LeBron James Puts Off-the-Court Woes Out of His Mind
Recently, LeBron James has been making headlines for all the incorrect reasons. The guard for the Los Angeles Lakers is currently receiving pushback for some not-so-popular statements he made in regard to the unity protests in Hong Kong. As the 2019-20 NBA season was approaching, La La and some NBA teams were playing China preseason games. At the same time, political unrest in the Asian country was causing the cancellation of some events by various sponsors.
When the basketball player was requested to give his opinions on the Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's message of support for the Hong Kong protestors, he was thrust into the midst of the turmoil. Lebron James addressed the lack of nuance in Morey’s comments against the backdrop of the billion-dollar relationship the NBA has with China.
LeBron James Comments on China Human Rights Issue
A source that is well-known reported that he believes Morey wasn't educated on the situation at hand and that he spoke. Social media was set ablaze in condemnation of the statement. Online users noticed a chance that one of the NBA's biggest stars could be failing in a major way to back the rights of the people of China. New voices then started to demand that LeBron clarify what was going on. Later, LeBron did clarify what was going on, and he explained that, yes, his initial statement was about this tenuous situation.
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The Los Angeles Lakers and Golden State Warriors fought days after the remarks that James made. Not surprisingly, it seemed LeBron had completely put the situation out of his mind. With the NBA's regular season a week away, this was a chance to see the new-look Lakers in action, and they served up a mixed bag of results in the preseason. After five games, the Lakers' record stands at 3-2. They lost both times to the Brooklyn Nets and have won all three of their preseason games against the Warriors.
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