All of the NBA's official Chinese partners have suspended ties with the league

CNN ^ | October 9, 2019 | Michelle Toh and Laura He

[C19fan]

One thing for the NBA to insult and bully Americans and states where there is no coordinated way to fight back, quite another when your so called "business" partners in China are puppets of the Communist party who can coordinate a punch.

[lecram]

Time to stop trade with China. Many other countries that can take their place.

[ßuddaßudd]

its all about the shoes ..

[ClearCase_guy]

I don't care about the NBA so I haven't followed this. But as far as I can see, this is a Social Justice Warrior type who wanted to "stand for something". Like Colin Kapaernick who wanted to "kneel for something".

Maybe just doing your job is a good idea. Why politicize everything?

[1Old Pro]

The NBA players and league have now fallen silent. It’s easy to condemn Trump, but they have fallen silent on communist china and their murderous country.

[2banana]

Still OK to take a knee.

[Red Badger]

Good................

[Dilbert San Diego]

I don’t follow the NBA or their business ties. But I wonder, do the Chinese need the NBA more than the NBA needs the approval of China? The Chinese are making a political statement, but it could well hurt them more than this hurts the NBA.

[KevinB]

What’s an NBA?

[Lurkinanloomin]

China must be the nation that the National Basketball Association represents.

It isn’t the USA.

[nikos1121]

So they kow down to the Chinese, apologize profusely, chastise the GM that spoke in favor of Hong Kong protestors, and you got to laugh, the Chinese STILL cut them off.

The NBA can go to the devil. I don’t think I’ve watched a game since MJ was playing.

[bert]

China refuses to be Africanized

[datricker]

Yeah other then the massive slave labor pool they pay real work with fake money, they've got stolen technology, hmmm what about a preponderance of only child guys in 1.?<5 billion people.

Crumble crumble - the big problem with China is their from another planet then the rest of the world.

It really is like Game of Thorns 4000 years of depressive grinding largely pointless civilization. Anything good the Red Chinese just knaw through - termites. They should have kept better books though - Marxist accountants that gonna screw Chinese monetary entry in the global market with president Trump calling you out and collapsing their currency manipulation scheme.

However I imagine most Chinese people are pretty good at dealing with sucky situations. Oh well dirt floors again sigh

[Junk Silver]

I for one have sure been impressed with all the support the NBA has gotten from Hollywood in this matter.

(Is a sarcasm tag really needed here?)

[1Old Pro]

The NBA can go to the devil

They sold their soul for $$$

[Mr. Jeeves]

The NBA needs China for growth. Basketball is wildly popular there, and the social justice warrior league has worn out its welcome with its former white American fan base, just as the NFL has.

[Fido969]

Looks like social justice stops at their wallets.

The NBA and its players make billions pushing Chinese-made gear, some of which is made in slave labor facilities. I wonder when they'll be called to pay reparations?

[FewsOrange]

Numerous large companies have massive ties to China, it is not just the NBA.

Pretending that the NBA is the only organization that is sucking up to China is laughable.

[LRoggy]

Your comment include the forced internship of the Uyghurs? A million of them held in silence and enslaved. You make conservatives look just like the stereotype our enemies and critics use. Congrats, you are an apologist for a Communist government.

[butlerweave]

The NBA should cancel all goods orders ,NOW