Chinese basketball fans excited for LeBron but angry at NBA Gleeful Chinese fans are excited to see basketball superstar LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers -- but they are not hiding their anger at Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey and NBA commissioner Adam Silver. The NBA said that they won’t suspend the controversial game, rejecting calls to scrap the event over a free speech row that was ignited by an American basketball executive's pro-democracy tweet. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES