Months after the Houston Rockets general manager tweeted his support for Hong Kong’s protesters, the NBA’s relationship with China remains strained
There is now a price tag on the tweet that ravaged the NBA’s business in China: hundreds of millions of dollars.
Houston Rockets general manager’s Daryl Morey tweet in October supporting the protesters in Hong Kong enraged the Beijing government and resulted in an extraordinary standoff between the world’s most populous country and its most popular American sports league. Chinese sponsors cut ties with the Rockets, who haven’t appeared on the country’s top streaming platform this season, and NBA games still haven’t returned...
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