Nba China

NBA: China state broadcaster CCTV hints Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey 'paid price' for Hong Kong tweet

CCTV suspended NBA broadcasts last October after Morey tweeted "Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong", referring to protests Beijing calls separatist and seditious.

NBA: Hong Kong-tweeting Houston Rockets executive Daryl Morey steps down after 14 years

Morey departed of his own choice after guiding the Rockets basketball operations since the 2007-2008 season, making the decision after the Rockets were beaten in the second round of the NBA playoffs in the Covid-19 quarantine bubble in Orlando.

NBA China looking for new CEO after league announces impending departure of Derek Chang

While Chang was in charge the league opened the largest NBA Store outside of North America in Beijing

NBA: China's state television CCTV shuns season opening games following Hong Kong tweet row

CCTV, which holds exclusive TV rights for the NBA, did not air the season opener games between Raptors and Pelicans and later Lakers vs Clippers.

NBA: Brooklyn Nets beat Los Angeles Lakers 91-77 to conclude tense pre-season China tour

Despite the controversy surrounding the NBA, the teams have been embraced by Chinese fans at the first game on Thursday in Shanghai, also won by Brooklyn, and game two Saturday in the southern city of Shenzhen near Hong Kong

NBA cancels all press events involving LA Lakers, Brooklyn Nets in China, but Saturday's game to go ahead

NBA said Saturday evening’s exhibition game between the Lakers and the Nets in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, on the border with Hong Kong, will proceed.

NBA: Kyrie Irving aggravates injury, Brooklyn Nets hold off Los Angeles Lakers in front of 18,000 fans in Shanghai

Kyrie Irving aggravated his facial fracture shortly after tip-off in his preseason debut for the Brooklyn Nets, who beat the Los Angeles Lakers 114-111 in the debut of this year's two-game NBA China Games series

Firstpost Explains: The NBA-China confrontation and why the Asian country matters to the league

What led to the standoff between China and the NBA? What has the fallout been? Why have stars like James Harden apologised? Why does China matter so much to the NBA? Why hasn't NBA apologised to China or forced Houston Rockets to fire Morey? Firstpost Explains:

NBA vs China: Houston Rockets' Nike merchandise removed from stores; ESPN criticised for 'nine-dash-line' map

A now-deleted tweet by NBA franchise Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey last week supporting anti-government protests in Hong Kong has sparked a massive backlash in China

NBA: Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai sides with China in Houston Rockets debacle, says hurt caused will take time to heal

Nets owner Joseph Tsai, who made a fortune with Alibaba after co-founding the e-commerce titan and remains its executive vice president, said in a Facebook post that Morey's tweet was intolerable to the Chinese government and citizens