Dallas Mavericks guard Kyrie Irving signed a new shoe deal with a Chinese apparel company earlier this year, which marked his first such sneaker partnership since his contract with Nike ended amid his controversies in New York.
That deal also made Irving the chief creative officer at ANTA, a Chinese apparel giant worth more than $30 billion.
According to a new Rolling Stone article, however, ANTA has been directly linked to “crimes against humanity” and a “genocide” by the Chinese government when it comes to forced labor by Uyghur Muslims — and the United States government is warning the NBA about it.