NBA China crisis: LeBron James’ ‘uneducated’ Daryl Morey stance and Twitter clarification reignite Houston Rockets row
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What next for the NBA and China? It seems that both sides want to move on but will the US or Chinese media let them?
LeBron James is taking flak for comments made to the media before the LA Lakers preseason game against the Golden State Warriors on Monday night in the US and the subsequent tweets he made to clarify his position.
“I don’t want to get into a … feud with Daryl Morey but I believe he wasn’t educated on the situation at hand and he spoke,” James told the media.
His tweets went further still. “Let me clear up the confusion. I do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet. I’m not discussing the substance. Others can talk about that,” he wrote.
Commenters were quick to point out the irony of James following in Morey’s footsteps in having to clarify what he meant through Twitter.