FILE - This is a July 26, 2019, file photo showing Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey during an NBA basketball news conference in Houston. The Philadelphia 76ers are in advanced negotiations with Morey to become president of basketball operations as part of the overhaul of the front office that began after an underachieving season. The deal is expected to be finalized as early as this weekend, multiple people with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it has not been made official. Morey and the Rockets split a little over a year after he sparked a rift between the NBA and Chinese government. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

去年因在推特貼出挺香港反送中運動貼文,引發中國方面不滿的前休士頓火箭隊總經理莫雷(Daryl Morey),在兩周前辭去火箭隊總經理一職,遭中國官媒央視譏諷「付出代價」,然而,莫雷僅花了兩周,就再度找到新工作。

根據《The Athletic》記者查拉尼亞(Shams Charania)報導,莫雷與費城七六人隊達成協議,預計將在本周末與費城簽下一張5年合約,成為球隊的籃球事務總裁。

2019年10月4日,莫雷在推特轉發挺香港反送中運動圖文,「為自由而戰,與香港站在一起」,引發中國不滿,央視宣布停止轉播美國職籃NBA賽事,然而,至今年總冠軍賽第5戰前,又以「注意到NBA這一段時間以來持續表達善意」,進而恢復轉播。

莫雷於今年10月初宣布辭去火箭隊總經理,對於辭職,莫雷當時強調為個人因素,與挺港相關推文無關。央視體育發言人則發出聲明酸,「任何企圖傷害中國人民感情的言行都要付出代價,希望莫雷先生一路走好」,不過,莫雷僅花了兩周就找到了新工作。