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Lebron James thinks Daryl Morey was misinformed on China [see updated OP for clarification]
- Thread starter Mr.Awesome
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He would have been shat on a bit due to stuff like the nba 2k20 video just like Kerr was getting pushback.
However, he's really getting shat on here is for telling Mosey to shut up and gm.
Kinda like you're not challenging Lebron telling Morey to shut up and just be a GM.
With his power and influence he chose the dark side. Powerful people like him can influence change for the better. He didn't. He sold out. He's a coward.
I like Lebron in general, and am probably biased as a Cavs fan, but there's no defending this. Pathetic showing by him.
Someone do something for the oppressed voices of rich white men on Twitter. Yeah, forgive me for not buying into your Fox News tier take where these things are the same contextually and historically because you want to cast your own judgement on me without knowing shit.
Yeah, no. Players were getting schooled over in China on its sovereignty issues and were shocked that shortly after that Morey sent out that tweet. He still has a job and has since deleted the tweet.
He's not gonna lose his status like Kap did so forgive me for not drawing this equivalency at all.
Again, miss me with this your emotionally manipulative drivel. Keep this thread alive dogpiling on the same posters--you're doing great.
He pushed for Mosey to get punished, I'm sorry man, it is an awful look.
That is an awful look.
So is saying this is the same as saying "shut up and dribble."
He told someone who was standing up for human rights to shut up and just do his job, because standing with those people threatens his money. And you're a hypocrite if you think it's any different. The people who said that to Lebron can get fucked. And he can get fucked for doing it to someone else.
You should really re-consider this image, and consider its context.
The most interesting part about this thread is the white liberal racism
And anyone calling it out being called a Lebron stan
Maybe one day will LeBron share that sweet China money with y'all if you clean his boots extra nicely.
If this is true, it would be completely irredeemable in my eyes. I wouldn't be surprised if he actually tried to get Morey fired.
Wow Silver with the comeback which is true.
Really is insane to believe that Bron got up and threw Morey under the bus and wanted him to get punished. Like wow, hurting his pockets might be the worse thing you can do to Lebron even when it's for the right reasons.
Oh and I don't think people telling Lebron to shut up and dribble are racist. Think people are saying it because Lebron is essentially a hypocrite. He took offense to it which he should've when he was told that but here he wants Morey punished and would've preferred he not had tweeted that at all.
The situation put things on a tee for LeBron to become a civil rights icon by defying China but he'd rather stack a little more paper. Worse still are the reports of him pushing for Morey to be punished. The complete opposite of how everything should have been handled. Dude is lost.
More than an athlete my ass. Lebron is smart enough to know that any business done in China can be taken away from you at a moments notice, and that someone in the NBA offending the Communist Party was a matter of when. Not a good look at all.
A shame there's so many racists willing to attack LeBron over wanting someone punished for criticizing an authoritarian regime guilty of heinous human rights violations via a simple tweet.
Some top notch trolling going on in here by Lebron stans by trying to paint people as racist for criticizing Lebron for supporting and spouting CCP party line at the expense of Hong Kong. People have been draggin Kerr and Popovich just as much as him, they just aren't as popular so you dont hear as much about it. Just take the L and recognize that he has to do better. Hes not a monster but this is a really bad look and he needs to learn from it and grow from it, though I doubt it since its all about money to him on this issue.
But I thought people criticizing LeBron were THE REAL RACISTS (tm)
LMAO
It was only a matter of time before villain LeBron came back. What a bitch.
When defending the indefensible the only option is to throw out accusations.
Again this is a bad comparison. Kaep was struggling, I agree he'd still have a job if he didn't do it and he's infinitely more talented than a lot of the trash in the league, but the point is he wasn't Lebron. Lebron wasn't going to lose his job because he's the face of the league, Morey won't lose his job because he's considered by far the best GM in the business and a major reason the rockets have been as successful as they have.
It's been proven that it's a matter of talent vs. controversy in the past. Ray Rice was basically washed up so when he got in trouble he was blackballed. Greg Hardy and Adrian Peterson, however, got another chance. Point being if teams think the positive (winning = money), outweighs the negative (PR, noise) then they will sign them. If Lebron had tweeted this out, he'd be 100% fine.
Proof that this is about money and not the content is what's been pointed out, Enes Kanter has mostly received praise for making noise about the Turkish government. The reason that hasn't sparked an issue like this is the sheer amount of money China is pumping into the NBA and surrounding deals.
Fuck them rights or something he would say. Speculation of course.
Wooooow, Lebron can fuck off. Powerful enough that he thinks he can bully the commissioner and silence the other nba players but won't take a stand when it comes to his paper.
What an egomaniac.
I still can't believe Lebron told the fucking commissioner to punish a GM. I mean there is ego and then there is this. Holy shit.
Laker fans you better get ready for a circus ride that will make last season's drama ultra tame by comparison.