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> the NBA ... so publicly siding with Beijing I must have missed something, because all the coverage I have seen is of Adam Silver publicly supporting Morey an
by vonmoltke 7y ago
> the NBA ... so publicly siding with Beijing
I must have missed something, because all the coverage I have seen is of Adam Silver publicly supporting Morey and Tsai. Additionally, the Nets cancelled a media event in Shanghai over this.
- dependenttypes 7y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21184008 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21184008
- vonmoltke 7y agoSilver says that is not an apology[1], and the message quoted reads more like a diplomatic version of "Sorry this upset you, but tough shit". I'm not sure where the author of that opinion column got the idea that the message was an apology. [1] https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-commissioner-adam-silver-no-apology https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/8/20904593/nba-china-co...
- danem 7y agoDoesn't look like he's siding with Beijing at all. https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1181497808563658752 https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/1181497808563658752 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrY6bKFVD3Q&feature=youtu.be&t=1375 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrY6bKFVD3Q&feature=youtu.be... https://streamable.com/b7ifu https://streamable.com/b7ifu