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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...

Manager supporting hong kong protesters. cnns david culver is live in beijing with all of the breaking details. david. >> reporter: alisyn, major breaking details. these developments just coming out from tokyo in the past few minutes. weve been monitoring a press conference involving nba commissioner adam silver. he is addressing what really is beyond economics, i donbeyond s, that is freedom of speech versus profit. adam silver said he wanted to clarify some misunderstandings and some misinterp...

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...

By members of the n.b.a. community. trace galligher with the rest of this mess. >> members are shifting their opinion because the league came out saying the statement made by rockets gm daryl morey was regrettable, but that didnt placate the chinese basketball association and infuriated u.s. politicians on both sides of the aisle who said china does not get to call the shots. commissioner silver is trying a do-over saying hes not trying to tell others how to run their government, he is american ...

He knows exactly where were going. my whole body is a compass. oh boy... the my account app makes todays xfinity customer service simple, easy, awesome. not my thing. >> the long-held values of the n.b.a. are to support freedom of expression. and certainly freedom of expression by the n.b.a. community. in this case, daryl morey, general manager of houston rockets enjoys that right as one of our employees. >> neil: im relieved, i was worried there. commissioner adam silver defending tweet support...

Games. >> the long-held values of the nba are to support freedom of expression. and certainly freedom of expression by members of the nba community. ainsley: we will have more from the commissioner coming up next. snotz ♪ when did you see the sign? when i needed to create a better visitor experience. improve our workflow. attract new customers. thats when fastsigns recommended fleet graphics.

Sports, yeah. >> today, adam silver is defending a general managers now deleted tweet that snowballed into an international incident. >> we are not apologizing for darrell exercising his freedom of expression. the long held values of the nba are to support freedom of expression. and certainly freedom of expression by members of the nba community. and in this case, darrell as the general manager of the rockets enjoys that right as one of our employees. >> which sounds really correct. what he said...

World. nbas commissioner adam silver spoke. >> certainly we support freedom of expression by members of the nba community. in this case, daryl morey, general manager of the houston rockets, enjoys that right as one of our employees. >> the scandal all started when rockets general manager daryl morey tweeted solidarity with the hong kong protesters. the response from chinese officials was swift and strong, suspending all cooperation with the team while state tv and streaming services announced th...

When i acknowledged my sexuality, i felt whole for the first time. president obama called colins to say he was impressed his courage. and the first lady tweeted, a huge first step for the country. many from the nba community expressed support. >> character is found in those who lead, and i would commend you, jayson, for coming out and showing us what leadership looks like. >> i know he feels liberated for doing it, and i wish him the best. and i hope nba guys can get past sexual orientation, all...