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Enes Freedom called Celtics coaches ‘hypocrites’ for wearing pins supporting Ukraine

Though he was traded away from the Celtics in February, Enes Freedom — formerly Enes Kanter — is still keeping an eye on his old team.

Following the recent decision by Celtics coaches to wear blue and yellow pins to honor Ukraine, the 29-year-old Freedom took to Twitter to criticize what he saw as an inconsistent political message.

“Hypocrites!” Freedom began. “I see Celtics coaching staff wearing Ukrainian flag pins, which I support.”

“What about Syria, Afghanistan, Uyghurs, Hong Kong, Tibet, Taiwan,” Freedom added. “Why is it okay to speak up about human rights violations there but not in other countries?