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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2019, file photo, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry gestures against the Los Angeles Lakers during a preseason NBA basketball game in San Francisco. Curry knows how different this season will be. He realizes how many aren't even considering the Golden State Warriors a for-sure contender following five straight trips to the NBA Finals. No Kevin Durant. No Andre Iguodala. No Shaun Livingston. And that's just to name a few of the departed players who made such key contributions to the franchise's recent runs of success. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File )

Veterans Curry, Green eager to lead new-look Warriors

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

In this Oct. 11, 2018, file photo, former NFL football quarterback Colin Kaepernick attends the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal ceremonies at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Nike mum on China crackdown, backed Colin Kaepernick

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Cleveland Cavaliers head coach John Beilein, left, talks with Kevin Love in the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game against San Lorenzo, Monday, Oct. 7, 2019, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

New school: Beilein leaves college to teach young Cavs

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) against the Golden State Warriors during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

LeBron James: Daryl Morey ‘wasn’t educated’ on China

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Protestors wearing masks in defiance of a recently imposed ban on face coverings perform at a shopping mall in Hong Kong, Sunday, Oct.13, 2019. The semi-autonomous Chinese city is in its fifth month of a movement that initially began in response to a now-withdrawn extradition bill that would have allowed Hong Kong residents to be tried for crimes in mainland China. The protests have since ballooned to encompass broader demands for electoral reforms and an inquiry into alleged police abuse. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Ted Cruz: ‘Really sad’ to see NBA bend to China

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr gestures while speaking to reporters before the team's NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Donald Trump blasts Warriors coach Steve Kerr for ‘weak and pathetic’ China response

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, photo, a security guard walks past neon light decor depicting basketball players and silhouette of iconic Chinese buildings in Beijing. When Houston Rockets' general manager Daryl Morey tweeted last week in support of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, everything changed for NBA fans in China. A new chant flooded Chinese sports forums: &quot;I can live without basketball, but I can't live without my motherland.&quot;(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

The Lakers-Nets series in China ends _ quietly, again

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, photo, Brooklyn Nets' Theo Pinson, left, drives against Los Angeles Lakers' Danny Green, right, near a Chinese national flag during a preseason NBA game at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. When Houston Rocket's general manager Daryl Morey tweeted last week in support of anti-government protests in Hong Kong, everything changed for NBA fans in China. A new chant flooded Chinese sports forums: &quot;I can live without basketball, but I can't live without my motherland.&quot; (AP Photo, File)

Nationalism over NBA fandom: Fans support ‘motherland’ China

By YANAN WANG - Associated Press

Houston Rockets' James Harden celebrates his three-point basket during the first half of an NBA preseason basketball game against the Toronto Raptors Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, in Saitama, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Nike stores in China remove Houston Rockets gear amid controversy

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2019 file photo, a child holds up two Chinese national flags as she watches a preseason NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers at the Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. On Thursday the Chinese government stopped NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and the teams from holding news conferences before or after the Lakers-Nets game. That was part of the Chinese response to the rift that started when Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey tweeted support for anti-government protesters in Hong Kong and intensified when Silver defended Morey's right to exercise free speech. (AP Photo, File)

Analysis: Are China’s ‘internal affairs’ going more global?

By TED ANTHONY - Associated Press

Charles Barkley joins the crowd before the start of the world welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, May 2, 2015. (AP Photo/John Locher) ** FILE **

Charles Barkley applauds NBA’s China stance, rips ‘jackasses,’ ‘idiots’ for criticism

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

NBA players use their smartphones to film fans gathers outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese officials continued in ways that clearly suggested the two planned games in Shanghai and Shenzhen were anything but guaranteed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

It’s un-American to tell China’s critics to ‘shoosh’

By Deborah Simmons - The Washington Times

Chinese security officers stand guard as fans carrying jerseys and shoes wait for NBA players to autograph outside the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Shanghai, China, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday that the league is still expecting them to play as scheduled this week, even while the rift between the league and Chinese officials continued in ways that clearly suggested the two planned games in Shanghai and Shenzhen were anything but guaranteed. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Seen but not heard: Lakers, Nets, NBA are silent in Shanghai

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

A Chinese man stands alone to block a line of tanks heading east on Beijing's Cangan Blvd. in Tiananmen Square, June 5, 1989. The man, calling for an end to the recent violence and bloodshed against pro-democracy demonstrators, was pulled away by bystanders, and the tanks continued on their way. Thousands of students demonstrated for democracy in Tiananmen Square. Hundreds died when the government sent in troops. (AP Photo/Jeff Widener) ** FILE **

Rush Limbaugh: NBA, media would back China over Tiananmen Square ‘tank man’ for money

By Douglas Ernst - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019, photo, a man looks at an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm in Tokyo. Asian shares were mixed Thursday, Oct. 10, following broad gains on Wall Street as investors pondered mixed reports on the likelihood of progress in resolving the trade war between the U.S. and China. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

World shares mostly dip as China, US to resume trade talks

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

Houston Rockets' Russell Westbrook screams before the start of the team's NBA preseason basketball game against the Toronto Raptors Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Saitama, near Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Irving aggravates injury, Nets hold off Lakers in Shanghai

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Workers dismantle signage for an NBA fan event scheduled to be held on Wednesday night at the Shanghai Oriental Sports Center in Shanghai, China, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced Tuesday it will no longer air two NBA preseason games set to be played in the country. (AP Photo)

NBA postpones media sessions in Shanghai amid China rift

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Chinese basketball fans gather outside of a hotel for a press conference that was later postponed ahead of an NBA preseason basketball game on Thursday between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets in Shanghai, China, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. The NBA has postponed Wednesday's scheduled media sessions in Shanghai for the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, and it remains unclear if the teams will play in China this week as scheduled. (AP Photo)

Amid rift with China, will the NBA be forced to apologize?

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

A man walks past statues of NBA players Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, left, and Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers holding Chinese flags in the entrance of an NBA merchandise store in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced Tuesday it will no longer air two NBA preseason games set to be played in the country. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

NBA walks on the right side of a fine line in China

By Tim Dahlberg - Associated Press

Statues of NBA players Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors, left, and Lebron James of the Los Angeles Lakers hold Chinese flags in the entrance of an NBA merchandise store in Beijing, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV announced Tuesday it will no longer air two NBA preseason games set to be played in the country. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Column: NBA walks on the right side of a fine line in China

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press