Chinese fans angry at Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey for supporting Hong Kong

What should NBA commissioner Adam Silver do?

  • Fire Morey

    Votes: 24 12.7%
  • Publically stand behind Morey and dont be bullied

    Votes: 165 87.3%

  • Total voters
    189

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Just read up on the situation and its a touchy subject. Its about the proposed Extradition Bill. It started when a 19 year old killed his pregnant girlfriend in Taiwan but went to Hong Kong and stayed there even admitted his crimes but the mainland(China) couldn't transfer him to Beijing to bring him to trial. This is all about being able to move criminals or wanted people to and from Hong Kong/Taiwan/Mainland easily. But of course everyone in HK thinks this could bleed into something else like snatching up a journalist/artist/businessman up if they do or say anything bad about the mainland. And the people in HK don't like the judicial system in the Mainland. The bill hasn't passed yet though as far as I know.

Hong Kong is simply used to a different/western style way of life. They'll always be protest in that city til the day it dies. They protest over everything. This is just the latest one and a big one btw. They knew once the mainland got the colony back from the British they'd have to sacrifice some shyt. I think folks are reacting off the images of an actual protest - baton sticks, tear gas, bottles thrown, marches, etc --than what's actually at stake. Not caping for either side cause at the end of the day I'm all about the welfare of my black brehs and brehettes.
The extradition issue is about their last bastion of autonomy. That guy was a Hong Kong citizen, who killed his gf in Taiwan. So what would have been an extradition case between HK and Taiwan, was seen as a political move from the mainland on these two. Can't say they were wrong.

What's come to head is the inevitability of Hong Kong to recognize they will no longer be able to enjoy a lot of freedoms. Whether or not they're used to a way of life, its no secret that they were probably never going to accept the full control from the mainland. HK was once the largest economic power in the region after Tokyo, and slowly China has moved that over to Shanghai. They've been very strategic with it all.

For all the crap we talk about how the Chinese are taking over where- South America and Africa. The NBA is much more to lose. But this very hypocritical. They can choose to apologize, but they'll suffer for it in the states.
 

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Did he say anything about Trump promising to Xi to stay quiet about Honk Kong protests while they're negotiating trade?

Did he or Republicans say anything about Trump asking China to investigate Biden?

:camby:

There's actually rare bipartisan backlash against the NBA for leaving Morey out to dry.
 

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This sh*t is crazy. I'm going to spend some time today reading up on the issues, I'm not informed at all really.

Do that breh, there’s protest movements going on all over the world shyt crazy. HK is just one of them. If the Uighurs were in HK or even Macau you’d prolly be hearing from them too but China got them under pressure.
 

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what exactly does tweeting that do?

Its funny how people change stances based on whats popular with whatever group they claim.

A few years ago liberals were against intervening in other countries business...
...now folks think its morally right to be the worlds police.

Same folks wanting to stand w/ HK are the same ones that think Trump shouldnt start the trade war.

Is it Oochie Wally or One Mic?

The situation is complex.
Imagine if Alaska said they wanted to separate and stop paying taxes to the mainland....how would that go over here?

Lets not forget...the reason HK is the way it is now is because it was a colony...not for any good reason.

Again...not saying I agree w/ China (ive been there on two separate occasions)...but lets be real...the shyt is not our business.

Holy false equivalencies batman! :why:

Let's get this straight. Liberals are against invading a country in order to force them to do what we want them to do. Liberals have never been opposed to speaking out and supporting civil rights in other nations. South Africa? Palestine? Sudan?

And wtf does Trump's trade war have anything to do with this? Trump ain't fighting no trade war in support of human rights. :skip:


And Hong Kong isn't asking to separate - have you been informed on this issue at all? :what:

A better comparison would be, "What if Trump suddenly unilaterally decided to take Native American soveignity away and declare federal power over every Indian Reservation, and when they protested he sent in a bunch of thugs in uniforms to beat the shyt out of the Native Americans."

Yeah, hmm, I wonder how liberals would feel about that. :martin:
 

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Which. Is. Why. Chasing. Money. Is. Evil.


"He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves wealth with his income; this also is vanity."


"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation, into a snare, into many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs."


"No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."


"Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”


"Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in heaven that will never fail, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also."


"Jesus looked at him and loved him. 'One thing you lack,' he said. 'Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.' At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth. Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, 'How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!' The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, 'Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.'”


"Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, 'Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.'”

I just wanna point out that the majority of people who dapped that shyt have "money", "cash" or "hustler" in their screenname. :dead:
 

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If a WNBA GM can be fired for calling her team a bunch of BANs after a bad loss, Morey deserves to be canned today.

I don’t disagree with his sentiment at all (frankly surprised he holds such a stance. Some “massage parlor” worker probably put him up on game:mjpls: :mjlol: ), but conduct detrimental is exactly that: conduct detrimental.

He should’ve tweeted about Botham Jean instead. He’d be looking at some analytics as we speak without a care in the world :skip:
 

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Did he say anything about Trump promising to Xi to stay quiet about Honk Kong protests while they're negotiating trade?

Did he or Republicans say anything about Trump asking China to investigate Biden?

:camby:
exactly cruz a hypocritical pos. i think the POTUS silence on this is a bit more important than the NBA :mjlol:
 

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The owner came running trying to protect the bag and the Chinese were still like FOH :mjlol:
Stuff like this is why I can't take the idea of "american democracy" seriously. All that shyt go out the window when money is involved. The US will fukk around and sell weapons to a country suppressing democracy if the money right (Saudi Arabia)
They do but it’s a wee bit more complex than that
 

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