Amid a growing conflict between the NBA and China, league Commissioner Adam Silver said Tuesday that he will protect NBA employees’ freedom of speech, a stance applauded by Clippers coach Doc Rivers. “We don’t get killed for saying in what we believe in, what we get is disagreed [with],” Rivers said. I can disagree with everything you say, I have the right to do that and I have the right to say so and that’s good. That’s what this country is about, freedom of speech, and we should always have freedom of speech. But I did tell [players] this, freedom of speech does not mean freedom of consequences.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 09, 2019 01:07 UTC