The 's commissioner has denied Enes Kanter Freedom's claims that he is being blackballed by the league for speaking out against human rights abuses in .Adam Silver also called the basketball player's comparison of his situation to that of Colin Kaepernick, who in November of 2017 filed a suit accusing NFL ownership of colluding not to sign him after he protested police brutality, 'completely unfounded and unfair'. In a report, Freedom also claimed the NBA union tried to silence his activism regarding the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in China, alleging that they wanted him to stop wearing shoes designed by political artist Badiucao at games.
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