TOKYO (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league is not apologizing for Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s since-deleted tweet showing support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong, even after China’s state broadcaster canceled plans to show a pair of preseason games in that country later this week.
The Chinese Communist Party’s attempt to censor support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has created a moment in which every young American NBA fan is being challenged to reject authoritarianism, Breitbart International News editor Frances Martel noted in a Tuesday morning interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
Why does Hollywood get a pass for completely retooling its entire industry to appease the Chinese, for offenses that make the NBA’s recent PR disaster look like a stubbed toe?
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday joined the chorus of lawmakers condemning the National Basketball League for apologizing to communist China after one of the league’s general managers expressed support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.
Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is always quick to excoriate President Trump, but when it comes to the NBA’s appeasement of human rights abuser China, Kerr is suddenly confused on what to think.
The Chinese government newspaper Global Times warned “global brands” to “make their members speak cautiously” on Chinese political issues Monday in response to an ongoing controversy following an NBA executive lending support to pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong.
The National Basketball Association considers itself one of the most “progressive” organizations in America, and is always ready to criticize President Donald Trump or other Americans who members of the league think are not woke enough.
Recent events between the Houston Rockets and China illustrate China’s “weaponizing” of U.S.-based companies against America, warned Gordon Chang
Hours after publicly apologizing to China in two different languages for Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey’s tweet supporting the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says he supports Morey’s free speech rights.
The creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, issued a fake apology to China Monday, after the communist country banned the Comedy Central show after its most recent episode called out the nation’s censorship.
New York (AFP) – Freedom of expression does not extend to issues China deems untouchable, the Taiwanese-Canadian owner of the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets said Monday as he weighed in on the Houston Rockets pro-democracy tweet crisis.
Communist China is making the NBA feel it wrath, after Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.
The reactions to the NBA’s “disgusting” support of the oppressive Chinese government continues to grow, as a diverse group of Americans take the woke sports league to task for supporting China over pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong.
BEIJING (AP) — The NBA statement originally made in English had a different twist when it came out in Chinese.
The National Basketball Association came to the side of the oppressive Chinese government and delivered a sharp rebuke to Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey, after he tweeted his support for pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong.
The Chinese Basketball Association has decided to suspend all business dealings with the Houston Rockets, after a team executive tweeted a message of support for the protesters in Hong Kong.
The Toronto Raptors have launched a new line of team-branded hijabs to be “more inclusive” of Muslim athletes.
A porn site called BangBros, has made a $10 million bid for naming rights for the Miami Heat’s arena in Florida.
The sister of Los Angeles Clippers player Kawhi Leonard has been charged with the murder of an elderly woman in Temecula, California, reports said.
President Donald Trump awarded the Medal of Freedom to basketball legend Jerry Alan West of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Los Angeles (AFP) – An arrest warrant for Los Angeles Lakers center DeMarcus Cousins on a misdemeanor domestic violence charge has been issued by authorities in Mobile, Alabama.
Video from the night when former NBA player Mateen Cleaves was accused of sexual assault shows his female accuser, half-naked in the street, and struggling to get away as Cleaves tries to pull her back to his motel room.
Boston Celtics star Enes Kanter is so excited about becoming a U.S. citizen, he says that he may even adopt a more “American” name.
NBA legend Larry Bird has expressed unhappiness with an Indianapolis mural painted in his honor, which shows him covered in tattoos.
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich says that he believes Colin Kaepernick’s national anthem protests were, “a very patriotic thing.”
Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr says he fears that at any moment someone cold walk into the gym where Team USA is practicing, and “start spraying us with an AR-15.”
Basketball star Ben Simmons accused an Australian casino of “racial profiling,” after allegedly being denied entry.
In the wake of two mass shootings in less than a day, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr jumped to his Twitter account to go on the attack
Broadcaster and former NBA star Charles Barkley slammed the Democrat Party in the wake of Tuesday’s debates, saying that the party has done little to elevate most blacks in America.
Fox Sports 1 commentator Jason Whitlock found much to criticize about LeBron James’s parenting skills, saying that a “thirst for fame” is like a cocaine addiction after the Lakers star was seen on video hollering support for his son’s basketball skills.
The ex-wife of NBA player Lorenzen Wright has pleaded guilty to facilitating the player’s 2010 murder, and could spend at least nine years in jail.
The nation of Turkey is reportedly still lashing out at the NBA’s Enes Kanter, this time by allegedly putting pressure on a Long Island mosque to cancel a youth basketball camp that the Celtics player had scheduled for this summer.
Golden State Warriors Coach Steve Kerr urged Congress to call President Trump out for his “racist tweets” over the weekend.
Indiana Pacers guard Darren Collison announced this weekend that he is going to retire from the NBA to have more time to work with the Jehovah’s Witnesses who minister to the less fortunate.
Saints and Pelicans Owner Gayle Benson says she still plans on being called an “owner,” despite the NBA moving away from using the term.
Raptors President of Basketball Operations Masai Ujiri has broken his silence over the alleged shoving incident involving a police officer after the Raptors won Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
The fashion choices NBA players make always attract a lot of attention. That’s especially the case when the fashion choice in question involves promoting one of the most notorious protesters in the history of American sports.
The NBA Commissioner has spoken about the controversy surrounding the use of the term “owner,” many of the leagues star players have spoken about it as well, but as far as Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban is concerned?
It doesn’t sound like Raptors swingman Danny Green thinks the NBA champions would accept an invite to the White House to celebrate their big win.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver now says that the league has “moved away” from using the term “owner,” because he is “sensitive” to the racial connotations some apply to the word.
