NBA postpones today's scheduled media sessions in Shanghai for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers. It remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled as the fallout from a tweet supporting Hong Kong protests continues.
A worker takes down a billboard advertising an NBA preseason basketball game on Thursday between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The NBA has postponed Wednesday's scheduled media sessions in Shanghai for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, and it remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled.
“Given the fluidity of the situation, today’s media availability has been postponed,” the league said. Silver was arriving in Shanghai on Wednesday. All around China, stores that sell NBA merchandise were removing Rockets-related apparel from shelves and many murals featuring the Rockets — even ones with Yao Ming, the Chinese great who played for Houston during his NBA career — were being painted over.
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