HOUSTON, TX - JULY 13: Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey listens as Dwight Howard is officially introduced as a Houston Rocket during a press conference on July 13, 2013 in Houston, Texas. Stand with Hong Kong,” He has since deleted the Tweet, which did not go over well in China or with the NBA. This issue is non-negotiable.”Still, what about the human rights of the people in Hong Kong (and elsewhere in China) and where does the NBA stand on all of this? Levine, the human rights professor, says the league will have to come to grips with this moving forward. “To say that yes we’ll [show concern for human rights] in the U.S., but we don’t care about the human rights of people in other countries where we choose to operate is worrying,” he said.

Source: Forbes October 07, 2019 13:41 UTC