Rockets owner: Daryl Morey does NOT speak for the Rockets

OkcSinceSGA · Post #1 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 4:58 am

Wow. So Daryl Morey in a now deleted tweet simply posted "Fight for freedom and stand with Hong Kong" and gets blasted by the owner publicly. Morey now deleted this tweet. Sure, politics may be best avoided but Morey didn't say anything all that controversial TBH.

Post #2 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:00 am

I agree with his stance but it's not worth it for the NBA to get involved in Chinese politics

iamworthy · Post #3 » by **iamworthy** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:02 am

Agree

andyhop · Post #4 » by **andyhop** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:02 am

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:

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Wow. So Daryl Morey in a now deleted tweet simply posted "Fight for freedom and stand with Hong Kong" and gets blasted by the owner publicly. Morey now deleted this tweet. Sure, politics may be best avoided but Morey didn't say anything all that controversial TBH. Rockets are essentially Asia's NBA team along with the Lakers and I'm sure the fans appreciated a US organization speaking up.

The Rockets have spent a lot of time and effort trying to become a meaningful entity in China , not surprising that ownership doesn't want to risk that

OkcSinceSGA · Post #5 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:04 am

andyhop wrote:
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Wow. So Daryl Morey in a now deleted tweet simply posted "Fight for freedom and stand with Hong Kong" and gets blasted by the owner publicly. Morey now deleted this tweet. Sure, politics may be best avoided but Morey didn't say anything all that controversial TBH. Rockets are essentially Asia's NBA team along with the Lakers and I'm sure the fans appreciated a US organization speaking up.

The Rockets have spent a lot of time and effort trying to become a meaningful entity in China , not surprising that ownership doesn't want to risk that

I also didn't give much thought to that part of my post. Obviously the pro government Chinese could potentially boycott the Rockets and seem enraged. So I get business wise the harm, but I also believe our obligation to mankind is more important. Meh. That being said I stand with Hong Kong too

thelead · Post #6 » by **thelead** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:10 am

All that matters to those in power is money unfortunately

dhsilv2 · Post #7 » by **dhsilv2** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:10 am

ClipsFanSince98 wrote:
andyhop wrote:
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:

Read on Twitter

Wow. So Daryl Morey in a now deleted tweet simply posted "Fight for freedom and stand with Hong Kong" and gets blasted by the owner publicly. Morey now deleted this tweet. Sure, politics may be best avoided but Morey didn't say anything all that controversial TBH. Rockets are essentially Asia's NBA team along with the Lakers and I'm sure the fans appreciated a US organization speaking up.

The Rockets have spent a lot of time and effort trying to become a meaningful entity in China , not surprising that ownership doesn't want to risk that
I also didn't give much thought to that part of my post. Obviously the pro government Chinese could potentially boycott the Rockets and seem enraged. So I get business wise the harm, but I also believe our obligation to mankind is more important. Meh. That being said I stand with Hong Kong too

I don't see how his words do ANYTHING at all to help. No reason to lose money when you're not adding any value either.

CptCrunch · Post #8 » by **CptCrunch** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:11 am

Morey just got himself in titanic troubles. There will be pressure to axe Morey. Rockets is the most Chinese oriented team in the league with close ties to Chinese basketball. Fetitta is retail billionaire and fully understands that it's not wise to take any stance on politics.

Morey is going to 99% come out with a forced apology. Or else he is going to get fired. There is no other way to resolve this issue.

And why do Americans feel the need to meddle in the affairs of foreign countries?

How will you feel if China started funding Black Lives Matter? The Klan? Southern Separatist/Nationalist movements?

Pablo Escobar · Post #9 » by **Pablo Escobar** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:14 am

China is putting Uighurs through another holocaust. Nba shouldn't be aligned with such entities.

MoochieNorris · Post #10 » by **MoochieNorris** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:20 am

rockets are one of the most popular, if not most popular nba teams in china.

morey should've known better

OkcSinceSGA · Post #11 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:23 am

dhsilv2 wrote:
ClipsFanSince98 wrote:
andyhop wrote:
The Rockets have spent a lot of time and effort trying to become a meaningful entity in China , not surprising that ownership doesn't want to risk that
I also didn't give much thought to that part of my post. Obviously the pro government Chinese could potentially boycott the Rockets and seem enraged. So I get business wise the harm, but I also believe our obligation to mankind is more important. Meh. That being said I stand with Hong Kong too

I don't see how his words do ANYTHING at all to help. No reason to lose money when you're not adding any value either.

Well it's not definitive one way or another. Bringing even more attention to a crises is never a bad thing. Our government is already putting the screws to the situation, but getting more of the world involved potentially could add pressure. China is trying to recreate 1984 in their own country.

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Post #12 » by **dockingsched** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:25 am

Is that really the Rockets owner? Seems like such an amateurish unprofessional way to get his point across.

Post #13 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:26 am

dockingsched wrote:Is that really the Rockets owner? Seems like such an amateurish unprofessional way to get his point across.

Fertitta is a schmuck

thelead · Post #14 » by **thelead** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:28 am

paulbball wrote:Morey just got himself in titanic troubles. There will be pressure to axe Morey. Rockets is the most Chinese oriented team in the league with close ties to Chinese basketball. Fetitta is retail billionaire and fully understands that it's not wise to take any stance on politics.

Morey is going to 99% come out with a forced apology. Or else he is going to get fired. There is no other way to resolve this issue.

And why do Americans feel the need to meddle in the affairs of foreign countries?

How will you feel if China started funding Black Lives Matter? The Klan? Southern Separatist/Nationalist movements?

Morey isn't funding anything. He gave his opinion. Which affects NOTHING in reality... other than the pockets of those that already have billions.

MemphisX · Post #15 » by **MemphisX** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:31 am

GeorgeMarcus wrote:I agree with his stance but it's not worth it for the NBA to get involved in Chinese politics

This is how atrocities happen.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #16 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:33 am

MemphisX wrote:
GeorgeMarcus wrote:I agree with his stance but it's not worth it for the NBA to get involved in Chinese politics

This is how atrocities happen.

Yep. Honestly if Morey got fired for this it would be one hell of an honorable hill to die on. He earns massive points in my book as a human being and politically I don't even align with the guy (He's a far left Lib, I'm a centrist conservative). My guess is only dictators and supporters of the Chinese government condone what's happening.

CptCrunch · Post #17 » by **CptCrunch** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:33 am

thelead wrote:
paulbball wrote:Morey just got himself in titanic troubles. There will be pressure to axe Morey. Rockets is the most Chinese oriented team in the league with close ties to Chinese basketball. Fetitta is retail billionaire and fully understands that it's not wise to take any stance on politics.

Morey is going to 99% come out with a forced apology. Or else he is going to get fired. There is no other way to resolve this issue.

And why do Americans feel the need to meddle in the affairs of foreign countries?

How will you feel if China started funding Black Lives Matter? The Klan? Southern Separatist/Nationalist movements?

Morey isn't funding anything. He gave his opinion. Which affects NOTHING in reality... other than the pockets of those that already have billions.

You are missing the point. A sizable portion of the American left would like to stand with the separatist in Hong Kong by offering them public financial support. Morey echoed those sentiments, which is wholly inappropriate for any public sports organization to espouse unless they are willing to completely abandon the Chinese market.

Literal direct intervention in the politics and internal workings of a sovereign foreign country. It is literally a **** insane train of thought.

CIN-C-STAR · Post #18 » by **CIN-C-STAR** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:36 am

It's sad that we put money ahead of human rights and basic freedom.
I stand w Hong Kong, too, for what it's worth. Shame on Fritata.

OkcSinceSGA · Post #19 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:40 am

paulbball wrote:
thelead wrote:
paulbball wrote:Morey just got himself in titanic troubles. There will be pressure to axe Morey. Rockets is the most Chinese oriented team in the league with close ties to Chinese basketball. Fetitta is retail billionaire and fully understands that it's not wise to take any stance on politics.

Morey is going to 99% come out with a forced apology. Or else he is going to get fired. There is no other way to resolve this issue.

And why do Americans feel the need to meddle in the affairs of foreign countries?

How will you feel if China started funding Black Lives Matter? The Klan? Southern Separatist/Nationalist movements?

Morey isn't funding anything. He gave his opinion. Which affects NOTHING in reality... other than the pockets of those that already have billions.

You are missing the point. A sizable portion of the American left would like to stand with the separatist in Hong Kong by offering them public financial support. Morey echoed those sentiments, which is wholly inappropriate for any public sports organization to espouse unless they are willing to completely abandon the Chinese market.

Literal direct intervention in the politics and internal workings of a sovereign foreign country. It is literally a **** insane train of thought.

It's not just the left. Conservatives are behind the people of Hong Kong right now as well (in fact it's conservatives leading the war on China currently economically after years of them taking advantage of America).

It's any decent country with Democratic values that is behind them. We understand that running your country like a dictatorship in certain aspects, trying to recreate 1984 with social credit systems being installed, police beating unarmed people, lack of basic freedoms , controlling who can and can't have kids etc is inhumane and a regression for the entire world.

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Post #20 » by **GeorgeMarcus** » Sat Oct 5, 2019 5:40 am

MemphisX wrote:
GeorgeMarcus wrote:I agree with his stance but it's not worth it for the NBA to get involved in Chinese politics

This is how atrocities happen.

We're talking about the NBA, not the US military. If they choose to do something they can kill this whole preseason arrangement with China out of protest, but outside of that... :dontknow:

Are you okay with a GM making political comments?