Daryl Morey Hong Kong Tweets

Morey caused an international uproar last year when he tweeted support for anti government protesters in hong kong.

Daryl morey hong kong tweets. The nba and the houston rockets are embroiled in a tenuous situation with china over a since deleted tweet from general manager daryl morey regarding protests in hong kong. Stand with hong kong but the coach backpedalled after a fierce criticism from chinese fans sponsors and commercial. Daryl morey the general manager. According to the new york.

Daryl morey and houston rockets owner tilman fertitta reportedly failed to address any fallout over the hong kong tweet controversy that took the nba by storm last year. But the hong kong demonstrators have spent the past 18 weeks confronting the nba. Morey tweeted an image that said. Houston rockets general manager daryl morey sent what may be the most problematic and potentially damaging tweet in corporate america this year.

Daryl morey s original tweet included an image captioned. Daryl morey s tweet supporting hong kong protesters set off a pro china troll mob on twitter that resulted in notifications flooding his phone at nearly two per second according to a. By the end of the weekend chinese officials had asked nba commissioner adam silver to fire morey for his remarks. Stand with hong kong.

So any backlash among chinese fans to morey s tweets would. Protesters clash with police during a protest in kowloon in hong kong china on october 6.