The NBA is ready to make up with the Chinese Communist Party

Published February 26, 2024 3:42pm ET



The NBA has desperately tried to get back in the good graces of the Chinese Communist Party, and now, the league is swiftly approaching the final step on that path.

Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai is pushing for the league to play preseason games in China once again, which the league hasn’t been able to do since 2019. That was when then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey dared to tweet his support of pro-democracy Hong Kong protesters in the face of China’s oppression, which earned him a rebuke from social justice fraud LeBron James.

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