Chinese Government Wanted NBA To Fire Morey

Drygon · Post #41 » by **Drygon** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:20 pm

If David Stern was still the commissioner, I'm pretty sure Morey would have been gone already.

durden_tyler · Post #42 » by **durden_tyler** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:36 pm

Henry Turner wrote:What a bunch of losers seriously.
Makes me even more mad vs lebron that he nailed down and kissed their asses.

Yeah, he would have cemented greatest of all time, of all sports if he just sided with the good guys.

Now, we can all go back hating on LeBron's basketball and his actual stand on things too. Fun times.

Post #43 » by **bwgood77** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:57 pm

Illmatic12 wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
Blazers-1977 wrote:

There is almost no way they could, I mean look at the outrage which was created by the NBA apologizing for his tweet . It would be at least 10 times worse if they fired him for it
Wirh the risk of being sued by Morey just after that.

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Sued for what? Tillman Fertita would be well within his rights to fire Morey. If any of us go to work and make a decision that costs our boss $50+ million dollars, we are getting fired and escorted out of the building on the SPOT

The only way Morey would have a case is if he’s not able to get another NBA job and can prove that the league is conspiring to blackball him. And even then , whatever the league would pay Morey in a settlement is waaay less than the money they’d be losing if the NBA China deal falls through.

Texas is an at will employment state anyway. Employees can be fired for no reason at all.

Wolfgang630 · Post #44 » by **Wolfgang630** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:05 am

Yeah **** them

Sark · Post #45 » by **Sark** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:09 am

They probably also want his kidneys and corneas too.

dhsilv2 · Post #46 » by **dhsilv2** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:09 am

Benedict_Boozer wrote:Good for Silver showing a backbone - surprised really, would have been an easy out dumping Morey

That would have lead to an absolute massive amount of backlash. The nba is getting crap already...they're not even that stupid.

dhsilv2 · Post #47 » by **dhsilv2** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:10 am

7footMONSTER wrote:Can China just grow a pair already? They have temper tantrums over every little thing.

There's a joke here...and I don't think it's against the board rules, but I don't want to get banned over being wrong about male genital jokes so I'll pass. But it's wide open!

Dzon Dilindzer · Post #48 » by **Dzon Dilindzer** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:10 am

daryl morreys tweet could be a spark that will lead to ww3

and im here for it

ProspectPark · Post #49 » by **ProspectPark** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:19 am

The best thing that can happen is all the players unite and agree to take a financial hit but in return they get to be the first to tell China, Tencent, and Nike to F off.

JohnPferdelack · Post #50 » by **JohnPferdelack** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 12:57 am

7footMONSTER wrote:Can China just grow a pair already? They have temper tantrums over every little thing.

Sad but true!
Instead to talk about this tragedy, all chinese members on this board are suddenly silent.
C'mon.

LakerLegend · Post #51 » by **LakerLegend** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:05 am

Shocked Silver and the league stood up.

spikeslovechild · Post #52 » by **spikeslovechild** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:09 am

Not sure I'd ever type this even after reading this tweet but I stand with Morey.

F all the Chinese communist apologists in the NBA if they fire him I'm out and F lebron

Cavsfansince84 · Post #53 » by **Cavsfansince84** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:37 am

RoyceDa59 wrote:Not really a pro-communist guy. Prefer freedom of speech and expression.

Does China really qualify as a communist country? imo they pretty much abandoned communism around 20 years ago. What they really are is just a capitalistic country ruled by a regime that has totalitarian tendencies and which gets away with a lot of **** under the banner of nationalism which has been something that has been heavily stoked since the days of Mao or earlier.

RookieStar · Post #54 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 1:52 am

I agree. F china!!

But in another note, Silver has to know that his statement about china wanting him to fire Morey is gonna inflame the American public even more no? lol

I swear, everytime we think its calming down, these guys just pour gasoline to the flames.

dc · Post #55 » by dc » Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:16 am

dhsilv2 wrote:
Benedict_Boozer wrote:Good for Silver showing a backbone - surprised really, would have been an easy out dumping Morey

That would have lead to an absolute massive amount of backlash. The nba is getting crap already...they're not even that stupid.

Yeah, the NBA would never be able to live that down in their own country. If they fired Morey, imagine the backlash "Oh, you're sending the message that a communist government can run an American company as they see fit." The perception would not only be that the itself NBA is weak, but that they would be setting themselves up as the new standard of how weak American culture has become.

All of American society would suffer a complete loss of face and it would be the NBA's fault for serving as the example. They would never hear the end of it.

jimmy_smith · Post #56 » by **jimmy_smith** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 2:49 am

NBA want to fire him,too. But can't at this moment.

L3GEND4RY · Post #57 » by **L3GEND4RY** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:01 am

West Taiwan makin’ crazy demands again.

Good on Silver for not bending the knee.

seccom · Post #58 » by **seccom** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:05 am

mowcrowbar wrote:
JXL wrote:Good on Silver. Don't let Fascist officials push you around.

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First time I’ve heard communists be called fascists..

I remembered the survivors of TianAnMen Square call CPP fascist on Jun 5 and Jun 6, 1989. After that day, CCP completely shut down all outside communications.

I think it was the worst thing that a communist citizen can call any government.

RookieStar · Post #59 » by **RookieStar** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:09 am

L3GEND4RY wrote:West Taiwan makin’ crazy demands again.

Good on Silver for not bending the knee.

LOL That is just pure gold.

leolozon · Post #60 » by **leolozon** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 3:38 am

Illmatic12 wrote:
Ryoga Hibiki wrote:
Blazers-1977 wrote:

There is almost no way they could, I mean look at the outrage which was created by the NBA apologizing for his tweet . It would be at least 10 times worse if they fired him for it
Wirh the risk of being sued by Morey just after that.

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Sued for what? Tillman Fertita would be well within his rights to fire Morey. If any of us go to work and make a decision that costs our boss $50+ million dollars, we are getting fired and escorted out of the building on the SPOT

The only way Morey would have a case is if he’s not able to get another NBA job and can prove that the league is conspiring to blackball him. And even then , whatever the league would pay Morey in a settlement is waaay less than the money they’d be losing if the NBA China deal falls through.

I understand, but dislike when people are putting the blame on Morey. The blame should be on China for being so insecure and controlling. I think a decent owner could well side with a loyal employee if an irrational client is trying to burn down the building, because said employee disagreed with the client about politics.

Anyone/anything well balanced would have just looked at the tweet and not care. What power does Morey hold? He’s a GM on a basketball team, not some world leader. Will China start boycotting everything if just 1 employee disagrees with them?

You can’t give in, else what will it be next time? China will do everything it pleases and everyone will be too afraid to talk about it.