Welcome to the most exhausting preseason game In NBA history.
With the “international incident” incited by Rockets GM Daryl Morey and exacerbated by that Nets owner Joe Tsai, who felt he needed to insert himself into this mess, for some reason, the tone-deaf NBA is in a weird place where two teams are in China with two preseason games (and plenty of fan engagements opps.) on the docket. All of which have either been cancelled or on the verge of being cancelled.
Couple that with the Nets and Lakers are set to tip off at 7:30 AM EST - and this all feels so very exhausting.