In the early morning of the 16th, according to ESPN and Yahoo Sports and other US media reports, Rockets general manager Darrell Morey has reached a resignation agreement with the team-after 13 years in office, he left Houston.

  According to reports, after the Rockets were eliminated by the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals, Morey met with team owner Fertita and expressed the idea of ​​resignation. The two sides finally reached an agreement in private.

  Morey, 48, has served as the general manager of the Rockets since 2007 and has been in this position for 13 years.

  He sent Paul away last summer in exchange for Westbrook. The team had a record of 44 wins and 28 losses in the regular season, ranking fourth in the West, but they were eliminated in the semifinals and did not meet expectations.

  After Morey leaves, the Rockets plan to make Rafael Stone, vice president of basketball operations, the general manager of the team.

  In the past few years, Stone has played an important role in the Rockets team building, and he will also become the 10th black executive in the NBA to serve as the general manager of the team.

  Rafael Stone once played basketball at Williams College. Since 2005, he has served as the Rockets’ general counsel and was promoted to the team’s vice president of basketball operations in 2019.

  In October 2019, Morey made improper remarks, and then the Chinese basketball team responded by suspending cooperation with the NBA Rockets.

  "People's Daily" wrote in this regard, "While enjoying the rich benefits, while challenging the bottom line of principle, the rhetoric of'eating China and cursing China' is unimaginable. How can we not arouse anger?

  "Some multinational companies'tested' or stepped on the line in this regard, all paid a heavy price! Morey, you owe an apology to the Chinese people, and the Rockets, you owe an explanation to the Chinese people. Morey should have spoken out, How far is it from'Exploding Thunder'?"

  Later, Rockets star James Harden apologized: "We apologize, we love China."

  Harden also said: "We like to play there (China) and go to (China) once or twice a year. They (Chinese) give us the greatest support. We thank them... We thank them for their support. ." ​​​​

  On October 9 this year, the spokesperson of China Central Radio and Television responded to reporters' questions about the live broadcast of NBA games.

  The spokesperson said that basketball has a broad mass base in China and fans’ viewing needs. It is a normal broadcast arrangement for the CCTV Sports Channel of China Central Radio and Television to resume broadcasting NBA games on the morning of October 10.

  The spokesperson said that during the Chinese National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival that just passed, the NBA expressed its holiday wishes to Chinese fans.

  We have also noticed the goodwill expressed by the NBA for some time, especially since the beginning of this year, the NBA has made active efforts in supporting the Chinese people in fighting the new crown pneumonia epidemic.

  The Paper Journalist Ma Zuoyu