>> Or you're misinformed or you're not educated about something.
And I'm just talking about, the tweet itself.
You never know what ramifications that could happen.
>> The NBA China saga continues.
That was LeBron James and he's commenting specifically in regard to Houston Rockets
general manager, Daryl Morey.
Who had tweeted fight for freedom stand with Hong Kong.
That tweet got him into a lot of trouble I guess because the NBA does some business with
China and siding with Hong Kong will lead to the leader of China not necessarily be
so happy with you.
So let me give you some more details on what's going on.
First off, we all know, we've covered this on the show, that there are protesters in
Hong Kong.
They're concerned about Mainland China encroaching on their semi autonomous status.
And there are athletes who have political opinions.
So that's why you have Daryl Morey sharing his thoughts and there have been consequence
of the NBA.
LeBron James doesn't seem to be happy about that.
So he said this.
>> I think when we all sit back into that happen, understand that what you could tweet
or could say.
And we all have we all talk about this freedom of speech.
Yes, we all do have freedom of speech.
But at times, there are ramifications for the negative that can happen.
When you're not thinking about others and only on you only think about yourself.
So, I don't believe, I don't want to get into a word a word or sentence feud Daryl Morey
but I believe he was an educated.
On the situation at hand, and he spoke.
And there's so many people could have been harmed, not only financially, but physically,
emotionally, spiritually.
So just be careful what we tweet, and we say, and what we do.
Even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech, but there can be.
A lot of negative that comes with that too.
>> So he is accusing Moorie of not being fully informed before he put out that tweet.
But just based on that video it seems like LeBron James might not be fully informed of
what is going on.
And so there have been some people in Hong Kong who are upset people in Hong Kong are
burning his jersey, the Chinese Basketball Association led by former rocket star Yao
Ming decided to suspend exchanges and cooperation with the rockets.
There's just a lot going on.
I'm not an expert on the NBA.
But this is a political issue that we've been following.
And so I just want to get your thoughts on what LeBron had to say.
>> Okay.
Well- >> Everybody wants, look, we all feel as awkward
as LeBron did when LeBron delivered his theory.
>> Well, LeBron caught hell for this, as could be expected.
And he also tweeted, do we have the tweet, he said let me be clear.
>> Yes.
>> He's trying to clear up a confusion.
I do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of
the tweet.
I am not discussing the substance.
Others can talk about that.
So the substance of what's going on and between Hong Kong and Mainland China is what he's
talking about here.
It wasn't very clear when he said someone was uneducated on the topic, which topic?
Cuz it seems like after he tried to clear it up, that he's worried about the fact you
have players.
Representatives, coaches, GMs that are over there for these preseason games.
And maybe you're going to cost them a breast and then cause a breast and then have people
maybe get harmed, maybe lose some money off it.
You have to think about their livelihoods.
You can have that point and say, that's kind of what Adam Silver said.
He said it he said it kind of sucks.
That we're gonna lose money over this.
But that's what freedom of speech is for.
We can you're gonna have some sometimes you're gonna have some hurdles between the people
that you're speaking out against.
But we're gonna take that with the game.
>> I mean, we know we know all about that.
We're not in the NBA, but we're in the media business and we know what it's like to have
to pay the financial cost of speaking your mind, but speaking your mind is more important.
And that's why it's important to also be supported by members.
But one thing that I do want to note is, I think that at the root of this, and at the
root of his commentary, is the financial component of it.
Because- >> That's what he's not saying, I think.
>> He's not saying it, but it's- >> Because that's what it was.
>> So obvious.
Because he keep talking about, you gotta think before you tweet because, consequence.
What consequences are you talking about?
What's at stake for the NBA?
$1.5 billion from multi U streaming contract or as USA today puts it, NBA revenue from
China.
And a conservative estimate puts it at $500 million annually based on deals that are publicly
known is part of basketball related income which impacts the salary cap and how much
money is available to players on annual basis.
So I just think.
>> Look, I just call a spade a spade.
You could come out and say like, look, these types of political comments really do hurt
the players financially and you should really think about that before.
If you say that, then fine.
I personally don't like pointing fingers at people and accusing them of being uninformed
when that's not really at play here.
>> You know what, being the person that somebody so shut up and dribble cause they probably
thought you were ill informed and didn't know what you were talking about makes me cringe
when I hear somebody say he probably wasn't informed about the topic.
He wasn't informed about the consequences of speaking his point of view on the issue.
But don't discredit that person's don't discredit the person because whatever they think might
not be popular or might not be the right thing to say because of how it affects things politically
and that's what we use.
We use say that for a man he didn't know what he was talking about is different than I don't
agree with what he's saying, I don't know, people walking around talking about China.
So if somebody weighs in on that China issue, they probably do feel a certain way about
it because most people are ill informed about that.
Many people are sorry that.
>> Yeah, it's not getting as much mainstream media coverage.
>> So maybe in this space.
We don't talk about that because it affects business.
>> Yeah.
>> Right.
>> I mean, I would respect that because that's true.
And if that's what you're concerned about, just come out and say it.
Don't accuse other people of being unknowledgeable, that's the issue.
And by the way, just to mention his political tweets, a lot of people are pointing to this
particular tweet.
Let's take a quick look at it.
And it's about injustice.
So this was about a year ago or over a year ago, January of 2018.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere our lives begin to end the day
we become silent about things that matter.
So, look, Twitter is a, it could be used as a tool or a weapon.
And in this case, it's a tool and weapon.
I mean it's a weapon for those who disagree with what LeBron had to say.