SHANGHAI — The Nets came to China to help grow their footprint and set down roots in a huge basketball-mad market. But their first appearance on this weeklong trip has already been shut down by the government.
Just hours before the Nets players were supposed to take part in an NBA Cares event at the New World Experimental School in Shanghai, the event was cancelled by the Chinese government in wake of a swirling controversy touched off by Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet regarding the Hong Kong riots, and how the tweet incensed many in mainland China.