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Basketball star Enes Kanter said recently that two unnamed NBA officials begged him not to wear his “Free Tibet” sneakers during a game earlier this season, but ultimately relented and apologized at half time for the request. Kanter also said that NBA commissioner Adam Silver subsequently affirmed his right to speak out against injustice in China, including its system of concentration camps, forced labor, and high-tech surveillance against the Uyghur community in Xinjiang. Kanter told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday that Silver said the Boston Celtics center had not broken any league rules in speaking out against China, including when...
