manager supporting hong kong protesters. cnn's david culver is live in beijing with all of the breaking details. david. >> reporter: alisyn, major breaking details. these developments just coming out from tokyo in the past few minutes. we've been monitoring a press conference involving nba commissioner adam silver. he is addressing what really is beyond economics, i donbeyond s, that is freedom of speech versus profit. adam silver said he wanted to clarify some misunderstandings and some misinterpretations in his words that he thinks are going on between the nba, and china. take a listen to what he had to say. >> long-held values of the nba are to support freedom of expression and certainly freedom of expression by members of the nba community. i don't think it's inconsistent on one hand to be sympathetic to them and at the same time stand