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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 don't think it's 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 he's not willing to jeopardize the league's values. >> 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. >> reporter: this comes after china's...

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 i've said in that statement is the long-held values of the nba are to support freedom of expression. and certainly freedom of expression by member...

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. >> here's how china responded to cnn with a statement. it's not going to work if you want to have exchanges in cooperation with china, but don't understand chinese public opinion. and espn host sports and culture col...

Intelligence? >> yeah, i think it's both things. and i think it's 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 he's like engaging in this intellectual exercise of, well, trust me if putin had actually wanted to hack the election, we wouldn't have heard anything about it, attributing these almost super powers to vladimir putin. i think it's just part and parcel of a, you know, of a larger story, a larger narrative which is that donald trump should be focused on oth...

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 don't 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. >> they sent a letter to the carol county school district and calling the actions quite the opposite...