Chinese companies have suspended ties with the Rockets, one of the NBA’s most popular teams in China, after Houston’s general manager tweeted his support of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong
The NBA has positioned itself as the most progressive of the major American sports leagues by encouraging free speech and spreading basketball around the world. Now those forces have collided and placed the league in the eye of an international crisis.
The league’s carefully plotted strategic emphasis on China was jolted off course on Friday night when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted an image with the words “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong,” in reference to the pro-democracy protests against China’s...
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