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"Tatum said the league sought advice from Yao and other experts in China on the development of its academy program. NBA coaches and officials became concerned that although education had been announced as a pillar of the academy program, the sports bureaus did not provide formal schooling. "The older generation still sees it as an integral part of training. "I will tell you that the health and wellness of academy athletes and everyone who participates in our program is of the utmost priority," Tatum said.Tatum identified four separate incidents, though he said only one was formally reported in writing by an NBA employee. "The NBA employees who spoke with ESPN said many of the league's problems stemmed from the decision to embed the academies in government-run sports facilities. NBA officials asked current and former employees not to speak with ESPN for this story. "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. "We don't have oversight of the local coaches, of the academic programs or the living conditions. "I'll tell you what the NBA stands for: The values of the NBA are about respect, are about inclusion, are about diversity. The Korean Zombie)Marlon Vera vs. Andre Ewell (UFC Fight Night: Joanna vs. Waterson)Mon, 8/3 - In Spanish-Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah JazzMon, 8/3 - Memphis Grizzlies vs. New Orleans PelicansUFC Fight Night Presented by U.S. Army: Lewis vs. OleinikUFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier presented by Modelo (Prelims)UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier presented by Modelo (Prelims)In Spanish - UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier (Prelims)In Spanish - UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier (Prelims)In Spanish - UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier (Prelims)In Spanish - UFC 252: Miocic vs. Cormier (Main Card)In Spanish-Eleider Alvarez vs. Joe Smith Jr. (Main Card)Boston Red Sox vs. Tampa Bay Rays (Red Sox Broadcast)Houston Astros vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (Astros Broadcast)Los Angeles Angels vs. Seattle Mariners (Angels Broadcast)Brentford vs. Fulham (Final) (English League Championship)Atlanta United FC 2 vs. Charleston Battery (USL Championship)Philadelphia Union II vs. New York Red Bulls II (USL Championship)Birmingham Legion FC vs. Charlotte Independence (USL Championship)Saint Louis FC vs. Most of the former employees spoke on the condition of anonymity because they feared damaging their chances for future employment. Tatum said the incidents were not reported at the time to league officials in New York, including himself or Silver. 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. On three of the occasions, the coaches reported witnessing or hearing about physical abuse.

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Once, he was taken to a station and held for more than two hours because he didn't have his passport at the time. If you really feel like hitting a 14-year-old boy, and you think it's going to help him or make you feel better, take him off campus, but not here, because the NBA does not allow this. He said when NBA employees later raised questions about whether the kids were in school, the Chinese officials reassured them they were.But two former league employees said they complained directly to Stolt, who's based in Shanghai, that the players under their supervision were not in school.Hawley's letter challenged the NBA for excluding messages supporting human rights in China among statements that players can wear on their jerseys.

"Loubert declined several interview requests from ESPN.In a bipartisan letter to Silver last October after Morey's tweet, eight U.S. legislators -- including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Cruz -- called for the NBA to "reevaluate" the Xinjiang academy in response to "a massive, government-run campaign of ethno-religious repression. "We were basically working for the Chinese government," one former coach said.After his work in the NBA-sponsored facility in Dongguan, the league hired Palmer to evaluate the academies. It was unclear whether the information was passed on to NBA officials in New York, they said. The government says the policy is necessary to combat terrorism.

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