[Beijing 7th Reuters]-General Manager (GM) of Houston Rockets of US professional basketball (NBA), Daryl Morley apologized for posting content on Twitter to support protests in Hong Kong on the 7th .
Mr. Maury posted an image on Twitter that says "Let's fight for freedom. Let's get up with Hong Kong." The post was immediately deleted, but there was a series of accusations from Chinese sports equipment brand “Lining” and sponsor Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
The team owner ran out of fire explaining that he did not show his views on the 5th, but the Chinese Basketball Association announced that it would stop working with Houston Rockets.
Also, the sports channel of China Central Television (CCTV), China's national television, announced that it will not broadcast the Houston Rockets game from the 6th.
Mr. Maury explained in a post on Twitter: “I didn't intend to insult Chinese Rockets fans or my friends with my tweets. He admits that there are other views, he said, “My tweets are my own, not Rockets or NBA's views”.
Houston Rockets has a lot of fans in China due to the fact that Sung Ming, a Chinese player who was nominated for a draft in 2002, was playing.