Lebron says Morey's China tweet was dangerous and misinformed.

[Oldschooler]

Wow this is a bad look for LBJ, the first time ever he's fukked up in my opinion. He should have just kept his mouth shut. Nike and the CCP must have pressured him to speak out.

 

[THE 101]

Hov and LeBron both exposed as fake woke frauds who bow to that almighty dollar.

You hate to see it.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

LeBrons don't stitch themselves.

 

[Oldschooler]

Can we just address this now cause people are arguing out of both sides of their mouth between now and the day this first happened.

Everyone was quick to point out that the Rockets higher profile in China made this all the worse that Morey posted the tweet, but now this fact is being conveniently thrown out because Morey is not speaking out any further as part of Rockets damage control program.

Morey goes to China multiple times per year.
The Rockets have had double digit players go from the team to the CBA, and some have come back to play for the Rockets again
Many Rockets players have negotiated deals with the Chinese apparel brands
The Rockets have Chinese companies that have ad placements inside Toyota Center
Morey was GM during the time that Yao was in Houston and Zhou Qi was drafted by Morey
From what has been posted on ClutchFans, Morey was made aware of the situation in HK by people he knows that actually live there.
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Wow, I'm disappointed in The Coli. I'm going to break down for you what's happening in Hong Kong.

Up until the last 60 years, post-WWII China was plundered by the Western Powers. Because China lost a war, GB took control of Hong Kong among other things. At some point GB and China signed an agreement stating that Hong Kong will have 50 years of sovereignty and western freedoms and then it'll become part of Hong Kong. Hong Kong wants freedom. For Americans, like Daryl Morey that's all they need to know. Hence his tweet.

From China's perspective, this entire issue is wrapped in a long and sad history of Colonialism. Not only that but as an Authoritarian regime, they rule through fear. If they let Hong Kong slide, then the fear that they use to control their populace no longer has any power. To put it another way, this issue poses an existential threat to China's government. If you want to interact with China at all, there can be no siding with Hong Kong.

So here's the question. Should LBJ and other stars stand with Hong Kong or should they remain silent? Now the media will say they are cowards, but here's the thing. These guys are all Black. Why is it that America finds it easier to criticize other countries and fight for the rights of citizens that live halfway around the globe, but they can't find the courage to stand up for Black people right here. Why is it that Daryl Morey will tweet support to Hong Kong protesters, but when Atatiana Jefferson gets murdered in her own home by a police officer he remains silent? And the same goes for all the Americans calling out any NBA star that doesn't take a stand on an issue that will directly hurt them. If they did I'd respect them, but do they need to?

Definitely no. Look at all the American companies that do business in China. Why is it that Black people are vilified for not taking a stand when none of them are? And more importantly, why is it that the same people criticizing these Black athletes for not standing do not support African-American rights when we protest? African-Americans are the most politically immature people in the world. The only thing that will happen to any of these stars if they protest is that it'll directly hurt their self-interest. If China came out and called them monkeys and n-words and talked about how African-Americans aren't humans. I'd most definitely call them cowards. But to fight for someone halfway around the globe? Why?

Just because America forces African-American to protest and march and do all kinds of crazy nonsense to get our rights as human beings, does not mean that we now have to march around the globe speaking out on every issue. If one of them wants to do that fine? But not protesting doesn't make them cowards, it only makes them American.

And the next time you hear someone call out one of these guys for not taking a stand, ask them the last time they took a stand for African-American rights. We've been fighting for more than 400 years for our complete rights as citizens and we are still fighting. But not only do we have to live through the sad reality of having to fight for our natural given rights, we also have to deal with Americans who have the audacity, on the one hand, to remain silent while: police terrorize us, the financial system redlines us and our school system sabotages us, and on the other hand, demand that we speak out for human rights violations across the globe.

Americans suffer from a weird kind of arrogance and self-delusion that allows them to call out everyone's flaws but their own. It should come as no surprise, that racism far-reaching effects are seen even in this phenomenon. The same people who pose the biggest obstacles to our freedom and full rights as citizens - Trump rips NBA players, officials for 'pandering to China,' but says league has to work out dispute on its own - are the ones calling them out the loudest. This is why you have to stay woke.

Thank you breh finally someone that gets it you can't say it any better than this. I would rep if I could. It just shows that at the end of the day money talks for any human being. Greed is ingrained into our DNA. Folks will side with the ideas that will protect their interests first and not fully analyze all sides of the equation whether it be on foreign or domestic policies. At the end of the day as a basketball fan i don't fault Morey or Lebron for having opinions that might not necessarily align with the 'truth' because 1) they are there to provide entertainment for me and i don't look at them to properly educate me on matters beyond their scope and 2) I realize that people in the limelight are the number 1 tool for spreading propaganda, from both sided, to the uneducated.

 

[DLaren]

...and this tweet from last week has aged nicely:

 

[Roid Jones]

Breh said Morey is uninformed

These clowns pick and choose when to speak out

Ride on 'dictators' Trump but go missing when it comes to actual dictators

Should have gone the no comment approach

 

[the artist known az]

And y'all wonder why Trump is the President fukking the country up. Stop looking at famous people to get your news.

What LeBron said isn't even bad, just because it's not what the mainstream media wanted him to say, they know the masses is gonna eat it up which in part helps their bottom line by getting clicks.

All he said was that Morey shouldn't have tweeted about it and he that he didn't think of the ramifications of tweeting that out. He didn't mention China or Hong Kong at all.

 

[ajnapoleon]

Hov and LeBron both exposed as fake woke frauds who bow to that almighty dollar.

You hate to see it.

Let’s kill them

 

[cobra]

 

[BXKingPin82]

LET THE MADNESS BEGIN AND LET THE BRAINS BLOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!

 

[Roid Jones]

The NBA is no different than any other “Woke” company. They’re all about Social Justice as long as it’s safe and positively impacts their bottom line. Players and coaches trashing Trump or Adam Silver busting it open at a PRIDE Rally is easy and good for business. But they draw the line when it requires taking a real stance that might hurt their pockets.

 

[mbewane]

It's a new day. Brehs still don't understand how much pull China has. You can talk all you want about "freedom of speech" and "democracy" and even believe in it, but at the end of the day all that talk is cheap.

 

[Da King]

Bron speaking truth to the young black youth

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Literally the exact thing a ton of posters on here said but still all the way

 

[PL368Z]

No one should be surprised by this.

Lebron is a fake woke fraud.

How is he fake woke, he obviously cares about the issues that effect him and his community.

In case you missed 99% of people only care about their own social issues I.e. those HK protesters couldn't care less about Afr-American issues.

Nothing hypocritical about it,that is just human nature.