Others replied by hailing his support for the Hong Kong protesters, who began demonstrating in June in opposition to a proposal to a bill that would allow individuals to be extradited from Hong Kong to China. “Listen, Daryl Morey does NOT speak for the Houston Rockets,” he wrote on Twitter. The Rockets are one of the most popular and highest-profile NBA teams in China, given that they drafted Chinese legend Yao Ming with the top pick in 2002. ADADThe Chinese Basketball Association and Tencent Sports, the NBA’s rights holder in China, announced they would cut ties with the Rockets, in statements translated by reporter Yu Fu. The Rockets’ Chinese sponsors reportedly followed suit, as did the Chinese Consulate in Houston, which urged the franchise to “correct the error and take immediate concrete measures to eliminate the adverse impact” of Morey’s tweet.

Source: Washington Post October 07, 2019 01:35 UTC