None of the parties involved want to talk about it anymore, but it’s more than understandable that questions would, and will be, asked about Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey to the Los Angeles Lakers, given the events of last October when the Lakers were in China.
Saturday will be the first meeting this season between the Lakers and Morey’s Rockets, with the two inextricably linked this season after the fallout from a pro-Hong Kong tweet from Morey while the Lakers were in China to play games for the NBA against the Brooklyn Nets. The Rockets reportedly lost $7 million in revenue because of backlash from their Chinese business partners.
But as far as the NBA is concerned, the Lakers and Nets felt the brunt of China’s NBA-Rockets backlash in October as they were actually in China. However, even months later, nobody really wants to talk about it. Dwight Howard avoided questions about Morey and China at the Lakers practice on Friday, according to Kyle Goon of the Southern California News Group.
Dwight Howard, when asked to reflect on what happened when Houston GM Daryl Morey (who he’s known for a long time) tweeted about China: “That’s got nothing to do with me or the Lakers. I’m staying away from that.”
— Kyle Goon (@kylegoon) January 17, 2020
After returning from China, LeBron sparked a firestorm of his own when he bashed Morey’s comments, particularly the timing of his comments with the two teams in China. A few days after that, he expressed his desire not to talk about the fallout of the China situation for the rest of the season. However, given that this is the first meeting between the two this regular season, the questions being asked will likely be unavoidable.
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