The NBA is preparing for its return to China with preseason games in gambling hub Macau, six years after a fallout over the protests in Hong Kong put the relationship on ice.
The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns are playing the NBA China Games on Oct. 10 and 12 at the 14,000-seater the Venetian Arena, owned by Las Vegas Sands Corp. The last time the event took place was in October 2019, just before Daryl Morey, then the general manager of the Houston Rockets, posted on social media in support of Hong Kong’s protesters.