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“Nobody wants to play with him… LeBron is literally the dictator of the NBA. He controls his narrative, if you go against his agenda, you get traded. Everybody knows it.”
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) July 15, 2024
Enes Kanter goes OFF on LeBron James 😳
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Considering that it was the Lakers who drafted Bronny, Kanter Freedom had to call it like he saw it. "He might be a good dude, but he’s not good enough to play in the NBA. The reason he got drafted is because of LeBron, the reason JJ Redick is the coach is because of LeBron," he told OutKick's "Don't @ Me."
Enes Kanter: 'LeBron is literally like the dictator of the NBA. He controls the media, he controls his narrative'
"No other player wants to go play with LeBron. You had so many other free agents. . . . No one wanted to go play with him, because they know that it’s all about LeBron," he continued. "They’re gonna get zero clout. . . . When the Lakers’ season fails, LeBron tries to find a player to blame, and he blamed the whole season on Russell Westbrook, so he is not a good teammate. Obviously, he runs the media, and he tries to control this narrative, but when you actually know and have a conversation inside of the NBA and its players, nobody wants to play with him. . . . "When I see a dictator, I know it – LeBron is literally like the dictator of the NBA. He controls the media, he controls his narrative, if you go against his agenda, you get traded, everybody knows it."
On Thursday night, Freedom was the keynote speaker at ChinaAid’s banquet at Green Tree Country Club. Both Freedom and ChinaAid founder Bob Fu have dedicated their lives to speaking out against and resolving human rights violations in China, Turkey, Venezuela, Cuba and around the world. “It started with what happened in my home country, Turkey," Freedom said. "There was a lot of corruption scandal happening over there. Obviously, human rights violations are happening in not only my home country but everywhere around the world. I started to speak out because of the NBA platform, whenever I said something, it was becoming a conversation."
Freedom recently gave an interview to Fox News where he discussed his thoughts on the controversy. “This new generation of players I think is becoming too soft,” said Freedom. “Back in the day, we’d never heard of load management.”
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Enes FREEDOM: Dear @NBA ; I’m tagging you on purpose, This is my last warning! If you continue to lie to my fellow Americans, I’ll start exposing every team one by one. I have enough evidence in my hand to expose not just you but each team. Just in case if you think I’m bluffing, Here is a tease; #NBA spoke person Michael Bass still going around and telling everyone that they supported me which is a LIE. They are afraid cause they know in the end, I’ll be suing the #NBA and expose their whole hypocrisy to the world. But till then let’s play a game. How about if I start exposing these teams one by one and how terrible they treat their own players. Let’s start! 1) @celtics organization treating former #NBA player @isaiahthomas terribly and they cost him his whole career. Here is a Boston #Celtics trainer finally telling the truth about what’s really going on in the organization! Note: (Everything was all legally recorded) 😉 Enjoy 🍿
Enes Kanter Freedom, the former NBA player known for his outspoken political activism against China, was banned from TikTok for 12 days before being reinstated on Thursday, when lawmakers were grilling the Chinese-owned company’s chief, the company confirmed Friday.
Freedom’s account was banned on March 11 after receiving several warnings that his previous videos had broken the app’s “community guidelines,” he told The Washington Post. Freedom appealed the ban shortly after but was told that TikTok reviewers had determined his account would not be restored. On Thursday, TikTok reinstated the account while CEO Shou Zi Chew was on Capitol Hill to argue that Americans’ TikTok feeds are unaffected by China’s restrictive censorship rules.
Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who has become popular in Republican circles and frequently appears on conservative TV shows, says he is considering running for office. “I actually do, yes,” Kanter Freedom said on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria” when asked if he had interest in running for office. “I would actually, when the time is right.”
Enes Kanter Freedom: 38,388 Points 0 Morals 0 Values 0 Principles 0 Empathy 1 Bow Down to #China Congratulations to @KingJames
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Enes Kanter Freedom: 'The NBA is a 100 percent American-made organization that the Chinese dictatorship runs'
Enes Kanter Freedom: The NBA, in my opinion, is the most hypocritical organization out there. So we need to keep pushing the NBA to stand up for what is right. The NBA is a 100 percent American-made organization that the Chinese dictatorship runs. That is unacceptable. Someone, whether it’s the Senate or other politicians, needs to say “enough is enough.” And it’s not just the NBA. Chinese-controlled US institutions also include Hollywood and academia. Someone has to stop this.
Burack: You are not on an NBA team right now. Is that because you speak out about human rights violations in China and Turkey? Enes Kanter Freedom: Let me give you a very easy stat, it is not rocket science: last year, I played for the Portland Trail Blazers and averaged a double-double. We made the playoffs. And they are telling me that six months later, I forgot how to play basketball? Even the kids on the streets will laugh at that notion. I believe I could start in many cases right now, but because the things I say are hurting the NBA financially, they wanted me out of the league. It’s that simple. I just turned 30, and they are pushing me to retire. I can play another six or seven years easily. But unfortunately, with a league like this and with the players in it like this, it looks like it’s not possible.
Burack: If you had known that speaking out would have cost you your NBA career, would you have still done it? Enes Kanter Freedom: I would do this every time. No question. Why? While they are playing basketball right now, there is a genocide happening on the other side of the ocean. There are three to four million people in concentration camps who are tortured every day. And Uyghurs are not the only ones — you see what’s happening in places like Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan and Mongolians. So this is bigger than my next paycheck. Of course I would do it all over again.
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