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Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets, China, Hong Kong, Adam Silver. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/08/2019, 6:27am PDT
First of all, free Hong Kong. CALTROPS is disgusted with the authoritative fascism exhibited by the government of mainland China. Freedom is the right of all sentient beings.

Secondly, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for Hong Kong and the government of China found out about it. And those goddamn pussies FREAKED THE FUCK OUT.

Over a tweet! A tweet!

Here's an article about it, lemme quote some stuff.

On Friday, Daryl Morey, the general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted something a bit outside his lane as a sports guy but fundamentally banal in the context of American public opinion: “fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong.”

Athletes and sports figures have sparked controversies for generations in American politics by wading into contested political issues. These controversies have only heated up in the Trump era.

But Morey turns out to have stepped onto a much bigger landmine — Chinese politics, just as the National Basketball Association grows more thirsty to get into the Chinese market.


The Chinese government is harvesting organs from minorities. Every single person that owns an NBA team is a millionaire a zillion times over. How fucking greedy do you have to be to still want in on their money?

Morey got himself denounced by the Chinese consulate in Houston and by the owner of his team. His tweet was deleted, the Chinese Basketball Association announced that it is suspending all cooperation with the Rockets, Morey was made to apologize, and the NBA put out a statement characterizing his tweet as “regrettable” and clarifying that his support for Hong Kong protesters “does not represent the Rockets or the NBA.” The Rockets are reportedly considering firing Morey in an effort to appease the Chinese.


They aren't - Morey is the only guy in the world that could have taken the Rockets to where they are now without waiting around 7-10 years for a Zion/LeBron/Duncan to fall into their laps, so this is shitty reporting, but Adam Silver of the NBA kneeling to China is the weakest-ass shit I've ever seen.

Meanwhile, the NBA’s eagerness to squash a backlash in China is prompting its own backlash in American politics.

Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke, and Julián Castro were among those to swiftly denounce the NBA for giving in to Chinese denunciations.


Way to get those three guys to all agree on something.

I'm fucking sorry, it's nothing but greed on the part of the part of the owners of the NBA teams. That's it. Money over freedom of expression against a tyrannical government. "Pressure to fire Morey" - FUCK YOU - owner of the Rockets is Tilman Fertitta and he is an enormous piece of shit for not doubling down on this and supporting his GM and the protesters in Hong Kong.


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Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets, China, Hong Kong, Adam Silver. by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/08/2019, 6:27am PDT NEW
    It really is remarkable how South Park is still able to time these things. by Two days before the tweet: 10/08/2019, 6:55am PDT NEW
    At least Blizzard showed some courage by - 10/08/2019, 11:06am PDT NEW
        Card games on the computer are stupid NT by Right Thinking People 10/09/2019, 11:06am PDT NEW
    The NBA's dentures slip by Vested Id 10/08/2019, 11:28am PDT NEW
    Theathletic.com deleted their comments on their China piece and ESPN by Ulrachi 10/08/2019, 6:34pm PDT NEW
    Don't worry, your free speech rights aren't being violated by Randal Munroe 10/08/2019, 8:24pm PDT NEW
        Hahaahahaaahahaha by Ulrachi 10/09/2019, 6:37am PDT NEW
            That comic is from years ago by Vested Id 10/09/2019, 11:10am PDT NEW
                You're Qui-Gon Jinn. by Injustice 10/09/2019, 4:16pm PDT NEW
            Randall posted that a while ago to dunk on conservatives getting deplatformed by blackwater 10/09/2019, 9:11pm PDT NEW
    Dumb bitch at Deadspin manages to have the worst take at all. by Mysterio 10/09/2019, 8:14am PDT NEW
        "I was only pretending to be retarded" NT by Glenn from Habbo 10/09/2019, 8:15am PDT NEW
            Ah. I may use that myself. by Richard Sherman 10/09/2019, 8:16am PDT NEW
            It takes a brilliant writer to make Chinese crimes against their citizens be sec NT by ondary to FUCKING WHITE MALES 10/09/2019, 10:34am PDT NEW
                Par for the course by Guangzhou Loong Lions 10/09/2019, 3:01pm PDT NEW
        Why can't fucking WHITE MEN shut the fuck up? by This is how I like my white men 10/09/2019, 8:20am PDT NEW
        She's not wrong. Have you ever met a white guy? by Injustice 10/09/2019, 9:24am PDT NEW
    lol at espn by - 10/10/2019, 7:22am PDT NEW
    NBA staffer shooting down reasonable question by Ichabod 10/10/2019, 9:32am PDT NEW
        Re: NBA staffer shooting down reasonable question by Mysterio 10/10/2019, 10:03am PDT NEW
        I think Chinese addresses are banned from accessing this site. NT by Mysterio 10/10/2019, 10:47am PDT NEW
    How greedy can they be? by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 10/15/2019, 4:14pm PDT NEW
    There's more money in the China market than there is in the US market by Roop 10/15/2019, 8:51pm PDT NEW
        And that's entirely fine! by Ulrachi 10/16/2019, 6:04am PDT NEW
            Who is uneducated? by Peking James 10/16/2019, 6:09pm PDT NEW
    I find it hilarious that by basquito 10/16/2019, 2:56pm PDT NEW
        Counterpoint by Vested Id (lazy ass) 10/16/2019, 5:58pm PDT NEW
    Re: Daryl Morey, Houston Rockets, China, Hong Kong, Adam Silver. by - 10/16/2019, 3:09pm PDT NEW
        Let me watch this 17 minute video and then consider your one sentence directive. NT by pinback 10/16/2019, 6:10pm PDT NEW
            Thank you. I post great videos. NT by - 10/16/2019, 6:49pm PDT NEW
 
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