MUCK
♪
PETE: BOSTON CELTICS’ CENTER
ENES KANTER TAKING A STAND
AGAINST CHINA AND XI JINPING FOR
OPPRESSING THE PEOPLE OF TIBET.
>> TIBET BELONGS TO TIBET.
I HAVE MY VOICE AND SPEAK OUT
ABOUT WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE
BRUTAL DICTATOR OF CHINA, XI
JINPING.
I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU AND
YOUR HENCHMEN.
I WILL SAY AGAIN AND AGAIN AND
AGAIN LOUD AND CLEAR, I HOPE YOU
HEAR ME.
FREE TIBET, FREE TIBET, FREE
TIBET.
RACHEL: MIGHT HAD FREE HONG KONG
AS WELL.
THE CHINESE REGIME IS
RETALIATING, PULLING THE TEAM’S
GAMES FROM THEIR STREAMING
PLATFORM.
LAWRENCE: OF COURSE, IT’S CHINA.
JOINING US NOW, CLAY TRAVIS.
THE RESPONSE OF CHINA HAS
ALREADY BEEN THEY’RE GOING TO
TAKE ACTION, BUT WHY WAS KANTER
THE FIRST AND ONLY ONE TO TAKE A
STAND?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANKS
FOR HAVING ME.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO GIVE A LOT
OF CREDIT TO ENES KANTER FOR
STEPPING OUT THERE.
REMEMBER, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO
THE THEN-GENERAL MANAGER OF THE
HOUSTON ROCKETS TWEETED FREE
HONG KONG, AND BASICALLY
EVERYTHING FELL APART IN TERMS
OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE
NBA AND CHINA.
THEY’RE STILL TRYING TO PICK UP
THE PIECES.
IN FACT, THE 76ER GAMES, BECAUSE
HE’S THOUSAND THE GM OF THE --
NOW THE GM OF THE 76ERS, ARE
STILL NOT CHAIRED.
AND ALL OF THESE NBA PLAYERS
HAVE WANTED TO SEE THEY ARE
ACTIVISTS, BUT WE’VE GOT NBA
PLAYERS IN CHINESE SNEAKERS WITH
CHINESE SNEAKER DEALERS CHAR
ACTUALLY MADE -- THAT ARE
ACTUALLY MADE WITH SLAVE COTTON
FROM MUSLIM UYGHUR MINORITY
POPULATION THERE, AND IT’S AS IF
NO ONE WANTS TO PAY ATTENTION TO
THE INCONSISTENCY OF SPEAKING
OUT ON ALL SORTS OF AMERICAN
ISSUES DENIGRATING OUR COUNTRY,
REFUSING TO GO VISIT THE WHITE
HOUSE, BUT SHUTTING UP AND
DRIBBLING FOR CHAIRMAN XI.
AND I GIVE CREDIT TO E NECESSARY
CHANTER -- ENES KANTER.
I’M NOT SURE HOW MANY STOOD THE
UP ALONGSIDE OF HIM.
YESTERDAY HE CAME OUT WITH AN
EVEN MORE AGGRESSIVE STATEMENT
SAYING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
WAS GUILTY OF GENERAL SIDE, THAT
HE WANTS FOR THE UYGHURS TO BE
FREED FROM THE CONCENTRATION
CAMPS IN WHICH THEY’RE HELD,
HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM
OF RELIGION, BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
WHICH THEY DON’T HAVE IN CHINA,
AND I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR
ISSUE, GUYS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF
THE NBA’S RELATIONSHIP, BUT
REMEMBER, THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO SEND
OUR ATHLETES TO BEIJING IN TEN
AS A PORT OF THE -- AS A PART OF
THE WINTER OLYMPICS.
GUYS, I DON’T THINK THAT MAKES
SENSE AT ALL.
WE ARE BASICALLY KOWTOWING TO
CHINA WHEN WE NEED TO BE
STANDING UP TO THEM.
I GIVE E NECESSARY CABOTER --
ENES KANTER CREDIT.
HIS FAMILY WAS JAILED IN TURKEY,
HE HIMSELF IS NOT ALLOWED TO
RETURN TO HIS HOME COUNTRY
BECAUSE OF HIS WILLINGNESS TO
SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BRUTAL
LEADERSHIP IN THAT COUNTRY.
SO THIS IS A GUY WHO KNOWS A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT FREEDOM AND THE
BENEFITS THAT WE HAVE IN AMERICA
COMPARED TO WHAT THE CHINESE AND
THE TURKISH PEOPLE WHERE HE’S
FROM DON’T HAVE.
RACHEL: YEAH.
HE SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY BRAVE
PERSON.
>> NO DOUBT.
RACHEL: YOU BROUGHT OUT THE HONG
KONG, WHEN THAT TWEET WENT OUT
ABOUT HONG KONG, AND IT WAS
LeBRON JAMES THAT KIND OF
TRIED TO TELL PLAYERS TO BE
QUIET AND GO ALONG BECAUSE HE
KNOWS HIS MASTER.
>> YES.
RACHEL: MY QUESTION TO YOU IS
WHAT HAS BEEN THE REACTION OF
THE PLAYERS AND THE OWNERS TO
THIS DOUBLING DOWN OF ENES’
STATEMENT?
>> MOST OF THEM ARE PRETENDING
IT DOESN’T EXIST.
AND THAT’S SAD.
BUT EVEN SADDER, I THINK, IS
THERE’S A WHOLE COTTAGE INDUSTRY
OF MEDIA THAT ARE, THAT MAKE
THEIR LIVING COVERING THE NBA.
AND THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE
THAT EVERY TIME LeBRON JAMES
CRITICIZED A POLICE OFFICER OR
EVERY TIME STEVE KERR RIPS
DONALD TRUMP OR GREGG POPOVICH
DID THE SAME, THEY WERE THERE
WRITING DOWN EVERY WORD, AND
THEY MADE IT A HEADLINE.
YOU GO ON ESPN.COM’S WEB SITE
TODAY, YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WON’T
SEE?
ANY OF ENES KANTER’S STATEMENTS
ABOUT CHINESE OPPRESSION BECAUSE
I BELIEVE ESPN IS PROTECTING
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NBA,
AND THEY KNOW THAT CHINA IS
GOING TO BE FURIOUS, AND THEY’RE
TRYING TO PRETEND THAT THIS
STORY DOESN’T EXIST IN A WAY
THAT THEY NEVER DID EVERY TIME
DONALD TRUMP WAS RIPPED, EVERY
TIME A POLICE OFFICER WAS
ATTACKED.
I THINK IT’S SHAMEFUL OF THE N
WITH BA MEDIA, I THINK --, THIS
BA MEDIA, I THINK IT’S A NETTIC.
RACHEL: I THINK IT’S GROSS,
ACTUALLY, I THINK IT’S REALLY
GROSS.
>> IT IS.
IT IS.
PETE: CLAY --
>> I AGREE WITH YOU GUYS.
PETE: I THINK WE AGREE COLLEGE
FOOTBALL THOUGH, NOT GROSS.
[LAUGHTER]
IF.
RACHEL: THAT’S A GREAT SEGWAY.
PETE: ESPECIALLY ON FOX.
YOU’VE GOT
NORTHWESTERN/MICHIGAN, OKLAHOMA
STATE/IOWA STATE, WHAT DO YOU
LIKE?
>> LOOK, I LOVE NORTHWESTERN TO
COVER THAT GAME, I LIKE OKLAHOMA
STATE TO COVER THAT GAME.
AND, GUYS, THIS IS AN AWESOME
EVENT.
I HEARD YOU TALKING ABOUT THE
PATRIOT AWARDS WHICH I’M GOING
TO BE AT ALSO.
WE’VE GOT A COUPLE OF THINGS,
WE’VE GOT A DOCUMENTARY GOING UP
ON FOX NATION.
I KNOW YOUR WIFE JEN, I HOPE
SHE’S GOING TO LIKE IT, PETE,
BECAUSE WE’VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD
SHOW.
AND THAT DAY -- DEBUTED TODAY.
YOU CAN GET A FREE 30-DAY PASS,
GO TO FOXNATION.COM USE THE CODE
WORD OUTKICK.
I’M AT LUKE BRYAN’S HOUSE, HE’S
DOING AN ALL-DAY CHARITY EVENT.
WE’RE GOING TO BE THE LIVE WITH
BIG NOON KICKOFF WITH LUKE BRYAN
THIS MORNING, AND HE’S DOING IT
FOR THE BRETT BOYAR FOUNDATION,
PEDIATRIC HEART RESEARCH.
HIS NIECE DIED, TRAGICALLY, A
FEW YEARS AGO, SO THEY ARE DOING
EVERYTHING THEY CAN, RAISING
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO HELP
FIGHT THAT DISEASE AND TO HELP
EVERYBODY OUT THERE WITH
CONGENITAL HEART FAILURE,
PEDIATRICS, ALL OVER THIS
COUNTRY.
WE’RE GOING TO BE THERE ALL DAY
WITH FOX TRYING TO DO A GOOD
DEED WITH HIM AND MANY OTHER
PEOPLE THERE.
SO IT’S GOING TO BE A HECK OF A
DAY, AND I HOPE PEOPLE WILL
ENJOY THAT IN A LITTLE WHILE ON
FOX AS THEY GET READY FOR A DAY
OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
LAWRENCE: SUCH A GREAT CAUSE.
PETE: ALSO FOLKS CAN DOWNLOAD
THE FOX BET SUPER 6 APP, PICK
SIX OUTCOMES FROM TODAY’S
COLLEGE GAMES AND WATCH TO SEE
HOW IT ALL PLAYS OUT.
IT IS FREE TO PLAY.
CLAY TRAVIS, YOU’RE THE MAN.
GOT DOUBLE DUTY.
>> APPRECIATE IF IT, Y’ALL.
HAVE A GOOD MORNING.
RACHEL: THANKS, BUD.
DO YOU THINK HE’LL FORGIVE ME
FOR CALLING HIM --
[LAUGHTER]
PETE: WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED HIM