'The financial consequences have been and may continue to be fairly dramatic,' NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said of the league's spat with China.
its broadcast arrangements for the NBA's preseason games in China; and Tencent, which owns the digital streaming rights for the NBA in China, also suspended its preseason broadcast agreement.
The Chinese government asked the NBA to fire Morey for his now-deleted Oct. 4 tweet. In an Oct. 8 statement, Silver defended Morey's right to free speech, adding "values of equality, respect and freedom of expression have long defined the NBA – and will continue to do so." "This is the intersection of money and geopolitics," the Western Conference executive said. "They are not easy to maneuver."
"They are going to want the NBA back," the Western Conference executive said. "I don't think this is permanent. This is, 'We're going to cause a pause to make them feel the pain.' And within the pause, some diplomacy will be necessary."
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