{"id":432916,"date":"2022-04-15T19:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-owner-joe-tsai-reportedly-tried-to-get-daryl-morey-fired\/"},"modified":"2022-04-15T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T16:29:46","slug":"nets-owner-joe-tsai-reportedly-tried-to-get-daryl-morey-fired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-owner-joe-tsai-reportedly-tried-to-get-daryl-morey-fired\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets owner Joe Tsai reportedly tried to get Daryl Morey fired"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34c9274f54c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a34c9274f54c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-owner-joe-tsai-reportedly-tried-to-get-daryl-morey-fired\/#%E2%80%9CNets_owner_Joe_Tsai_reportedly_tried_to_get_Daryl_Morey_fired%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Nets owner Joe Tsai reportedly tried to get Daryl Morey fired&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNets_owner_Joe_Tsai_reportedly_tried_to_get_Daryl_Morey_fired%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Nets owner Joe Tsai reportedly tried to get Daryl Morey fired&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai lobbied to have former Houston Rockets <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Daryl Morey fired over his controversial 2019 tweet supporting democracy in Hong Kong, a new report claims.<\/p>\n<p>Tsai, the Taiwanese-born billionaire who made his fortune as Jack Ma\u2019s right-hand man when the two co-founded online retail giant Alibaba, leaned on the NBA to terminate Morey after he tweeted: \u201cFight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/33723055\/brooklyn-nets-owner-joe-tsai-face-nba-uneasy-china-relationship\">ESPN reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of Morey, a highly valued executive who is currently the president of the Philadelphia 76ers, believe it was Tsai who orchestrated the behind-the-scenes campaign to have him ousted.<\/p>\n<p>Morey\u2019s backers also believe Tsai denied Morey access to a luxury suite at Barclays Center, the Nets home arena, for a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> against the Rockets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-07.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Morey, who now runs the Philadelphia 76ers, landed in hot water in 2019, when he was the top basketball executive with the Houston Rockets.\" class=\"wp-image-21916280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-07.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Morey \u2014 who now runs the Philadelphia 76ers \u2014 landed in hot water in 2019, when he was the top basketball executive with the Houston Rockets.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both the Nets and the league deny that Tsai tried to get Morey fired. \u201c[Tsai] never asked or intimated to the league office that Daryl Morey should be fired or that we should apologize,\u201d said Mike Bass, the NBA\u2019s executive VP and chief communications officer.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets have also denied the claim that Morey wasn\u2019t permitted to sit at a Barclays Center luxury suite for the Rockets game. <\/p>\n<p>Morey\u2019s tweet, which was in response to growing protests in Hong Kong against Beijing\u2019s meddlesome policies in the once-independent city-state, prompted the Chinese Communist Party to scale back its business ties to the NBA.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-01.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"In late 2019, Morey tweeted his support for anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong.\" class=\"wp-image-21916275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-01.jpeg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>In late 2019, Morey tweeted his support for anti-Beijing protesters in Hong Kong.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The league lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue after games were blacked out on China\u2019s official government-run television networks.<\/p>\n<p>China-based sponsors also renounced their partnership agreements with the NBA in response to Morey\u2019s tweet.<\/p>\n<p>Tsai has been criticized by human rights advocates for his company\u2019s close ties to the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-feat-image.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tsai was reportedly so incensed that he lobbied the NBA to have Morey fired. Both the Nets and the NBA deny this.\" class=\"wp-image-21916285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-feat-image.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Tsai was reportedly so incensed that he lobbied the NBA to have Morey fired. Both the Nets and the NBA deny this.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Alibaba has been accused of furnishing the Chinese government with surveillance equipment that it has used to allegedly round up Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang and place them into forced labor camps, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/16\/technology\/alibaba-china-facial-recognition-uighurs.html\">according to The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>China has denied allegations it has committed crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Tsai was critical of Morey\u2019s tweet, saying that the damage to the league\u2019s relationship with China \u201cwill take a long time to repair.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-04.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Morey's tweet in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong led to a rupture between the NBA and the Communist-run Chinese government.\" class=\"wp-image-21916279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/nets-owner-daryl-morey-fire-tweet-04.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Morey\u2019s tweet in support of pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong led to a rupture between the NBA and the Communist-run Chinese government.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morey later posted what he called a clarification.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI did not intend my tweet to cause any offense to Rockets fans and friends of mine in China,\u201d Daryl Morey\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dmorey\/status\/1181000808399114240?s=20\">wrote in a series of tweets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was merely voicing one thought, based on one interpretation, of one complicated event. I have had a lot of opportunity since that tweet to hear and consider other perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morey added: \u201cI have always <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated the significant support our Chinese fans and sponsors have provided and I would hope that those who are upset will know that offending or misunderstanding them was not my intention.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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