The saga of Hong Kong vs. China vs. the NBA continues in Toronto next week with the distribution of more than 7,000 fan-made "The North Stand with Hong Kong" t-shirts on opening night of the Toronto Raptors 2019-2020 season.Read more here.
A group of local basketball fans who support Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement raised more than $32,000 to produce and give away enough t-shirts to cover roughly a third of the Scotiabank Arena's audience.
The Raptors have not officially endorsed this giveaway, nor is the team involved in the political movement — but a strong faction of Raptors Nation is ready to make a statement.
"As you may know by now, China is trying to censor the entire NBA because Houston Rockets' General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted a 'Fight for Freedom, Stand with Hong Kong' photo to support Hong Kong," reads a GoFundMe page in support of the t-shirt project.
"For those who didn’t follow what is going on, you might ask 'why?' It all started with a proposed amendment on an extradition law that would jeopardise the autonomy of Hong Kong and Hongkongers don't like it."
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Go, Raptors!
I know my sons are going to want to watch NBA basketball this fall. But with Steve Kerr and LeBron James leading the way of cowardice, I have not been able to garner any enthusiasm for watching the games with my sons. Until now! Lauren O'Neil reports in blogTO,
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