{"id":1760050,"date":"2022-12-02T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1760050"},"modified":"2022-12-02T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T19:18:01","slug":"ex-nba-star-playing-in-china-punished-after-speaking-out-about-covid-quarantines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-nba-star-playing-in-china-punished-after-speaking-out-about-covid-quarantines\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-NBA Star Playing In China Punished After Speaking Out About COVID Quarantines"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fex-nba-star-playing-in-china-punished-after-speaking-out-about-covid-quarantines%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=1760050&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>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBA<\/a> guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-nba-is-investigating-after-g-league-player-jeremy-lin-says-he-was-called-coronavirus-on-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy Lin<\/a>, who now plays professional basketball in China, was fined Friday for criticizing quarantine conditions amid widespread demonstrations against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/protesters-call-for-xi-jinping-to-step-down-over-chinas-extreme-covid-lockdowns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beijing\u2019s draconian COVID lockdowns<\/a>, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Lin, who played for eight different NBA teams during a nine-year career that began after he went undrafted out of Harvard, now plays for the Loong Lions Basketball Club. The 6-foot-3 point guard was hit with a $1,400 fine for his comments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Lin made] inappropriate remarks about quarantine hotel-related facilities\u201d where his team stayed Wednesday before a game, the Chinese Basketball Association said in a statement Friday. The comments \u201ccaused adverse effects on the league and the competition area,\u201d according to the league.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jeremy Lin fined $1,400 by CBA for showing shabby gym in isolation hotel on Instagram \u2013 The China\u00a0Project <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GJDPPPiQtj\">https:\/\/t.co\/GJDPPPiQtj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mass Blog (@massblogxyz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/massblogxyz\/status\/1598735064036249606?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The league gave no further details about Lin\u2019s comments, and they were not visible on his Sina Weibo social media account. But a Shanghai news outlet reported that Lin posted a since-deleted video in which he complained about hotel workout facilities ahead of games next week in Zhuji, a city in Zhejiang province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you believe this is a weight room?\u201d Lin was quoted as saying. \u201cWhat kind of garbage is this?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lin, who grew up in California, the son of Taiwanese parents, is the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA. During his NBA career, he averaged 11.6 points per game. When he cracked the starting lineup of the New York Knicks in 2012, he quickly became a fan favorite and sparked a phenomenon known as \u201cLinsanity\u201d with his hustle and overachieving style. As one of the few Asians to play in the NBA, he appeared on the covers of Sports Illustrated and Time magazine and was named ESPN\u2019s \u201cBreakthrough Athlete of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Lin played for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors.<\/p>\n<p>The fine comes as Beijing is under pressure from restive citizens for its \u201czero COVID\u201d policy. Huge crowds have taken to the streets in major cities to protest the government\u2019s crackdown, which requires constant testing, business shutdowns, and quarantining millions of infected citizens in their homes or in special camps. Protests in Shanghai have seen crowds calling for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/protests-against-covid-lockdowns-erupt-across-china-some-turn-violent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Xi Jinping<\/a> to resign.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrations began Nov. 25 when a fire in an apartment building in Urumqi killed at least 10 people.\u00a0Angry citizens said the victims were unable to escape because they had been locked inside the building as part of the COVID containment strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former NBA guard Jeremy Lin, who now plays professional basketball in China, was fined Friday for criticizing quarantine conditions amid widespread demonstrations against Beijing\u2019s draconian COVID lockdowns, according to news reports. 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