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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by danem on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:43PM (#21195602)
> it's not like China is going to come up with their own basketball league that's going to overtake the NBA, ever.

Why not? Is it inconceivable that in the future the CBA will be able to compete with the NBA for top talent? I guarantee that down the road a future Zion Williamson will choose to play in China over New Orleans. This won't be in the near future mind you, but as the Chinese economy grows, and as basketball gets more popular, I don't see why this couldn't be the future.

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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by ivankolev on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @02:50PM (#21195698)
Not likely, players (not superstars) can already make more money in Euroleague yet everyone given a choice wants to play at the highest level, which is NBA. Superstars even more so, Kawhi Leonard won a title in Toronto but chose to go back home in LA, for less guaranteed money.
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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by IllogicalLogic on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:33PM (#21197518)
You may overestimate how valuable western eyeballs are, a billion people can recreate this industry with government support quite easily.
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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by gamblor956 on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @05:43PM (#21197624)
You may overestimate how valuable those billion viewers are, most of them don't have the money to buy anything.

Also, there are a great many cultural and economic reasons that foreign players generally avoid playing in China's existing professional sports league. Political oppression is just one of those reasons.

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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by IllogicalLogic on Monday October 14, 2019 @01:31PM (#21250680)
I don't buy that idea, western institutions that we generally think of as unique are quite easy to duplicate in Asia if the focus is put there.
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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by the_watcher on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:38PM (#21198788)
"Future Zion Williamson"'s have chosen to play in China over the NCAA already. The ones who have all spoke about the culture shock and language barriers and how it impeded their development. The Australian leagues seem far more likely to carve out an early career role for American high school stars.
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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by kurk on Tuesday October 08, 2019 @08:53PM (#21198890)
Serious? Most of the top players in NBA are colored, they dominate this game. So Chinese may turn to football(European) instead.
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Re:NBA's China dilemma: $4B at risk as Chinese TV cancels ga... by petre on Wednesday October 09, 2019 @12:08AM (#21199933)
Or watch table tennis which they're good at.
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