NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the financial consequences of the fallout with China were 'dramatic'
Getty Images for TIME 100 Health Summit: NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that the basketball league had faced “dramatic” financial consequences and the Chinese government asked him to sack Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey over his tweet backing Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protest movement.
Silver speaking at the Time 100 Health summit delivered his most candid remarks since major Chinese sponsors cut ties with the league over the tweet. He told the summit that the financial cost of the fallout have been, and could continue to be, “fairly dramatic.” Silver added that NBA games are still not airing in China after state-owned TV station CCTV announced it would not broadcast NBA games afterMorey’s right to express his views after he tweeted “Fight for freedom. Stand with Hong Kong” on October 4.
He also claimed that China’s government asked Silver to fire Morey, to which Silver apparently responded: “There’s no chance that’s happening.” China’s foreign ministry spokesman denied that Beijing ever made the request,It appears Morey was not reprimanded by the league for his actions, as Silver added that there’s “no chance we’ll even discipline him.”: Silver said: “I felt we had made enormous progress in terms of building cultural exchanges with the Chinese people.
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