From small-town hero to big-shot legend, Bryant wasn't just a basketball player.

American professional basketball will forever be linked to the Hong Kong protests. On October 6th Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey shockingly relinquished his right to free speech by prostrating himself in front of China on Twitter in the wake of his now deleted pro-Hong Kong tweet two days earlier. Or is this business as usual for “Milquetoast Morey?”