The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers play the 2019 NBA China Games as a fan holds a Chinese national flag in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena. Photo: AP
The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers play the 2019 NBA China Games as a fan holds a Chinese national flag in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena. Photo: AP
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Sport /  China

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NBA-China Hong Kong tweet fallout – will Houston Rockets return?

  • Houston Rockets GM Daryl Morey’s tweet supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters soured relations
  • With his resignation and return of games to CCTV there is hope the relationship will return to normal

Jonathan White
Jonathan White

Updated: 1:36pm, 20 Oct, 2020

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The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers play the 2019 NBA China Games as a fan holds a Chinese national flag in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena. Photo: AP
The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers play the 2019 NBA China Games as a fan holds a Chinese national flag in Shanghai’s Mercedes-Benz Arena. Photo: AP
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