NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has estimated, during a press conference, that the reaction from Daryl Morey’s retweet supporting protesters in Hong Kong cost the NBA “probably less than $400 million” in lost revenue.<\/p>\n
“It’s substantial, I don’t want to run from that.\u00a0We were taken off the air in China for a period of time, and it caused our many business partners in China to feel it was, therefore, inappropriate to have ongoing relationships with us. But I don’t have any sense that there’s any permanent damage to our business there. … We accept the consequences of our system and our values. It’s not a position any business wants to be in, but those are the results,” said Silver.<\/p>\n
“I know that, from the data we look at, there continues to be enormous interest for the NBA in China, and my sense is that there will be a return to normalcy fairly soon, but I can’t say exactly when, when it comes to CCTV,” added Silver.<\/p>\n
Silver also said that there were still ongoing discussions as to whether Team USA would play pre-Olympic exhibition games in China, or whether the NBA would return to China for exhibition games next October.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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