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    The NBA Is Going to Have to Choose

    Pro basketball was a progressive beacon, allowing players and coaches to speak their mind freely. And then China got involved.
    by Jemele Hill Oct 08, 2019 5 minutes
    Source: Pat Sullivan / AP

    Updated at 9:40 a.m. on October 9, 2019

    The NBA reveled in the praise it got for being the pro sports league that welcomes its players’ and employees’ opinions on political and social issues. But the league’s respect for open expression—which supposedly distinguished it from the NFL—suddenly has its limits.

    A posting on Twitter Friday by the Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey showing support for the Hong Kong protesters has fractured the relationship between the National Basketball Association and its business partners in China, a country with deep pockets and an insatiable thirst for the sport. The tweet featured an image bearing the caption “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” It wasn’t up for long, but it was enough to jeopardize the NBA’s growing ties with the Chinese Basketball Association

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