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The NBA has an advantage that other companies don't have. Their product can't be knocked off, and their talent level can't be matched by outside leagues. They h
by partiallypro 7y ago
The NBA has an advantage that other companies don't have. Their product can't be knocked off, and their talent level can't be matched by outside leagues. They have so much leverage to just walk away. The NBA is huge in China, fans will be more upset at their government than the NBA.
- DollarGuru 7y agoAnd they'll all protest in silence.
- partiallypro 7y agoThat's better than the West kowtowing to China, silence eventually will find its voice.
- DollarGuru 7y agoTrue. It would also be better to be able to appreciate an entity that isn't so morally bankrupt and profit driven.
- hitsurume 7y agoI think you underestimate the nationalist / brain washing of the general public in China. People in China will blindly support the face of their country over something like sports without question.
- paganel 7y agoNBA used to be pretty big in Europe too in the early 1990s, especially after the 1992 Olympics and its Dream Team, but I think poor/unhappy TV deals have killed that momentum and now football is all-dominating. Not saying that NBA and basket generally speaking is not important anymore for Europeans, because it is, but there was a slight moment during the timeframe I mentioned when the likes of Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Larry Bird, Sabonis or Toni Kukoc were more famous than many footballers of that time. But in the second part of the '90s something happened and apart from a few exceptions (like LeBron or Kobe) no big NBA names from across the Atlantic have been widely known in here. Which is to say that it's totally possible for the NBA to lose the Chinese market.