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ESPN: Chinese NBA academies abused young players; compared to ‘WWII Germany’
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:14 pm
Has this story been posted and I’m just missing it?
Much more HERE
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LONG BEFORE AN October tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters spotlighted the NBA's complicated relationship with China, the league faced complaints from its own employees over human rights concerns inside an NBA youth-development program in that country, an ESPN investigation has found.
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American coaches at three NBA training academies in China told league officials their Chinese partners were physically abusing young players and failing to provide schooling, even though commissioner Adam Silver had said that education would be central to the program, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the complaints.
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The NBA ran into myriad problems by opening one of the academies in Xinjiang, a police state in western China where more than a million Uighur Muslims are now held in barbed-wire camps. American coaches were frequently harassed and surveilled in Xinjiang, the sources said. One American coach was detained three times without cause; he and others were unable to obtain housing because of their status as foreigners.
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A former league employee compared the atmosphere when he worked in Xinjiang to "World War II Germany
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The program, launched in 2016, is part of the NBA's strategy to develop local players in a basketball-obsessed market that has made NBA China a $5 billion enterprise. Most of the former employees spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared damaging their chances for future employment. NBA officials asked current and former employees not to speak with ESPN for this story. In an email to one former coach, a public relations official added: "Please don't mention that you have been advised by the NBA not to respond."
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The NBA brought in elite coaches and athletic trainers with experience in the G League and Division I basketball to work at the academies. One former coach described watching a Chinese coach fire a ball into a young player's face at point-blank range and then "kick him in the gut."
"Imagine you have a kid who's 13, 14 years old, and you've got a grown coach who is 40 years old hitting your kid," the coach said. "We're part of that. The NBA is part of that."
Much more HERE
This post was edited on 7/29/20 at 4:20 pm
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Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:15 pm to McCaigBro69
Is it considered Godwin’s Law to compare Nazi Germany to CCP China?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:16 pm to McCaigBro69
Has Lebron weighed in on this or is he trying to educate himself further on the issue before commenting?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:17 pm to McCaigBro69
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American coaches at three NBA training academies in China told league officials
"They probably weren't educated on the situation"
-Lebron
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:18 pm to McCaigBro69
I'm just wondering is ESPN an acceptable source now they are reporting something you agree with?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:18 pm to McCaigBro69
Sever all ties with this shitehole country
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:21 pm to YStar
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I'm just wondering is ESPN an acceptable source now they are reporting something you agree with?
Huh? Reporting hard facts is what got ESPN to where it is. I don’t even bitch about ESPN on here lmao.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:27 pm to McCaigBro69
When will LeBron lecture ESPN about the dangers of criticizing China?
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:28 pm to McCaigBro69
Lebron “nothing to see here”
(While a chinese dick is in his mouth)
(While a chinese dick is in his mouth)
Posted on 7/29/20 at 4:36 pm to McCaigBro69
Go ask the Muslim Chinese how they are being treated.
But, as Lebron would say, "wo ài wo yì xie zhong guó pèi ní".
But, as Lebron would say, "wo ài wo yì xie zhong guó pèi ní".
Posted on 7/29/20 at 5:12 pm to McCaigBro69
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NBA officials asked current and former employees not to speak with ESPN for this story. In an email to one former coach, a public relations official added: "Please don't mention that you have been advised by the NBA not to respond."
Welp, that didn't work out. Guess a couple folks have a conscience.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 5:42 pm to Drew Brews
Surprising ESPN would run with something like this about its business partner. I’m sure they passed it by the NBA at a minimum.
Posted on 7/29/20 at 5:45 pm to Packer
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They probably weren't educated on the situation"
-Lebron
*They probably wasn't
Posted on 7/29/20 at 5:46 pm to Lou Pai
Hey guys the season is starting up tomorrow can we talk about that?
Posted on 7/30/20 at 1:06 am to McCaigBro69
You would think Chinese officials would compare it to WWII Japan...just saying. Germany didn't rape Nanking.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 1:15 am to McCaigBro69
Posted on 7/30/20 at 4:53 am to McCaigBro69
“Normally I would say how outraged I am over these horrible human rights violations, but have you SEEN how much money they’re paying me!? Nothing to see here. All praise and glory to my communist Chinese overlords.”
-LeBron James
-LeBron James
Posted on 7/30/20 at 5:46 am to McCaigBro69
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The program, launched in 2016, is part of the NBA's strategy to develop local players in a basketball-obsessed market
In a few years, maybe a decade, China will kick out all American basketball influences and use this training and development to have only China’s version of the NBA. It’s what that government does
Posted on 7/30/20 at 6:39 am to Drew Brews
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NBA officials asked current and former employees not to speak with ESPN for this story. In an email to one former coach, a public relations official added: "Please don't mention that you have been advised by the NBA not to respond."
I remember that time Silver was on the cover of ESPN the magazine, and in support of Sportsbetting's legalization.
And thinking I'm really gonna like this guy better than Stern(who had folks fooled)..
Nah, protege, same cloth.
Posted on 7/30/20 at 6:50 am to SeeeeK
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But, as Lebron would say, "wo ài wo yì xie zhong guó pèi ní".
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