Breitbart: Roughly thirty-five demonstrators rallied outside of Toyota Center in Houston on Saturday night, to support the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and embattled Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey.
According to ESPN:
As fans filed into the arena, the demonstrators gathered in the entrance plaza, wearing black T-shirts emblazoned with the words ‘Fight For Freedom’ on the front and ‘China, Stop Bullying”‘ on the back. They held American flags as well as signs expressing support for free expression and criticizing the Chinese government. Two attendees held a large, gold banner that read, ‘Hong Kong’s fight is everyone’s fight.’
The rally was coordinated by two local groups: the Vietnamese Community of Houston and Vicinities and Texas for Hong Kong. The same coalition organized approximately 30 people on Thursday for the Rockets’ home opener, and they sat behind the south basket and stood holding their signs during stoppages in play.
On October 4th, Morey posted a tweet in support of pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong. Despite almost immediately deleting the tweet, China reacted harshly by canceling several TV and streaming broadcasts, and several other business deals with the NBA.
However, while damage may have been done to the NBA’s standing with communist China, in Hong Kong and in much of the the United States, Morey’s tweet was well-received.
“My reaction [to the Morey tweet] was, ‘Great, someone is supporting and publicly speaking for Hong Kong,’” said Chris Wong, a research scientist and Hong Kong native who helped organize the demonstrations at Toyota Center. “But the reaction from the Chinese government and the machinery in China was such an overreaction just for someone sending out a symbolic tweet. I was mad.”
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Here in Cleveland we have a local radio personality who has called LeBron James “LePrik” for years. I’d say he called that right!
He’s the Biden of Basketball.
Leftbron ‘Chin Chin’ James – wasn’t likeable even before all of this. Now, we know for sure.
I miss the old days of the NBA (50’s & 60’s) when the game was played by classy men.