On Monday, James waded back into the maelstrom by holding a seven-minute news conference before the Lakers played the Golden State Warriors in a preseason game at Staples Center. He said that Morey had caused a lot of problems for the players while they were in China — and went so far as to suggest that he could have endangered them. “Yes, we do all have freedom of speech,” James said. That’s my belief. I believe he was misinformed or not really educated on the situation.

Source: New York Times October 15, 2019 03:45 UTC