Sure, it’s cool to call LeBron a hypocrite, but the truth is he’s just like most people

Preseason caveats notwithstanding, a game featuring the Lakers and Warriors should rarely ever take a backseat to its accompanying media availabilities. But these days, tweets can incite international incidents, Twitter can turn news conferences into events and the react-athon can feel more like a game than the stuff that happens in the parameters of the court. So I guess nobody should be surprised that it happened twice in the 10 days since Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey's seven-word endorsement of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement drew China's ire and jeopardized its relationship with the NBA.