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Is headed to china. chinese state tv responded to the tweet by canceling broadcasts of two preseason games and chinese businesses are starting to cut ties with the rockets. silver clarified the nbas position yesterday. >> i understand that there are consequences from that exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech, and, you know, we will have to live with those consequences. we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression. >> the rockets have practice in tokyo today. al...

Position yesterday. >> i understand that there are consequences from that exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech. you know, we will have to live with those consequences. we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression. >> the rockets practice in tokyo today. alex is live. good morning. you were able to speak with the commissioner. what did he tell you? >> not a bit of it. it seems to be gaining momentum if anything at all. an, of course, adam silver about the commis...

Is headed to china after he defended daryl morey, the houston rockets gentle manager. hong kong responded by cutting the games. silver clarified the nbas position yesterday. >> i understand that there are consequences from that exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech. you know, we will have to live with those consequences. we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression. >> the rockets had practice in tokyo today. he said, theyll have to live with those consequences....

>> we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression. i regret, again, having communicated directly with many friends in china that so many people are upset including millions and millions of our fans. i understand that there are consequences from that exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech, and, you know, we will have to live with those consequences. >> here is what china is saying to us here at cnn. it is not going to work if you want to have exchanges in cooperatio...

Listen. >> i understand that there are consequences from exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech. and, you know, we will have to live with those consequences. >> what is your read on what has transpired in the last 36 hours? >> poppy, the nba is doing the right thing now. they should have been saying and adam silver, the commissioner should have been saying this 24, 36 hours ago, but hes saying it now. thats important. the blowback here in the united states was tremendous, from journalist...

Posted in support of hong kong protesters. >> the long-held values of the nba are to support freedom of expression and freedom of expression by members of the nba community. i dont think its inconsistent on one hand to be sympathetic to them and at the same time stand by our principles. >> reporter: silver stressing this is not about money and hes not willing to jeopardize the leagues values. >> i understand that there are consequences from that exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech. an...

Nba commissioner adam silver addressing the controversy between daryl morey and a tweet supporting the hong kong protests in their biggest market in china. >> because i thought there was a lot of misunderstanding out there about our position. i thought we had been somewhat straightforward, but i can understand, given translations and given interpretations in different parts of the world, why there might have been some confusion. and essentially what ive said in that statement is the long-held va...

Them. >> we are not apologizing for daryl exercising his freedom of expression. i regret, again, having communicated directly with many friends in china that so many people are upset including millions and millions of our fans. i understand that there are consequences from that exercise of, in essence, his freedom of speech, and, know, we will have to live with those consequences. >> heres how china responded to cnn with a statement. its not going to work if you want to have exchanges in coopera...

Intelligence? >> yeah, i think its both things. and i think its weird that donald trump is engaging at all in this level of -- this is the kind of thing maybe pundits should be talking about our college students in dorm rooms. the fact that hes like engaging in this intellectual exercise of, well, trust me if putin had actually wanted to hack the election, we wouldnt have heard anything about it, attributing these almost super powers to vladimir putin. i think its just part and parcel of a, you ...

Under fire. the entire football team had a mass baptism and now one athiest group is demanding action. and it was seen by a ton of people. this right now is a cause of much critique from those who dont believe. >> man, i went back -- first of all, it was voluntary, before practice, a group called freedom from religion foundation is challenging this. and i went back and read the first amendment. it turns out, they shall make no law prohibiting the free exercise of. this is a beautiful of faith. >...