“The financial consequences have been and may continue to be fairly dramatic.”
The NBA has always been a window for many Chinese fans to understand the U.S., its culture and its key social values, such as the importance of individual liberties.
Plaschke: For LeBron James, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere … except in China“I don’t know where we go from here,” Silver said. for the NBA in its annual preseason trek to China. Morey’s tweet, sent on Oct. 6, set off a firestorm of reaction in the state-controlled Chinese media and altered promotional plans for a two-game series featuring the Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets.
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