Sports
NBA’s China Furor May Make Nets the Country’s Most Popular Team
- Nets are owned by Taiwan-born Alibaba co-founder Joe Tsai
- Chinese sponsors, fans fleeing Rockets after executive’s tweet
Photographer: Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
One man’s tweet could be another man’s treasure.
As the tempest over Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey’s quickly deleted tweet backing the Hong Kong protesters engulfs the team and the NBA, one club stands poised to win the hearts, minds and wallets of a basketball-loving nation perhaps searching for a new team to call its own.