It appears that the “National” in NBA now refers to the nation of China, the NBA being more popular in China than in the US. So which NBA team will be the first to emigrate to China, the Shanghai Warriors? How about the Chengdu Celtics or the Shenzhen Spurs? I’m all for the NBA, the league management, the teams and their players moving to China; they’d get a taste of real racism and discover the many wonders of communism first hand...
At the rate of team-value depreciation...I would suggest by the end of 2021...at least one NBA will be on the sales-lot, and a Chinese billionaire will enter the bidding to bring the team into China. By 2025, with interest dwindling in the US...I could see five NBA teams relocated into China.
I like the idea of the Lhasa Lakers, but some player might mention Tibet and suddenly there’s a very large pair of kidneys on the market.