“I think that these players, I mean, take LeBron who has an incredible track record of doing things that have changed people’s lives in the United States to be asked to comment on a difficult foreign issue is, I think, again there’s free expression and he should say how he feels,” Silver said Monday on ESPN’s Get Up! “But, freedom of speech also means the freedom not to speak. And I’ve often said to players about issues here at home: If it’s something you don’t know about and you don’t feel comfortable responding, that’s okay as well. So, it’s been no-win for a lot of those players, so I’m very sympathetic.”
Silver said on Get Up! that he’s hopeful that the NBA and China can move past the incident and remain partners moving forward.
Of course he does, or it’s his ass. . .
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