Daryl Morey, embarking on his first season as Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations, told ESPN in an article published Wednesday he once feared his tweet last year supporting Hong Kong activists could end his NBA career.
Morey was general manager of the Houston Rockets when he tweeted: “Fight for Freedom, stand with Hong Kong,” referring to protests Beijing calls separatist and seditious.
The tweet triggered a fierce backlash in China — the NBA’s most lucrative market outside the United States — and the rift cost the league hundreds of millions of dollars.
When Morey stepped down in October of this year after guiding Rockets basketball operations since 2007…
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