The NBA is quashing everything to do with China these days, whether it be taking signs away from fans or for shutting down reporters who ask about China. The latter is what happened in this clip below where a reporter was trying to ask James Harden and Russell Westbrook about China:
Journalist gets quickly shut down when she asked James Harden, Russell Westbrook if they would refrain from speaking out on politics/social justice after China debacle… pic.twitter.com/VkXSWo0N0s
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) October 10, 2019
Talk about censorship. The NBA is starting to act like China when it comes to questions about China.
Steph Curry did answer a question about it but dodged the heck out of it, claiming he doesn’t understand it enough to weigh in:
.@StephenCurry30 on the criticisms of the NBA over China:
“This situation, there’s a huge weight and gravity to it. There’s going to need to be some things to be sorted out. But I just don’t know enough about Chinese history and how that’s influenced modern society." pic.twitter.com/jyGjRSP9Lr
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 9, 2019
Here’s the NBA in two separate clips confiscating signs that have to do with China and one of them isn’t even about Hong Kong:
Our “Google Uyghurs” sign has been confiscated. pic.twitter.com/fX4tF4oOxR
— Jon Schweppe (@JonSchweppe) October 9, 2019
Just had our “Free Hong Kong” sign confiscated at Capitol One Arena at the Wizards game against the Guangzhou Long Lions. #FreeHongKong #NBA #Censorship pic.twitter.com/on1O4QdBUi
— Jon Schweppe (@JonSchweppe) October 9, 2019
And I thought the NFL had problems. This is ridiculous.