With Nets and Suns
NBA returns to China after five years
The North American professional basketball league NBA will return to China next season after more than five years. The NBA has confirmed corresponding media reports. Accordingly, the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play in China's gambling center Macau in October 2025 as part of their pre-season preparations.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen According to the AP news agency, there are plans for two more pre-season games in China in 2026.
The NBA had major diplomatic tensions with China five years ago after league chief Adam Silver failed to sanction then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey (now with the Philadelphia 76ers). Morey had posted support for protesters in Hong Kong on X. As a result, Chinese TV stations stopped the NBA's TV broadcasts, sponsors stopped and withdrew their money.
Nets already know China
The Brooklyn Nets are owned by Joseph Tsai, the co-founder and chairman of Chinese technology giant Alibaba. They were also one of the last two teams in China in 2019, when they played two games against the Los Angeles Lakers - already under the impression of the Morey tweet.
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