re: Stephen Curry said he didn’t know enough about Chinese history to speak on it.

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My question, which is admittedly ignoratn and probably silly, is what are these people (players, coaches, etc) afraid of?

If curry or kerr or whoever else came out and said "oh yeah man, that situation is awful. CAn't believe what they're doing over there, it's despicable. Those people deserve better" or something, what repercussions are they scared of? I realize china gives the NBA a lot of money, which is why this whole thing is an issue anyway, but it's not like the players or coahces are going to lose money somehow could they?

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It's not a stupid question, especially if you haven't really kept up with the NBA over the past decade and a half or so.

The global market for basketball has exploded, and China is far and away the leader. There is massive money at stake if China's government sours on the NBA's presence, and given that the NBA's global appeal is what's driven their growth, they can ill afford to take that risk as a company.

Throw in the fact that China's government is incredibly sensitive during the best of times, the fact that this whole brouhaha began over an NBA exec's public support for anti-government protesters in Hong King makes it doubly tenuous for the NBA.

If I'm thinking the best of them, I'm thinking many of them might WANT to be as vociferous against China as they are railing against perceived domestic slights against social justice, but undoubtedly they've been warned by the powers that be to either feign ignorance or avoid the subject of indiscretions by the Chinese government altogether.

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Hot take:

I’m fine with him saying that as long as he reads up on it and forms an opinion in the next month.

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hotter take:

its not that complicated...one side has bloody knuckles, and the other side has a bloody nose. pick one to support or pick neither and say so

To clarify-

Players currently under contract will receive their contract amount, possibly minus 8% which is held in escrow until the season’s Baskeball Related Income is calculated.

The most any one player under contract can lose as a result of this is 8% of their money.


Players NOT under contract is a different matter.

Changes in the cap directly affect how much can be offered to players, be it from available cap space (% limits on contract amount) or on various exceptions which are calculated to be x% of the contract amount.



A huge amount of players in the league just signed new contracts this offseason and are limited to taking an 8% per season hit as a result.

A few players like Anthony Davis are likely to take a bath on this between fewer potential landing spots and their max deal being calculated as a percentage of a smaller cap number.

I would say the issues in Hong Kong and the issues in the United States are not mutually exclusive.

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They want to talk about politics when it is convenient, they better expect a huge ration of shite when they get asked about it when it is hard.

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You mean black guys speaking on black issues should also know about everything happening in China?

Lmao
This board is full of dumb asses.

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Trannies in bathrooms in North Carolina is a black issue? fricking RuPaul is going to North Carolina?

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So we’re going to pick & choose what issues the players express now?

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So we’re going to pick & choose what issues the players express now?

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Why not?

I’m sure there’s plenty of other unfortunate situations in the world that nobody in the NBA has commented about.

If China pull the plugs, those shoe companies will not sell as many shoes inside China. The shoe companies do not want to pay as much as now.

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They want to act like they are Jackie Robinson, Muhammed Ali, Jim Brown, and Bill Russell rolled into one? Take a stand that may have actual consequences.

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Much easier to stand up for family and friends vs. people halfway around the world.