TenCent, the NBA’s digital partner in China, as well as ESPN China are reporting that the Nets and Lakers will play in the NBA China Games next October 10 and 12.
The 2019 NBA China Games teams have been confirmed: the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets.
According to insiders, the 2019 NBA China Games will be held in Shanghai on October 10th and on October 12th in Shenzhen. The NBA has not yet officially announced the news.
The games are preseason contests. It will be the third time the Nets have traveled to China and the third straight year the team will play either preseason or regular season games outside the US.