Yeah they have been playing games in Europe since the 80s...but they didn’t have big nba superstar euro players back then either. They have that now, so just like they used Yao Ming to grow the game in China. They will use players like Giannis, Luka, Sabonis to grow the game even greater.

China will not go away of course, but this situation now has the nba building to not depend on china. It’s kind of similar to Americans companies now sending their manufacturing to other countries besides China.

This disruption was a blessing in disguise, because they were going to have to face the human rights situation sooner or later. Can’t do business with a country that violates the human rights of people and not expect issues to come about. The nba kicked the can for a long time.

The nba is using the soccer model to grow the game, and they are headed in the right direction. It’s the second most global game in the world behind soccer. Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, Australia/ New Zealand/ Latin America and the islands.

Nba will stay healthy with or without China.