about 2 months ago

Adam Silver Says Chinese Paper Was Wrong to Publish Fake LeBron James Essay

People’s Daily, a Chinese Communist Party newspaper, claimed LeBron wrote an Op-Ed essay that praised basketball as a cultural bridge. The article was based on comments James made to reporters in China. NBA commissioner Adam Silver said turning remarks into “a first-person op-ed” was “not appropriate.” U.S. critics accused Beijing of exploiting his fame for propaganda.