It was under these circumstances that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and several league officials held a meeting with the Lakers, the Nets, executives from both teams and a representative from the NBA players’ union. At the start of the week, posters adorned buildings all over Shanghai announcing the Lakers’ and Nets’ big visit. (Getty Images)But what didn’t sound like an apology to Chinese officials sounded a lot like one to a bipartisan group of United States senators and representatives. Players expressed their concerns to league officials about the situation, according to people familiar with the meeting. While league officials stayed in contact with Shenzhen government officials, their conversations didn’t need to be as thorough.

Source: Los Angeles Times October 15, 2019 01:07 UTC