China Central Television, its state-run TV network, broadcasted Tuesday night’s matchup between the Clippers and Jazz, which kicked off a full return of the league to China’s airwaves. China had boycotted NBA broadcasts since 2019, when former Houston executive Daryl Morey tweeted support for pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong.
Chinese TV has resumed broadcasts of NBA games, Sopan Deb of the New York Times reports.Canaan appeared in 235 NBA games, most recently during the 2018/19 campaign. Canaan is joining Turkey’s Galatasaray, EuroHoops tweets. Another Russian team, Unics Kazan, has mutually parted ways with guard Isaiah Canaan, according to a story.We have more from around the basketball world: “Unfortunately, we are forced to state that there are no conditions for Jonas Jerebko to play for the Sweden basketball national team,” a Swedish Basketball Federation press release stated in part. That didn’t sit well with the Swedish National Team, who suspended him, according to Johnny Askounis of. The ex-NBA big man signed with CSKA Moscow, the team tweets. While some former NBA players have left Russian teams following the invasion into Ukraine, Jonas Jerebko is resuming his career there.
