LeBron James calls out Daryl Morey’s initial pro Hong Kong tweet, then offers clarification on Twitter
- The NBA’s dispute with China continues to cause waves as LeBron James says he didn’t think the Houston Rockets general manager was educated enough on subject
- The Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets have just returned from two games in China amid controversy
It’s clear the NBA’s biggest superstar was not happy with how the past week went.
Morey quickly deleted his tweet, offered an apology and the NBA initially called the tweet “regrettable”. However, NBA commissioner Adam Silver did an about-face and then backed Morey’s right to “freedom of expression” as an employee of the league with two separate statements. James said he was not happy with Morey’s tweet when asked on Monday night before taking the court.
“I don’t want to get into a word or sentence feud with Daryl. But I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand and he spoke and so many people could have been harmed, not only financially, but physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and what we say and what we do even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech but there can come a lot of negative things with that.”
