The NBA has canceled all media access for the remainder of its visit to China as it puts players in a 'complicated' and 'unfair' situation, it said
The NBA has canceled all media access for the remainder of its visit to China as it puts players in a"complicated" and"unfair" situation, it said.
The league is embroiled in a standoff with China after the Houston Rockets' general manager Daryl Morey tweeted his support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong.The announcement comes a day after CNN's Christina Macfarlane was shut down by a Houston Rockets' media officer as she tried to ask James Harden and Russell Westbrook a question about the NBA's position with China during a news conference in Tokyo.
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