After backlash to first statement, Adam Silver releases new statement on NBA, China

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As tensions escalated between the NBA and China around Rockets' GM Daryl Morey's Tweet supporting protestors in Hong Kong, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver released a statement trying to calm the waters. In China, the statement was translated poorly on the NBA's Chinese social media to say the league was “extremely disappointed” by Morey's “inappropriate” Tweet, which “severely hurt the feelings of Chinese fans.” The NBA had to say that was not what was said or meant. Domestically the statement was rightfully seen by many as the NBA backing the almighty dollar over freedom of expression, which led to Senators and presidential candidates — across party lines — to chastise the league.

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