As the esports industry continues to grow, another National Basketball Association team official has taken interest in the rapidly expanding field. On a recent discussion on ESPNs TrueHoop podcast with ESPN NBA writer Kevin Arnovitz, Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey expressed his thoughts on the industry.In the interview, Arnovitz asked what Morey thinks of the growing, global recognition of basketball and the NBA. In response, Morey said he believes that esports will be one of the top-watched sports in the future, alongside basketball and soccer, due to global appeal.Switching topics, Arnovitz asked whether Morey believes that esports is a sport, to which Morey said, You tell me the definition of sport and Ill tell you if it fits it.Obviously theres a huge number of competitors, they draw a huge crowd, and have huge prize money, Morey said. I think the latest one just gave out $9 million over the weekend. I think those [events] are coming out continuously.The tournament Morey is referring to is Dota 2s The International, which housed 18,000 spectators at Seattles KeyArena last week and boasted a $20.7 million prize pool. Chinese team Wings Gaming won the competition, taking home $9.1 million for first place.When asked by Arnovitz whether he believes that people enjoy watching esports, Morey said yes, referring to the lets play genre of videos on YouTube, featuring a gamer or personality showing adventures in a video game. Videos feature multiple titles, including the open-world creation game Minecraft.To me, when I was a kid, we watched terrible network TV because it was all we had. We watched The A-Team and Knight Rider, Morey said. When you go back and watch these shows or when they happen to be on randomly, you realize how bad they are compared to TV nowadays. My son is 14. He watches these lets play videos, people playing other in video games. At first, I was bothered by it, I didnt get it, but at the end of the day, if you go back when I was a kid, I watched much worse. These videos are more entertaining and more interesting than the bad 80s TV.Ending off the podcast, Arnovitz asked if Morey could see himself pursuing opportunities outside of the NBA. While Morey reassured him that he will continue his work in the NBA, he said that if he were to go anywhere else, it would be esports. I think its the 1950s basketball right now, where theres that kind of opportunity, he said. Yasiel Puig Indians Jersey . -- The St. Johns IceCaps weathered a wild first period with the help of goaltender Jussi Olkinuora, before finding offensive inroads in the second. Roger Dorn Indians Jersey . The Croatian served 21 aces and hit 42 winners against Sijsling, who double-faulted to give Cilic a 4-3 lead in the deciding set. 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For the second successive race, Hamilton lost the advantage of pole position within seconds of the lights going out as a fast-starting Rosberg moved clear off the line.Hamiltons W07 was then hit by a fast-starting Valtteri Bottas, an incident which damaged his cars bodywork and floor and dropped him to ninth place. Despite struggling for downforce - a deficit Mercedes have suggested cost him one second per lap - the Briton found himself back in the podium positions after the first pit stops but was unable to hunt down Ferraris Kimi Raikkonen for second place. Lewis Hamilton is glad that he could complete the Bahrain GP in 3rd place The Bahrain GP race reportRosberg claimed a comfortable fifth straight victory and leads Hamilton in the standings by 17 points after two races in the new season - not that the reigning champion is unduly worried.I actually feel really chilled, to be honest, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1. Jeez, it is what it is, its not a big issue. Lewis Hamilton collides with Valtteri Bottas at the first corner of the Bahrain GP. Theres a long, long way to go. 17 points down? Ive had a lot of worse.Qualifying was great - the last two qualifyings have been good - I think I had the set-up right for the race, but unfortunately I was unable to exploit that. It is what it is.Bahrain GP driver ratingsA smiiling Hamilton added: Congratulations to Nico - an easy day for him for sure - I live to fight another day.ddddddddddddamilton finished 20 seconds behind Raikkonen and admitted: I had damage on my car, I couldnt keep him with Kimi, he had his perfect package.I did everything I could, but the rear end was sliding around a lot so I couldnt eek out anymore from the tyres so that was really what we had to do. Look after the car, look after the engine, so we could live to fight another day. Lewis Hamilton arrives for the Bahrain Grand Prix in local attire. And although Hamiltons second successive poor start could be cause for concern for Mercedes, the Briton accepted blame for the sluggish getaway.It actually wasnt as bad as it looked, he said. I lost a lot of ground to Nico, but it was generally from the reaction times wasnt good enough.World Championship standingsI dont think there were any real performance issues.Stewards ruled that the subsequent clash with Bottas at the first corner was the Williams drivers fault, handing the Finn a drive-through penalty, but Hamilton was not apportioning blame.Whoever was on the inside was in my blind spot so I didnt see them, he said in the press conference. It was a racing incident, those kind of things happen. Paul Di Resta breaks down the chaotic start of the Bahrain Grand Prix. Also See: Watch: Hamilton and Bottas collide Nico wins as Lewis is hit by trouble ' ' '