The Chinese Basketball Association suspended its relationship with the Rockets, Chinese media giant Tencent and Chinese state television pulled some NBA broadcasts and Silver said the NBA quickly began experiencing significant financial losses. Silver said it’s possible the NBA could lose as much as $400 million in revenue this year because of hits to the China market. “Our games have not returned to CCTV, the government broadcaster,” Silver said. Basketball, understandably, has been pushed aside while the Chinese deal with a massive crisis. (But) this isn't just a Wuhan problem.

Source: International New York Times February 16, 2020 02:03 UTC