Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey's now-deleted tweet in support of the Hong Kong protests and the response to it have already earned more attention than dozens of other stories in recent years documenting questionable relationships between U.S. companies and Beijing, writes Jake Novak.
Millions of NBA fans who might have been excited or just indifferent about their beloved league's increasing business connections with China, many are now asking whether promoting the game is worth the concessions and kowtowing to Beijing.
Based on what we hear on New York area sports radio that last few days, fans of the Brooklyn Nets are certainly asking that question and also scrutinizing new Nets owner Joe Tsai.Sunday night. Tsai's post is exceedingly disturbing for two reasons.
Second, Tsai descends into the same false argument Beijing often uses when it comes to the Hong Kong protests. The Chinese government likes to focus on the alleged separatist nature of the movement. That's because it makes it sound like a destructive rebellion by an isolated part of the region.
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