SHANGHAI – The towering buildings sprang upward under a sea of blue sky in all directions.
As Warriors chief marketing officer Chip Bowers sat in the restaurant of the team’s five-star hotel, he only needed to turn his head toward the window to see the city’s seemingly infinite skyline — and feel a country’s infinite possibilities.
The Warriors’ week-long trip to China, the world’s most populous nation, may have left them feeling jet-lagged and out of sorts from the 14-hour plane ride. Nonetheless, the NBA showcased the Warriors in two preseason games against Minnesota in Shenzhen and Shanghai, aware that Golden State’s recent championship success would feed this country’s insatiable appetite for hoops.