'I meant no disrespect': China team cuts ex-NBA guard Lawson over lewd posts

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Former NBA point guard Ty Lawson said he meant 'no disrespect' after lewd social media posts about Chinese women stirred an outcry and saw him ...

Ty Lawson used to play for the Denver Nuggets in the NBA AFP/FREDERIC J. BROWNBEIJING: Former NBA point guard Ty Lawson said he meant"no disrespect" after lewd social media posts about Chinese women stirred an outcry and saw him axed by China's Fujian Sturgeons basketball team.

Widely circulated screengrabs show Lawson in a compromising position with a semi-clad woman, accompanied by sexually suggestive captions. Lawson's contract had ended with the previous CBA season and would not be renewed it in light of his posts, the team added.The basketballer took to Instagram on Sunday to deny his comments were racist or sexist, as claimed by outraged Chinese social media users, while adding he was dancing with a woman at a club rather than a strip joint as reported.

State media fanned the online outrage, with nationalist tabloid Global Times accused Lawson of"insulting" Chinese women.

 

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