Lakers star LeBron James received more backlash Tuesday for saying the previous day that freedom of speech can lead to “a lot of negative.”
and were upset because James was critical about Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s since-deleted tweet supporting demonstrators in Hong Kong.
James spoke about Morey’s tweet Monday night before the Lakers played Golden State at Staples Center and again after practice Tuesday, including the controversy now“It’s a tough situation we’re all in right now with the association , us as athletes, GMs and owners and so forth,” James said. “I think when the issue comes up and you feel passionate about it and you feel like it’s something you want to talk about, then so be it.“I also don’t think every issue should be everybody’s problem as well.
“Trying to make sure the inner-city kids that grow up in my hometown of [Akron, Ohio] can have a brighter future and look at me as an inspiration to get out of the ‘hell hole’ of the inner city. We don’t talk about those stories enough. We want to talk about so many other things as well. There’s issues all over the world. I think the best thing we can do is if you feel passionate about it, talk about it.
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