Are you curious whether NBA fans will stand up for Hong Kong at tonight’s season opener between the Lakers & the Clips? Me too! That’s why I’ll be outside @STAPLESCenter. laist.com/2019/10/22/hon…
My interest was piqued when I talked to the NBA fan from the Bay Area raised $43,000 in under two days to make pro-HK democracy T-shirts for other fans to wear at tonight’s season opener. This is him:
So he’s still going by the pseudonym Sun Lared. All he’ll tell me is he works in tech, is Taiwanese American, in his 30’s and hates that China has gotten US businesses to self-censor.
He’s had 13,000 shirts made to give away. Dozens are here to help him.
.@STAPLESCenter holds 19,000+ people. If fans wear the 13,000 shirts, it’ll create quite the visual.
How are fans reacting to the Hong Kong T-shirt giveaway? Well, you got folks like Ramon Diosdado of Fontana who took a shirt but says he’s been waiting too long for this game to cover up his Lakers jersey.
Then you have Clips fan Ernesto Becerra of Upland who says he’ll put on the shirt inside Staples to show support for Hong Kong protesters and also to challenge LeBron for critiquing Rockets GM Daryl Morey.
Yo, @KingJames. #hongkongprotestors outside Staples.
This is not just about Hong Kong, but standing up to China. Uyghurs and Taiwan also getting repped outside Staples.
My view now that Clips/Lakers game has started.
Didn’t ask @KPCC to spring for ticket, especially not during pledge drive week.
Oh, please donate at kpcc.org!
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