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Reports: China Set to Host Initially NBA Preseason Games since 2024

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The NBA’s relationship with China that turned cold over a general manager’s tweet in 2019 obviously is thawing with an announcement anticipated Friday of two preseason video games in Macao in October, according to several reports Thursday.

The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will use Oct. 10 and 12, 2025, at Macao’s Venetian Arena, marking the first video games because 17 NBA teams played 28 preseason contests in China from 2004 to 2019.

Basketball is very popular in China, and the market was worth numerous countless dollars to the NBA. However, a rift was created when then-Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support of anti-government demonstrations in Hong Kong in October 2019.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver supported individual flexibility of expression and did not punish Morey, the current GM of the Philadelphia 76ers.

In reaction, rewarding sponsorships were ended and league video games were disappointed on CCTV, the state-sponsored broadcaster in China, for one year after Morey’s tweet. Silver estimated in 2021 that the NBA lost $400 million that year because of the frayed relationship.

NBA video games, nevertheless, began appearing frequently on CCTV in 2022 and ended up being available on a streaming service.

NBA players, including stars Stephen Curry of the Golden State and De’Aaron Fox of the Sacramento Kings, have actually made looks in China. Macao will host a star basketball game on Saturday including former NBA standouts.

The Venetian Arena is owned by the Las Vegas Sands Corp., which runs a casino there. Macao is the only place in China with legal gambling establishment betting. Dallas Mavericks guv Patrick Dumont is the president and CEO of the Las Vegas Sands.

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Joe Tsai, the co-founder and chairman of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, owns the Nets.

— Field Level Media

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