NBA Commissioner Adam Silver backs down on the league’s criticism of Houston Rockets GM Morey who triggered fury in China when he tweeted his support for Hong Kong's protesters.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver backed down Tuesday on the league’s criticism of Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey who triggered fury in China when he tweeted his support for Hong Kong's protesters.
Silver said"the NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players, employees and team owners say or will not say on these issues." “The long-held values of the NBA are to support freedom of expression, certainly by members of the NBA community,” Silver told reporters after issuing the statement, adding that Morey enjoys that right as one of their employees.
A tweet by Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey in support of anti-government protesters Hong Kong has sparked a controversy.At a news conference in Japan, where Houston Rockets are playing this week, Silver said he decided to issue a new statement because he thought there was a lot of “misunderstanding” about the NBA's position after it initially called Morey's tweet"regrettable.
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