{"id":434147,"date":"2021-04-20T09:59:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=434147"},"modified":"2021-04-20T09:59:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:59:57","slug":"lebron-james-is-a-chinese-apologist-ben-shapiro-and-clay-travis-sound-off-on-nba-for-bowing-down-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lebron-james-is-a-chinese-apologist-ben-shapiro-and-clay-travis-sound-off-on-nba-for-bowing-down-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018LeBron James Is A Chinese Apologist\u2019: Ben Shapiro and Clay Travis Sound Off On NBA For Bowing Down To China"},"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\">40<\/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-james-is-a-chinese-apologist-ben-shapiro-and-clay-travis-sound-off-on-nba-for-bowing-down-to-china%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=434147&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\/04\/fb_image-2738.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>On the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/show\/the-ben-shapiro-show\">The Ben Shapiro Show<\/a>, founder of \u201cOutkick the Coverage\u201d and Fox Sports Radio host Clay Travis sat down with Ben Shapiro to discuss Outkick\u2019s report on NBA stars partnering with Chinese shoe companies that profit from slave labor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the past year, the NBA has been at the forefront of the social justice movement. NBA players famously boycotted games during last year\u2019s NBA playoffs after the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI, and just last week, the Minnesota Timberwolves boycotted a game after the police shooting of a black man in Minneapolis, MN.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the NBA seems more than happy to address any and every social justice initiative in America, apparently their potential complicity in slave labor in China doesn\u2019t warrant the same attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Travis, \u201cthese [Chinese] sneaker companies, Li-Ning and Anta, have contracts with several star NBA players. Guys like Klay Thompson, Jimmy Butler, DeAngelo Russell, and Dwyane Wade, who is retired but still an influential voice in the NBA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In Travis\u2019 words, the two shoe companies \u201c<span>made the decision that not only are they going to refuse to abandon Chinese slave labor cotton, they\u2019re actually going to double-down on the fact that they are using it. They say they are committed to using slave labor cotton.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd when you ask the NBA players or commissioner Adam Silver whether that\u2019s appropriate given the NBA\u2019s social justice warrior stance, they refuse comment.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is cotton being produced from the Xinjiang region in China by the Muslim Uyghurs that is considered to be slave-produced cotton,\u201d Travis went on to explain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Yes. The Daily Wire is covering sports \u2013 without the woke. Want more? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe?utm_source=adwords&#038;utm_term=daily%20wire&#038;utm_campaign=Search+-+Daily+Wire+Brand&#038;utm_medium=ppc&#038;hsa_kw=daily%20wire&#038;hsa_ad=432007871445&#038;hsa_src=g&#038;hsa_ver=3&#038;hsa_grp=71680674390&#038;hsa_cam=927227687&#038;hsa_tgt=kwd-316236076046&#038;hsa_acc=6411461344&#038;hsa_mt=p&#038;hsa_net=adwords&#038;gclid=Cj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqrfwVNC1MZnI5ZRWdzEbOk3Pjz0oFVeTr7sA8iGOgsyrhbqydkk91vsaAkuXEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe?utm_source%3Dadwords%26utm_term%3Ddaily%2520wire%26utm_campaign%3DSearch%2B-%2BDaily%2BWire%2BBrand%26utm_medium%3Dppc%26hsa_kw%3Ddaily%2520wire%26hsa_ad%3D432007871445%26hsa_src%3Dg%26hsa_ver%3D3%26hsa_grp%3D71680674390%26hsa_cam%3D927227687%26hsa_tgt%3Dkwd-316236076046%26hsa_acc%3D6411461344%26hsa_mt%3Dp%26hsa_net%3Dadwords%26gclid%3DCj0KCQjw1PSDBhDbARIsAPeTqrfwVNC1MZnI5ZRWdzEbOk3Pjz0oFVeTr7sA8iGOgsyrhbqydkk91vsaAkuXEALw_wcB&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1618931602669000&#038;usg=AFQjCNEaEWMxYAiMnEYqD9OXZRp_havPog\">Become a member.<\/a><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span>The controversy over the NBA\u2019s cozy relationship with China is nothing new.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In October of 2019, then Houston Rockets President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey, tweeted out his support for Hong Kong as the CCP attempted to tighten their grip on the formerly independent state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Morey tweet caused an uproar within the NBA as Morey was made to apologize and was denounced by the owner of the Rockets. The NBA put out a statement characterizing the tweet as \u201cregrettable,\u201d adding that Morey\u2019s support for Hong Kong \u201cdoes not represent the Rockets or the NBA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It was a highly hypocritical stance by the NBA considering the league\u2019s propensity for supporting all things social justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Shapiro and Travis also touched on LeBron James, the face of the NBA and an outspoken advocate for social justice in the United States, and his unwillingness to denounce the Chinese government and their use of Muslim slave labor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLeBron James for years has been a Chinese apologist,\u201d Shapiro said. \u201cHe obviously was very upset that anybody had anything to say about the Chinese takeover of Hong Kong. LeBron had no statements on that but he does have statements every other day how living as a black American means you\u2019re an existential threat thanks to American white supremacy.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>James, like the NBA itself, has several close business ties with China that are worth millions of dollars a year. It\u2019s equally confusing that James is happy to proclaim that black Americans are \u201chunted down in the streets,\u201d and yet he\u2019s unwilling to denounce the evils of the Chinese government.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLeBron is unwilling to say anything about China both with his relationship with China but more importantly, say Space Jam 2 gets on in Chinese theaters,\u201d Travis added. \u201cIf LeBron ever spoke out and said something simple like \u2018I\u2019m in favor of human rights around the world\u2019, China would pull his movie as well as his product and his ability to make money off of Chinese corporations.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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