Enes Kanter Continues To Shine Light on China, Turns Attention to Nike

China has already canceled the Boston Celtics because of Enes Kanter, so clearly, the Celtics center feels as if he has nothing to lose by calling out China and those who continue to do business with it.

Kanter's latest target? No less than apparel power Nike, whose clients include many of Kanter's NBA peers. In fact, Nike is the official apparel company of the NBA.

“Nike claims that they do not allow any forced labor in their supply chains. Yet, they don’t have the receipt to prove it,” Kanter said in a video posted to social media. “They have not provided clear timelines or updates about their efforts to end this. They have not publicly committed to the steps outlined by the Coalition to End Uyghur Forced Labor.”

Kanter has reportedly spoken out against the Chinese government for the past week, potentially creating a mess for the NBA -- which, like many high-profile American companies, profits greatly off its relationship with the communist nation.

To this point, the league office and mainstream media have been largely silent on Kanter's stand for global human rights.

Per Shoshy Ciment of FootWearNews: "China, along with Vietnam, is a key manufacturing hub for many major footwear and apparel brands in the U.S. According to the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), 68.3% of U.S. athletic footwear came from China as far back as 1996. In 2021, that percentage was 62.2%."

Last week, Kanter tweeted a video that called on "brutal dictator Xi Jinping" and the Chinese government to free Tibet. (Full post on OutKick.)

All of this is putting the NBA in quite a pickle, even if the NBA doesn't want to admit it. You can check out my full column about that on OutKick right here.

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