NBA training academies in China accused of abusing players

[cephasjames]

ESPN investigation finds coaches at NBA China academies complained of player abuse, lack of schooling

American coaches at three NBA training academies in China told league officials their Chinese partners were physically abusing young players and failing to provide schooling, even though commissioner Adam Silver had said that education would be central to the program, according to multiple sources with direct knowledge of the complaints.

The NBA ran into myriad problems by opening one of the academies in Xinjiang, a police state in western China where more than a million Uighur Muslims are now held in barbed-wire camps. American coaches were frequently harassed and surveilled in Xinjiang, the sources said.

A former league employee compared the atmosphere when he worked in Xinjiang to "World War II Germany."

The ESPN investigation, which began after Morey's tweet, sheds new light on the lucrative NBA-China relationship and the costs of doing business with a government that suppresses free expression and is accused of cultural genocide.

Wow! This will be an interesting story to follow to see where it leads. I don't really have anything to say about it but wow.

[rudel.dietrich]

Yeah, this is a terrible look and not good at all. I hope the league severs all ties with these academies.
It would be nice to find Chinese talent to bring into the league. And the money is nice to increase the salary cap.
But not at the expense of your morality or ethics.

[CBeisbol]

I'm shocked that there was abuse and a lack of schooling at a sports camp