Translation: China recognizes that they're losing control of the situation. They figured they could bully the league and owners, but they forgot that they don't control the US population. The first time fans organize at a nationally televised NBA game to all visibly and vocally support Hong Kong, the genie will be out of the bottle and neither the NBA nor the Chinese government will be able to silence it. And if the only solution for the Chinese is to ban the nation's favorite sport, I don't think that's going to go over very well with the population no matter how they try to spin it.
Neither China nor the league wants that, so I absolutely bet they'd collectively like for all of this to go away. The question is whether it's too late.
Neither China nor the league wants that, so I absolutely bet they'd collectively like for all of this to go away. The question is whether it's too late.