[stepstop]

> This shouldn't be surprising to people. The NBA has a bigger fanbase in China than in the USA.

I disagree. The size of the fanbase is surprising, and so is the implication of this behaviour

[MattGaiser]

Agreed. I had no idea that the NBA of all things was beholden to the Chinese market already.

[riffraff]

The memes making fun of the NBA kowtowing to the CCP have been circulating since last year, IIRC. It's a sad state of things.

[runevault]

and REALLY took off after the Rockets GM publicly tweeted out against China earlier this year, while the rest of the league ripped into him including LeBron (despite LeBron trying to play up the more than an athlete idea about himself).

[classified]

It's what you get when the leading factor determining your values is profit. The NBA doesn't have American values, it has Capitalist values.