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NBA Commissioner On Chummy Ties To China: 'We Have To Build Relationships'
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Ubiquitous
May 5, 2021, 9:32:11 AM5/5/21
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Speaking with TIME magazine, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver excused the
league’s chummy relationship with the government of Communist China, saying,
“We think exporting NBA basketball to China and to virtually every country in
the world continues to fit within our mission,” adding, “I do think that in
order to bring about realistic change, we have to build relationships.”
TIME asked Silver, “What’s the state of the NBA’s relationship with China?”
“We continue to televise our games in China,” Silver answered. “Our most
significant television partner is Tencent, which is a streaming service in
China. And we have hundreds of millions of fans in China who we continue to
serve. I’ll take a step back there and restate the NBA’s mission, which is to
improve people’s lives through the game of basketball.”
Bobby Burack of Outkick commented, “Silver says it’s the NBA’s ‘mission to
improve people’s lives through the game of basketball.’ Really? The NBA is so
concerned with improving lives that its top players are cashing checks from
two Chinese sneaker companies, Li-Ning and Anta, that proudly profit from
Muslim slave labor.”
Silver continued, “And we think exporting NBA basketball to China and to
virtually every country in the world continues to fit within our mission. The
political science major in me believes that engagement is better than
isolation.”
“That a so-called boycott of China, taking into account legitimate criticisms
of the Chinese system, won’t further the agenda of those who seek to bring
about global change,” Silver stated. “Working with Chinese solely on NBA
basketball has been a net plus for building relationships between two
superpowers.”
Asked if his perspective was too “Pollyannaish,” Silver replied, “I don’t
want to overstate it. While I’m a believer in soft power, I’m certainly not
sitting here claiming that by virtue of televising NBA games in China lo and
behold, there’ll be a reckoning in China to adopt a Western point of view
about human rights.”
“I do think that in order to bring about realistic change, we have to build
relationships,” he insisted. “At the end of the day we’re all human beings.
And while there are many differences between our society and Chinese society,
there are enormous commonalities as well. One of them is to love a sport. And
basketball happens to be the most popular team sport in China right now. We
think that through that common love and appreciation of the game of
basketball, that that’s a way to bring people together. It’s as simple as
that.”
TIME wondered about Silver’s reaction to critics who note that the NBA’s
players voiced their opinions vociferously regarding Black Lives Matter
issues and police violence, but remained silent vis-à-vis China.
Silver said weakly, “My response there is that we and our players speak about
issues that are closest to home. Our players have the absolute freedom to
speak off the floor about any issue they want. I think it was a unique set of
circumstances that led us to talk about Black Lives Matter over the course of
last summer.”
In October 2019, while pro-freedom activists demonstrated in Hong Kong,
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted, “Fight For Freedom Stand
With Hong Kong.” That prompted the Communist Chinese government to sever ties
with the Rockets, and the NBA’s Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass to
release the following statement:
We recognize that the views expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager
Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which
is regrettable. While Daryl has made it clear that his tweet does not
represent the Rockets or the NBA, the values of the league support
individuals’ educating themselves and sharing their views on matters
important to them. We have great respect for the history and culture of China
and hope that sports and the NBA can be used as a unifying force to bridge
cultural divides and bring people together.
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Trump won.
league’s chummy relationship with the government of Communist China, saying,
“We think exporting NBA basketball to China and to virtually every country in
the world continues to fit within our mission,” adding, “I do think that in
order to bring about realistic change, we have to build relationships.”
TIME asked Silver, “What’s the state of the NBA’s relationship with China?”
“We continue to televise our games in China,” Silver answered. “Our most
significant television partner is Tencent, which is a streaming service in
China. And we have hundreds of millions of fans in China who we continue to
serve. I’ll take a step back there and restate the NBA’s mission, which is to
improve people’s lives through the game of basketball.”
Bobby Burack of Outkick commented, “Silver says it’s the NBA’s ‘mission to
improve people’s lives through the game of basketball.’ Really? The NBA is so
concerned with improving lives that its top players are cashing checks from
two Chinese sneaker companies, Li-Ning and Anta, that proudly profit from
Muslim slave labor.”
Silver continued, “And we think exporting NBA basketball to China and to
virtually every country in the world continues to fit within our mission. The
political science major in me believes that engagement is better than
isolation.”
“That a so-called boycott of China, taking into account legitimate criticisms
of the Chinese system, won’t further the agenda of those who seek to bring
about global change,” Silver stated. “Working with Chinese solely on NBA
basketball has been a net plus for building relationships between two
superpowers.”
Asked if his perspective was too “Pollyannaish,” Silver replied, “I don’t
want to overstate it. While I’m a believer in soft power, I’m certainly not
sitting here claiming that by virtue of televising NBA games in China lo and
behold, there’ll be a reckoning in China to adopt a Western point of view
about human rights.”
“I do think that in order to bring about realistic change, we have to build
relationships,” he insisted. “At the end of the day we’re all human beings.
And while there are many differences between our society and Chinese society,
there are enormous commonalities as well. One of them is to love a sport. And
basketball happens to be the most popular team sport in China right now. We
think that through that common love and appreciation of the game of
basketball, that that’s a way to bring people together. It’s as simple as
that.”
TIME wondered about Silver’s reaction to critics who note that the NBA’s
players voiced their opinions vociferously regarding Black Lives Matter
issues and police violence, but remained silent vis-à-vis China.
Silver said weakly, “My response there is that we and our players speak about
issues that are closest to home. Our players have the absolute freedom to
speak off the floor about any issue they want. I think it was a unique set of
circumstances that led us to talk about Black Lives Matter over the course of
last summer.”
In October 2019, while pro-freedom activists demonstrated in Hong Kong,
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted, “Fight For Freedom Stand
With Hong Kong.” That prompted the Communist Chinese government to sever ties
with the Rockets, and the NBA’s Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass to
release the following statement:
We recognize that the views expressed by Houston Rockets General Manager
Daryl Morey have deeply offended many of our friends and fans in China, which
is regrettable. While Daryl has made it clear that his tweet does not
represent the Rockets or the NBA, the values of the league support
individuals’ educating themselves and sharing their views on matters
important to them. We have great respect for the history and culture of China
and hope that sports and the NBA can be used as a unifying force to bridge
cultural divides and bring people together.
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BeamMeUpScotty
May 5, 2021, 10:25:37 AM5/5/21
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a blow-job for money then you have the same relationship with the
Chinese as you'd have if you were a prostitute selling your service to a
Jon behind the garbage dumpster at the Quicki-Mart.
Not that it's all bad but is it really what you strive to teach all the
CHILDREN who are watching the NBA games? Kids/People aren't stupid they
can figure out who the prostitutes are.
While the soiled dove (prostitute) is accepted as downtrodden and
without options, the heartless Madam making money off of the prostitutes
and the Pimps using the Prostitutes, are not well respected by anyone.
And who is the NBA pimping out to the Chinese....
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*The first rule of SURVIVAL CLUB is*
Never trust what Democrats or Marxists tell you. Make them prove it with
actual verifiable facts and science. And if you didn't find the lie in
what the Democrat-Marxists told you then you didn't dig deep enough. The
*Gruber Doctrine* is the Marxist plan that says it's "to the Democrats
advantage to have a lack of transparency and then lie about everything".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G790p0LcgbI
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they're 'mutually exclusive'. -BMUS-
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