Criticism: &#039;Trying to Use My Name to Create&#8230;Opportunity for Himself&#039;"},"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\">30<\/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%2Flebron-on-enes-kanters-china-criticism-trying-to-use-my-name-to-create-opportunity-for-himself%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=1037412&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\/Lebron-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">LeBron James took aim at the Boston Celtics\u2019 Enes Kanter for wearing shoes that appear to depict Chinese President Xi Jinping crowning a bowed James.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2936507936508\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Boston Celtics player Enes Kanter wore sneakers tonight \u2014 while playing against the Lakers \u2014 with LeBron James bowing down while China\u2019s dictator puts a crown on his head. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E1L4ZyPWrF\">pic.twitter.com\/E1L4ZyPWrF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1461896610149974023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>In his post-game presser, a reporter asked, \u201c<span>Lebron, do you have any reaction to Enes Kanter using your likeness on his shoes in his advocacy for human rights?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cNo, I think if you know me, I don\u2019t really give too many people my energy. He\u2019s definitely not someone I would give my energy to,\u201d James replied. \u201cUm, you know, trying to use my name to create, you know, an opportunity for himself. Definitely won\u2019t comment too much on that, if any, and that will be where I lay that at.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.372239747634\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron on Enes Kanter: &#8220;He&#8217;s trying to use my name to create an opportunity for himself\u2026As a man, if you&#8217;ve got an issue with somebody, you come up to him. He had his opportunity tonight. I seen him in the hallway &amp; he walked right by me.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KYDh5o6AMA\">pic.twitter.com\/KYDh5o6AMA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ballislife\/status\/1462074239973007364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Breitbart News\u2019s Warner Todd Huston previously reported on the new shoe design earlier in the week as Kanter tweeted images of the shoes:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"13\">\n<p>\u201cMoney over Morals for the \u2018King,\u2019\u201d Kanter sharply tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSad &amp; disgusting how these athletes pretend they care about social justice,\u201d Kanter continued. \u201cThey really do \u201cshut up &amp; dribble\u201d when Big Boss China says so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you educate yourself about the slave labor that made your shoes or is that not part of your research?\u201d He said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.223140495868\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Money over Morals for the \u201cKing\u201d \ud83d\udc51 <\/p>\n<p>Sad &amp; disgusting how these athletes pretend they care about social justice<\/p>\n<p>They really do \u201cshut up &amp; dribble\u201d when Big Boss \ud83c\uddf3 says so<\/p>\n<p>Did you educate yourself about the slave labor that made your shoes or is that not part of your research? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YUA8rGYeoZ\">pic.twitter.com\/YUA8rGYeoZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter (@EnesKanter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesKanter\/status\/1461380967197814785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>King James went on to say he saw Kanter in the hallway, but the Celtics center did not address him.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou know, he\u2019s always, you know,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>kind of had, you know,<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>a word or two to say, you know, in my direction,\u201d \u201cKing\u201d James said. \u201c<\/span><span>You know, as men, you know, if you got an issue with somebody you really come up to em\u2019 \u2013 he had his opportunity tonight. I seen him in the hallway walk right by me, so, you know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the past, James has failed to follow his own sentiment that \u201cif you got an issue with somebody you really come up to em\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the 2018 NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors, James stated neither team would want an invite to former President Donald J. Trump\u2019s White House after the series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know whoever wins this series, no one wants an invite,\u201d James said, per Bleacher Report.<\/p>\n<p>Now, of course, James lost back-to-back finals to the superior Golden State Warriors during the Trump years and never had a chance to decline a potential offer from the 45th president, but his sentiment at the time is antithetical to his present belief that \u201c<span>if you got an issue with somebody you,\u201d confront them about it face to face.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LeBron James took aim at the Boston Celtics\u2019 Enes Kanter for wearing shoes that appear to depict Chinese President Xi Jinping crowning a bowed James. 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