至于NBA在事件發(fā)酵后的一系列表現(xiàn)，作者直言他們這是在“走鋼絲”。

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美國?？怂剐侣劦捏w育記者Jason Whitlock也在節(jié)目上表示，這一事件讓美國球迷們認(rèn)識到中國對NBA賽事的影響有多大。

“You see NBA players constantly over the summer during their offseason running to China to do the bidding of their shoe companies and to sell their shoes in the China market，” he said。

他說：“你會看到NBA球員在休賽期不斷地跑到中國，為他們代言的球鞋站臺，并在中國市場銷售?！?/strong>

“So， the NBA is really being exposed as not nearly as much of an American business than it is a global business with China perhaps having more influence over it than even America。”

“所以，NBA實際上并不是一個美國企業(yè)，它是個全球性企業(yè)，而中國對它的影響力可能比美國還大。”

The NBA is trying to walk a tightrope。 After an initial league statement was criticized for being too beholden to the Chinese authorities， NBA Commissioner Adam Silver defended Morey‘s right to send the tweet in a statement Tuesday in Tokyo。 He said that the league would not pursue profits over principles。

NBA正打算走鋼絲。聯(lián)盟最初的一份聲明被批過于依附中國。周二，總裁亞當(dāng)·肖華在東京發(fā)表聲明，為莫雷發(fā)送這條推文的權(quán)利進(jìn)行了辯護(hù)。他說，聯(lián)盟不會為了利潤而舍棄原則。

“The NBA will not put itself in a position of regulating what players， employees and team owners say or will not say，” Silver said in the statement。 “We simply could not operate that way?！?/strong>

肖華在聲明中說：“NBA不會限制球員、員工和球隊老板說什么或不說什么的?！薄拔覀兪遣荒苣敲催\作的?！?/strong>

But that only escalated the dispute with Chinese authorities。 CCTV Sports， a division of China‘s state broadcaster， said it would not broadcast preseason games set to be played in China， including one between the Brooklyn Nets and the LA Lakers later this week in Shanghai。

但這些話只會火上澆油。中國官方電視臺CCTV體育頻道宣布，將不會播出在中國進(jìn)行的季前賽，包括本周晚些時候在上海舉行的布魯克林籃網(wǎng)隊和洛杉磯湖人隊的比賽。

Tencent Sports （TCEHY）， which is the NBA‘s exclusive digital partner in China， said it would suspend live streaming for Houston Rockets games， and stop reporting any news about the team。 Nearly 500 million people in China watched NBA programming on Tencent platforms during the last season， according to the companies。

騰訊體育是NBA在中國的獨家數(shù)字合作伙伴，它表示將暫停休斯頓火箭隊比賽的直播，并停止報道任何與該球隊有關(guān)的新聞。據(jù)透露，在上個賽季，中國有近5億人在騰訊平臺上觀看了NBA節(jié)目。