Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James criticized Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey for the tweet that set off a crisis between the NBA and China, saying that Morey’s support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong was “misinformed or not really educated on the situation.”The comments are the first from James since Morey’s since-deleted tweet touched off the controversy, which intensified as the Lakers landed in China for two exhibition games last week. After the crisis erupted and developed into an international...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 15, 2019 02:48 UTC