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The NBA at least seems to be walking back their initial condemnation of Morey's comments, China be damned: [0]. We should give them credit for that. Conversely,
by Analemma_ 7y ago
The NBA at least seems to be walking back their initial condemnation of Morey's comments, China be damned: [0]. We should give them credit for that. Conversely, there's been radio silence from Blizzard so far.
[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/sports/adam-silver-nba-china-hong-kong.html https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/sports/adam-silver-nba-ch...
- f-securus 7y agoBut they ejected fans that had HK posters?
- sp332 7y agoThings are moving pretty fast. Silver came out on the side of free speech, as far as I can see, just a few hours before the fan was ejected for yelling "Free Hong Kong". It's possible that the Philadelphia officials thought they were following the league's lead even if the NBA's official stance had changed.
- jessaustin 7y agoSomeone else should probably try it. Then again, NBA tickets are expensive... maybe something to try in the fourth quarter?
- Rebelgecko 7y agoIt'll be interesting to see what happens at the next Laker home game. Someone raised like $40k on GoFundMe to hand out pro-HK shirts
- 556343throwaway 7y agoBecause those fans were causing a disruption, not because of their message.