Notice Kanter vs The King

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  1. THE HCP

    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Wow! Kanter has taken this to a whole new level! I think they play eachother tomorrow night.
    No way the league allows him to wear those shoes in the game!

     
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    I haven't paid attention so I don't know what this is about...

    but reading down that twitter page there's a whole bunch of extremely dumbass posts
     
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    blazerkor Well-Known Member

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    As long as Kanter is still making millions of dollars in a league that makes money off of media distribution in China and owns a Chinese league in conjunction with the "People's Republic" of Xi Jinping and enslaving Muslims, he can step the fuck off his hypocritical soapbox. Just because he doesn't have a shoe deal with a major sportswear company, the dude is clean? The idea that any of us are separating ourselves from China and not feeding their economy is ridiculous and targeting people that are more involved in Chinese business is just foolishness.
     
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    Really regret not buying the Brown Kanter jersey last year now.
     
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    This is fantastic.
     
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    LeBron is a cheap target. Why doesn't Kanter put a whole bunch of shit about CJ on his shoes since CJ is the one with the shoe deal with an actual Chinese apparel company? LeBron isn't blameless but if Kanter was serious he would stop targeting LeBron and start targeting the league. I think this article is pretty on point.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opini...-about-china-nearly-everyone-else-ncna1069131
     
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    Question. How many more common people do you think look into it if he targets lebron vs if he targets cj?

    I dont think he is trying to bring lebron down per say, but using him as a platform for a much larger audience than what cj could provide.

    lebron isnt a cheap target, he is the biggest target to create waves. Smart move by Kanter.
     
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    me too and i think he would have been fine as a third string center for us. Wish we could have kept him even though i know he is unplayable at times.
    Impossible to not want to root for a guy like him.
     
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    No disrespect, but I don't agree with you at all.

    Yes, we're all complicit, no argument. HOWEVER, people who make 100s of millions of dollars are in a position to do something about it. My salary? Not so much.

    Again, as a Laker hater, I certainly don't mind LBJ being targeted, but yeah, it should apply to Lillard, and everyone else making gynormous $$$ deals with shoe companies.
     
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    I think as long as we're not calling out all of the companies making billions off of their corporate relationships with China then leave the small fish like LeBron alone. It's either Kanter being stupid about who he's targeting or just targeting the name with the most fans that won't get him blackballed, so he can heighten his status as an activist. Protesting LeBron is like having a philosophical problem with Comcast and screaming at one of their customer service reps about it.
     
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    Come on, James isn't a "small fish," nor is he comparable to a customer service rep. I'm not disputing that there's a bigger system that James is simply a part of, but it's like having a problem with how telecomms get regulatory breaks from the government and blasting the CEO of Comcast. Sure, the CEO of Comcast didn't create the problem and can't fix it himself, but he enriches himself off it more than almost anyone and is a very willing enabler and proponent. You can still argue that this is the wrong target for your ire, but acting like he's a cog with no agency or power (like a customer service rep) is silly.
     
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    Yeah, I went a little small with the customer service analogy but if you think that LeBron has power to change the business model of the entire apparel industry, you're the one being silly. If you can name a shoe company that LeBron could go to who will pay him close to 30M a year that doesn't do business with China, then you can claim he has agency. The fact is that Kanter is doing exactly what I said, he's targeting someone with a big name that can't possibly hurt Kanter's bottom line. It's fucking weak.
     
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    lebron could unite athletes to boycott though.
    That would be significant.
     
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    "The Shoe Deal"
    Talk to any kid who aspires to be an NBA great player and they will follow up with a shoe deal. It's almost the right of passage kind of thing.
    You need to pick your battles wisely.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    Just wait until his new brown and plaid Blazers jersey comes out next season.
     
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    whats weak is not answering the question above but still ranting and ranting. :)
     
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    I literally said he couldn't, in my post's CEO analogy. That doesn't make him blameless or immune from criticism, though, if you see him as a shill (as Kanter does).
     
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    It's not really a matter of whether someone (e.g., LeBron) can do something about international business practices, rather about the inherent human hypocrisy of ignoring similar battles that don't affect one directly, while trying to appear socially just on others.

    That said, Kanter is targeting human nature, which probably isn't a winnable fight. His best chance of success is silencing the social justice campaigners, which ironically, would make him a central figure in Cancel Culture.
     
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    Would more people buy Nike if they were union made in America?
    Not sure about that? Could it benefit the country? Pretty sure it could.
    Would it keep children in China out of sweat shops? Nope.
    It’s a start though. Changing China might prove pretty tough.
     

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