{"id":1252323,"date":"2022-01-28T20:37:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1252323"},"modified":"2022-01-28T20:37:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T01:37:36","slug":"enes-kanter-freedom-posts-list-of-nba-players-sponsored-by-chinese-companies-with-ties-to-slave-labor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/enes-kanter-freedom-posts-list-of-nba-players-sponsored-by-chinese-companies-with-ties-to-slave-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Enes Kanter Freedom Posts List of NBA Players Sponsored by Chinese Companies with Ties to Slave Labor"},"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\">34<\/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-freedom-posts-list-of-nba-players-sponsored-by-chinese-companies-with-ties-to-slave-labor%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=1252323&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--><p class=\"subheading\">For far too long, NBA players who enjoy lucrative overseas contracts with Chinese athletic apparel manufacturers using slave labor have mainly remained anonymous.<\/p>\n<p>That is, until now.<\/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>On Friday, Celtics center and outspoken human rights advocate Enes Kanter Freedom tweeted a list of NBA players sponsored by Chinese companies with ties to slave labor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">These are all <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBA<\/a> players who are sponsored by Chinese companies that produce their products with slave labor.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately many sports media outlets &amp; journalists are controlled by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NBA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NBA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Have some courage &amp; ask these athletes about their ignorance.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc47<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yGeXG7cUs8\">https:\/\/t.co\/yGeXG7cUs8<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q4g38Vta02\">pic.twitter.com\/q4g38Vta02<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesFreedom\/status\/1487152552701530114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, Freedom didn\u2019t just tweet the names. He also issued a challenge to fans to do the job that the \u201ccontrolled\u201d NBA media won\u2019t do for itself and confront these players about their \u201cignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Prominent names include former Miami Heat champion Dwyane Wade, Warriors guard Klay Thompson, star Heat forward Jimmy Butler, and CJ McCollum of Portland.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/28203732\/jimmy-butler-of-the-miami-heat-gestures-to-the-crowd-in-the-second-picture-id1367080898\" alt=\"Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat gestures to the crowd in the second half against the New York Knicks at FTX Arena on January 26, 2022 in Miami,...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>MIAMI, FLORIDA \u2013 JANUARY 26: Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat gestures to the crowd in the second half against the New York Knicks at FTX Arena on January 26, 2022, in Miami, Florida.&nbsp;(Photo by Cliff Hawkins\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>But, of course, missing from the list is Lakers forward and chief active Nike pitchman LeBron James. In reality, any NBA player with a Nike contract benefits from Chinese slave labor since Nike was named among 83 international brands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/03\/02\/study-nike-apple-bmw-among-83-brands-using-chinese-muslim-slave-labor\/\">tied<\/a> to Uyghur slave labor in the communist country.<\/p>\n<p>Freedom raised eyebrows and began drawing the ire of the league he plays for late last year when he started wearing specially designed shoes with anti-communist and pro-Uyghur messages on them.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/the-shoes-of-enes-kanter-of-the-boston-celtics-before-the-celtics-picture-id1348148792\" alt=\"The shoes of Enes Kanter of the Boston Celtics before the Celtics home opener against the Toronto Raptors at TD Garden on October 22, 2021 in Boston,...\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS \u2013 OCTOBER 22: The shoes of Enes Kanter #13 of the Boston Celtics before the Celtics home opener against the Toronto Raptors at TD Garden on October 22, 2021, in Boston, Massachusetts.&nbsp;(Photo by Maddie Meyer\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kanter also made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2021\/10\/24\/nbas-enes-kanter-wont-back-down-on-calls-for-heartless-dictator-china-to-free-the-uyghur-people\/\">videos<\/a> directly challenging Chinese leader Xi Jinping to stop the genocide of the Uyghur people.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartless Dictator of China,<br \/>XI JINPING and the Communist Party of China.<\/p>\n<p>I am calling you out in front of the whole world.<br \/>Close down the SLAVE labor camps and free the UYGHUR people!<\/p>\n<p>Stop the GENOCIDE, now!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeUyghurs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeUyghurs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eEoiw5Uz2K\">pic.twitter.com\/eEoiw5Uz2K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes Kanter FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesFreedom\/status\/1451581224087134209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In response, China banned Celtics games in the communist nation, and the NBA threatened Freedom with ejection from games if he didn\u2019t remove his specially designed shoes. 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