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Roughly thirty-five demonstrators rallied outside of Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday night, to support the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and embattled Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey.

“A progressive corporate culture that willfully ignores the abuse of human rights is not progressive, it is repressive,” Pence said.

Vice President Pence blasted the National Basketball Association on Thursday, claiming that the league is “acting like a wholly owned subsidiary” of the Chinese Communist Party.

Republican Senator Josh Hawley has accused the National Basketball Association of lacking spine after the league’s weak response to and continued business dealings with, human rights abuser China.

The NBA was understandably excited to start its season and get away from the China controversy that had embroiled the league over the past couple weeks.

NBA star Enes Kanter lamented as “unbelievable” and “just sad” on Wednesday a report revealing that Turkish prosecutors were using the fact that a former banker followed him on Twitter as evidence of “terrorist” activities.

LeBron James disrespected the national anthem and walked off the court shouting at the crowd as the song played during Tuesday’s season-opener.

Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving feels there’s “enough oppression going on in America” that needs to be focused on, when asked about the NBA-China ordeal.

The Walt Disney Company chairman and CEO Bob Iger avoided talking about the controversy surrounding China and pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong in a recent sit-down interview with CNBC, saying that the recent backlash against the NBA represents “a cautionary tale.”

Washington (AFP) – Turkish NBA player Enes Kanter on Tuesday strongly condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the operation he launched against Kurdish forces in northern Syria.

TNT commentator and former NBA star Charles Barkley defended Lakers forward LeBron James against “unfair” criticism, following James’s comments on the NBA’s China controversy last week.

The government-run China Daily claimed in a weekend column that the backlash against basketball player LeBron James for standing with the Communist Party has “nasty racial connotations.”

We’ve learned a lot from the National Basketball Association’s kowtow to the People’s Republic of China. Here are five key takeaways.

NEW YORK (AP) — A group of fans held signs, wore shirts and chanted support for Hong Kong and Tibet in the Brooklyn Nets’ first game since returning from China.

It is not about the money, but about what is in the heart, NBA legend Michael Jordan said Thursday at the opening of a medical clinic in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Former NBA star Dennis Rodman was charged with battery after a Florida bar patron alleged that the former player slapped him.

Paul said LeBron James should stand up for freedom of speech in Hong Kong, instead of siding with the Chinese Communist regime.

At least one NFL executive is enjoying the NBA’s troubles, joking that the “woke” basketball league is being “hoisted on its own petard” for turning a blind eye to China’s human rights abuse record.

The rift between the NBA and China appeared to widen again Friday, as the fallout over Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of anti-government protesters in Hong Kong continued.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says that China wanted Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey fired over his tweet in support of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators, and the NBA said no.

LeBron James may be done talking about the NBA-China controversy, but Toronto Raptors fans apparently have a lot more to say.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, played off the NBA’s kowtowing to China controversy to warn about allowing the communist nation to get its hooks into America’s growing 5G network.

“Daily Show” host Trevor Noah roasted NBA basketball star LeBron James over his defense of China’s communist regime, admitting he understands why people found his comments both “insensitive” and “misguided.”

“South Park” tore into NBA superstar LeBron James just days after the Los Angeles Lakers player criticized Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey’s as “uniformed” for his seven-word tweet showing support for the pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.

On Tuesday, LeBron James insisted that he does not want to be political about everything, but an old tweet saying just the opposite is now coming back to haunt the NBA star.

As NBA players increasingly lineup in support of the oppressive Chinese government, it’s becoming evident that the main motivating factor is their financial dealings with the communist nation.

Barstool Sports president Dave Portnoy ripped into Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James Tuesday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight” for siding with communist China over pro-democracy Hong Kong protesters. Portnoy called James a “hypocrite” for his contradictory tweets

Progressive NBA star LeBron James is suddenly exclaiming that every political issue is not “everybody’s problem,” as fallout over his dismissive comments about China’s human rights abuses continues to roil NBA fans.

TMZ Sports asked Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to weigh in on Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James defending China and criticizing Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrations. Cruz ripped James for “kissing up” to the communists in China, saying he seems “more

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) accused LeBron James of “kissing up to tyrants and murderers,” after the NBA star cited the “negative” side-effects of free speech in an interview with reporters Monday night.

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James said Tuesday that he will no longer comment on the ongoing China-NBA scandal following the backlash he received for criticizing a general manager’s support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement. 

Protesters in Hong Kong took to a basketball court in the Wanchai neighborhood Tuesday night to support Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey, under fire for publishing a note of support to the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement, and protest pro-China basketball player LeBron James.

LeBron James spoke out stridently against Rockets GM Daryl Morey on Monday night, calling his tweet in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrations, potentially financially harmful.

Muhammad Ali’s ex-wife expressed her disappointment with NBA star LeBron James’s decision to not back pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong, in a recent interview with TMZ Sports.

Demonstrators in Hong Kong began burning their LeBron James jerseys and merchandise after the NBA star made comments that were critical of Daryl Morey, and cited the “negatives” of free speech.

The Rockets are not engaging in the conversation on LeBron James’s criticism of Houston general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests.