{"id":2000158,"date":"2023-08-14T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-visit-to-china-nba-mediocrity-james-harden-attacks-league-exec-who-supported-hong-kong-freedom-protests\/"},"modified":"2023-08-14T15:12:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:12:41","slug":"on-visit-to-china-nba-mediocrity-james-harden-attacks-league-exec-who-supported-hong-kong-freedom-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-visit-to-china-nba-mediocrity-james-harden-attacks-league-exec-who-supported-hong-kong-freedom-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA&#8217;s James Harden criticizes league exec backing Hong Kong protests during China visit."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fon-visit-to-china-nba-mediocrity-james-harden-attacks-league-exec-who-supported-hong-kong-freedom-protests%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=2000158&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>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Angsty rant comes after 76ers refused to honor Harden&#8217;s\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aaron-rodgers-nfl-future-to-be-decided-soon\/\" title=\"Aaron Rodgers\u2019 NFL Future to Be Decided \u201cSoon\u201d\">trade request<\/a>, his third in \u2062four years<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>James Harden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>What happened<\/strong>: James Harden, the mediocre Philadelphia \u206276ers guard who \u200dhas demanded that\u200d he be traded three times in four \u200cyears,\u200d went to China and attacked Daryl Morey, the \u2064NBA executive who caused a firestorm in 2019 by \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-says-mask-wearing-must-continue-until-virus-not-a-threat-at-all-likely-into-late-2021\/\" title=\"Fauci Says Mask-Wearing Must Continue Until Virus \u2018Not A Threat At All,\u2019 Likely Into Late 2021\">expressing support<\/a> for the Hong Kong \u200bfreedom protests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What he said<\/strong>: &#8220;Daryl Morey is\u2062 a liar and I will never be a part of an\u2064 organization that he&#8217;s \u2062a part of,&#8221; Harden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/38190379\/disgruntled-76ers-star-james-harden-slams-liar-daryl-morey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">huffed<\/a> at an Adidas promotional event in China \u200bon Monday. &#8220;Let \u2063me \u200bsay that again: Daryl Morey is a liar\u2064 and I\u200b will never be\u2063 a part of an \u2062organization that he&#8217;s a \u2063part of.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Crucial context<\/strong>: Morey is the 76ers\u2062 president, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-say-bidens-female-led-comms-is-a-first-trump-has-that-now\/\" title=\"Media Say Biden's Female-Led Comms Is A First. Trump Has That Now\">previously served<\/a> as general\u2064 manager\u200c of the Houston Rockets, where\u2064 Harden also played before\u2062 demanding a trade in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 Morey and the 76ers have rebuffed Harden&#8217;s most recent \u200dtrade request, and are reportedly planning to keep Harden on the\u2064 team for\u200c the\u2064 upcoming season, setting up a showdown\u200d with the disgruntled and perennially underperforming guard.<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 \u200bIn 2019, Morey\u200b expressed\u2064 support for the pro-democracy <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/resurgent-hong-kong-protesters-stage-huge-rally-violence-erupts-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">protests<\/a> in Hong Kong. &#8220;Fight For Freedom. Stand With Hong \u2062Kong,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/rockets-gm-daryl-morey-tweets-support-for-hong-kong-protests-prompting-response-from-owner-130019981.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote<\/a> \u200don Twitter. The \u200bNBA responded by issuing a\u2062 groveling \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/nba-kowtows-to-china-after-rockets-gm-supports-hong-kong-protesters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apology<\/a> to the Chinese government.<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 The Chinese language\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nba\/2019\/10\/07\/nba-china-statements-different-english-chinese\/3898513002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">version<\/a> of the NBA&#8217;s statement, which differed significantly from\u200b the English language version, denounced Morey&#8217;s &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; and &#8220;regrettable&#8221; comments \u200dfor\u2063 having \u2064&#8221;deeply \u2064offended&#8221; \u2062Chinese fans.<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 Harden personally apologized \u2064to China for \u2064Morey&#8217;s\u2063 pro-freedom tweet. &#8220;We apologize, \u2063we\u200b love\u2062 China, we love playing there,&#8221;\u2062 Harden said. &#8220;We \u200cappreciate [China] as a fanbase, and we love everything they&#8217;re about.&#8221;<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters<\/strong>: China, \u200ca mediocre communist dictatorship, is America&#8217;s foremost\u2064 global adversary.<\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 Less than a\u2063 year after the NBA \u200capologized for Morey&#8217;s \u2062tweet about Hong Kong,\u2063 a bombshell <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/29553829\/espn-investigation-finds-coaches-nba-china-academies-complained-player-abuse-lack-schooling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from ESPN\u2063 revealed widespread abuse\u200b at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-visit-to-china-nba-mediocrity-james-harden-attacks-league-exec-who-supported-hong-kong-freedom-protests\/\" title=\"NBA's James Harden criticizes league exec backing Hong Kong protests during China visit.\">league-sponsored training\u2064 camps<\/a>\u2064 in Xinjiang, where the Chinese government detains millions of Uyghur Muslims in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-bidens-un-pick-praised-welcomed-china\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz: Biden\u2019s UN pick praised &#038; welcomed China\">concentration camps<\/a>.<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n    <strong>\u2022 One former NBA employee compared the situation to \u2063&#8221;World War II Germany.&#8221;<\/strong>\n  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Bottom line<\/strong>: James Harden has never \u2064won an NBA championship and never will.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the 76ers denied James Harden&#8217;s trade request, the disgruntled guard expressed his frustration. This marks his third trade demand in four years. Harden recently criticized Daryl Morey, the NBA executive responsible for the controversial 2019 incident, during his visit to China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":2000159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2000158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000158","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\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2000158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2000158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2000158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2000158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2000158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}