The NBA and its vocal urging of its players to speak out against injustice as protests continue across the country makes the league’s acquiescence to China look even worse than it did during last year’s Hong Kong protests.

NBA star LeBron James joined in the pile-on of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees over the latter’s benign comments defending standing for the national anthem. James, defending Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling, said that he knows “what’s right is right, and what’s wrong is wrong.”