> The NBA is hugely popular there, don't they risk annoying huge chunks of their own population by taking it off the air? Yes, by design. The Chinese governmen

> The NBA is hugely popular there, don't they risk annoying huge chunks of their own population by taking it off the air? Yes, by design. The Chinese government is signalling that the NBA is anti-China, just like they did with the iPhone (sales are down over 20% as a result of the government's marketing campaign and market pressure from Huawei.) Patriotic Chinese will get the message and stop watching the NBA.