NBA returns to China after six year hiatus
A controversy related to the pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong in 2019 led to no more matches being played in the Asian country.
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After six years of tension due to a politically charged controversy, the NBA and China will reconnect: This Friday and Sunday, two franchises from the world’s top basketball league will face off on Chinese soil.
Specifically, the Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will face off at The Venetian Arena in Macao. The games are part of the NBA preseason.
From 2004 to 2019, 28 NBA preseason games were played in China. In 2019, the country decided that no more matches would be played after Daryl Morey, then general manager of the Houston Rockets, tweeted in support of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong.
Numerous NBA executives backed Morey, which increased tensions and prompted the communist regime to decide that no games from the world's top basketball league would be played on its territory until now.
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