TOKYO: The NBA is “not apologizing” for a tweet from a Houston Rockets executive supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests, the organization’s commissioner said Tuesday, despite a backlash in China.

“We are not apologizing for Daryl exercising his freedom of expression,” NBA chief Adam Silver said, referring to Rockets general manager Daryl Morey.

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