{"id":1554251,"date":"2022-07-14T11:19:07","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554251"},"modified":"2022-07-14T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:19:15","slug":"you-are-free-to-leave-buddy-nbas-enes-kanter-freedom-rips-lebron-james-after-comments-about-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-are-free-to-leave-buddy-nbas-enes-kanter-freedom-rips-lebron-james-after-comments-about-america\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You Are Free To Leave Buddy\u2019: NBA\u2019s Enes Kanter Freedom Rips LeBron James After Comments About America"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fyou-are-free-to-leave-buddy-nbas-enes-kanter-freedom-rips-lebron-james-after-comments-about-america%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=1554251&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>Enes Kanter Freedom, the fervently pro-America NBA center who has steadfastly spoken out against the Communist Chinese regime, slammed NBA star LeBron James after James made a comment regarding WNBA star Brittney Griner that appeared to slam America.<\/p>\n<p>Griner has been detained in Russia on drug charges; she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/wnba-superstar-brittney-griner-pleads-guilty-to-russian-drug-charges-admission-could-pave-way-for-swap?itm_source=parsely-api?utm_campaign=daily_shapiro&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=housefile&#038;utm_content=daily\">pled<\/a>\u00a0guilty to bringing hashish oil into Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow, how can she feel like America has her back?\u201d James said of Griner. \u201cI would be feeling like, \u2018Do I even want to go back to America?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LeBron James says if he were Brittney Griner, he&#8217;d question returning to the United States. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f8y7bKtoZk\">https:\/\/t.co\/f8y7bKtoZk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TMZ (@TMZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TMZ\/status\/1546897635780562950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>After James was harshly criticized, he tweeted, \u201cMy comments on \u2018The Shop\u2019 regarding Brittney Griner wasn\u2019t knocking our beautiful country. I was simply saying how she\u2019s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she\u2019s been in for over 100+ days!\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My comments on \u201cThe Shop\u201d regarding Brittney Griner wasn\u2019t knocking our beautiful country. I was simply saying how she\u2019s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she\u2019s been in for over 100+ days! Long story short <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BringHerHome?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BringHerHome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KingJames\/status\/1547031202611154944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enes Kanter Freedom, who had changed his last name to Freedom, as he acknowledged, \u201cThat was the word that I fought for my whole life,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2022\/07\/03\/enes-kanter-freedom-calls-adam-silver-hypocrite-nba-pushing-retirement\/\">fired<\/a>\u00a0at James, \u201cYou call it a step back, we call this a walk back. You are free to leave buddy or you can even volunteer for an exchange for her. Some people literally have NO idea what is it like to live in a dictatorship. Keep taking your freedom for granted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You call it a step back, we call this a walk back. <\/p>\n<p>You are free to leave buddy or you can even volunteer for an exchange for her. <\/p>\n<p>Some people literally have NO idea what is it like to live in a dictatorship.<\/p>\n<p>Keep taking your freedom for granted. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RG28O6co1E\">https:\/\/t.co\/RG28O6co1E<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QqpPuLrB72\">pic.twitter.com\/QqpPuLrB72<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesFreedom\/status\/1547036788681854978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last October, Freedom called on the Chinese government to \u201cFree Tibet,\u201d ripping China\u2019s \u201cbrutal rule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat followed was the Chinese streaming service Tencent blacking out all Celtics games on the platform, as well as removing replays of previous Celtics games,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/i-will-never-take-for-granted-the-freedoms-that-i-have-here-enes-kanter-freedom-reacts-to-letter-from-former-president\/\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. \u201cBut the response from China didn\u2019t deter Kanter Freedom, as he continued to post videos and messages to his social media accounts calling out the Chinese government for their record of human rights abuses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The following month, he officially became a U.S. citizen, prompting a letter from former President of the United States George W. Bush congratulating him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat an honor! Huge thanks to 43rd president of the U.S. George W. Bush,\u201d Freedom tweeted.\u201cI\u2019m proud to be a citizen of the United States of America, the land of the free and home of the brave. I will never take for granted the Freedoms that I have here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What an honor! <\/p>\n<p>Huge thanks to 43rd president of the U.S. George W. Bush <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m proud to be a citizen of the United States of America, the land of the free and home of the brave. \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8<\/p>\n<p>I will never take for granted the Freedoms that I have here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WAtTcLUMwb\">pic.twitter.com\/WAtTcLUMwb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Enes FREEDOM (@EnesFreedom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EnesFreedom\/status\/1475507863917314054?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In February, Freedom <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/FINAL-Freedom-Transcript-2.10.22-1.pdf\">spoke with Marc Thiessen<\/a> of the American Enterprise Institute about his long-standing criticism of China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the athletes, or not just from the NBA, but all around every league, or coaches or people who has anything to do with sports, are scared to support me out loud,\u201d Freedom commented. \u00a0Whenever I have a conversation privately, they\u2019re like, \u2018Listen, man. You know, we love you. We support you. We\u2019re going to pray for you. But we just cannot do it out loud.\u2019 And I was like, \u2018Okay.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy is it, do you think, that so few athletes are speaking out?\u201d Thiessen asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFear,\u201d Freedom answered. \u201cI think they care too much about their jersey sales, their shoe sales, endorsement deals, their next contract with whatever organization or association they\u2019re playing with. The business that they\u2019re going to lose. I grew up as knowing that there are bigger things than money in business. That\u2019s what my family always taught me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery time I talk to an athlete, I have said this,\u201d Freedom declared. \u201cThink about this. If your mother, if your father, if your sister, if your daughter, if your wife was on those concentration camps right now in China, getting tortured and raped every day, would you still remain silent? Would you still go to that country and compete and be part of the propaganda?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have not seen one person, or I have not seen one athlete, that answer me that question. They are staying silent. They are not saying yes or no. They just remain silent because they know it\u2019s a shame,\u201d he charged, adding, \u201cAll the gold medals in the world that you champion<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enes Kanter Freedom, the fervently pro-America NBA center who has steadfastly spoken out against the Communist Chinese regime, slammed NBA star LeBron James after James made a comment regarding WNBA star Brittney Griner that appeared to slam America. Griner has been detained in Russia on drug charges; she\u00a0pled\u00a0guilty to bringing hashish oil into Russia. \u201cNow, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1554316,"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-1554251","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\/1554251","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\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1554251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1554251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1554316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1554251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1554251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1554251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}