With the sudden dismissal of China basher Enes Kanter Freedom, the NBA has regained the seal of approval from its dictatorial communist masters. The pathetic league is now fully cleansed of anyone who would dare criticize its appalling silence over the human rights atrocities of its Chinese business partner. The Boston Celtics traded their backup center to Houston Thursday, and the Rockets immediately waived him.

The NBA had previously tried persuading Freedom to stop angering China with his Tweets and designer shoes – all calling out the evil regime for denying freedom to its citizens and enslaving Uyghurs. That didn’t work. Two representatives of the NBA approached Freedom on the Boston bench a few months ago, after he had started wearing “Free Tibet Shoes.” As he recalls:

They said, “We are begging you take those shoes off.” [He responded:] “Go tell your boss, whoever it is, [NBA Commissioner] Adam Silver, the Celtics owner, and whoever you’re talking to, I’m not taking my shoes off. I don’t care if I get banned or if I get fined.” That game was right before my citizenship test, and I was getting ready for it. There are 27 amendments, and my First Amendment [right] is freedom of speech. I didn’t want them to take that away from me.