China CCTV re-broadcasted the regular season of the Los Angeles Clippers against the Utah Jazz in March this year. It was the first time in 18 months since the Los Angeles Lakers played the Miami Heat finals in October 2020. Adam Shihua revealed at a press conference on Thursday (2nd) that the league lost hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue due to the ban on CCTV. He said: “If there is a loss in order to protect our freedom of speech, then we accept that.”
Adam Shihua continued, saying that the re-broadcast of the NBA on CCTV will help promote cultural exchanges between the two countries, “It is very important to be able to use sports as a platform to allow people all over the world to speak freely. China and more than 200 other countries in the world broadcast NBA games. Don’t think it’s inconsistent with our values.”
However, Jian Da, who is now a freelancer, questioned Adam Shihwah’s statement and criticized the top officials of the alliance as hypocrites whose interests trumped morality. “They give you billions of dollars to shut you up and promote China in the United States.” . Janda has been using her fame to call on the international community to pay attention to the situation in Xinjiang Uyghur, Tibet and Hong Kong. The 29-year-old center was waived in February after being traded to the Rockets by the Boston Celtics.