Adam Silver: China requested Rockets GM Daryl Morey be fired over pro-Hong Kong tweet

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The discourse over the NBA's relationship with China created by a single pro-Hong Kong tweet from Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey continues to rage, but league commissioner Adam Silver has already started to reflect on the events that occurred immediately after Morey hit that fateful “Tweet” button. During an interview with Good Morning America's Robin Roberts at the Time 100 Health Summit on Thursday, Silver confirmed that the country's government and businesses asked that Morey be fired for the since-deleted tweet.

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