Daryl Morey's tweet in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters has spun out into an all-out crisis--and it will likely hurt the NBA's bottom line.
: Chinese state television CCTV has scrapped plans to broadcast two pre-season NBA games in the latest retaliatory move directed at the basketball league following a tweet from Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morley voicing his support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters.: Daryl Morey, general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted on Friday: “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong,” in support of the territory’s months long pro-democracy protests.
CCTV announced the move to drop coverage of the LA Lakers-Brooklyn Nets games on Tuesday. CCTV and Tencent, which owns the NBA online streaming rights, had already said they would not broadcast Rockets games. The NBA is the most watched sports league in China, the SCMPThe move to drop coverage of the pre-season games appears to be a response to NBA commissioner Adam Silver’s defence of Morley’s right to express his views,The NBA has drawn fire at home for its response to the political spat. U.S.
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