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Why 'woke' NBA is struggling to balance its values with Chinese expansion

  • Written by Mary-Hunter McDonnell, Clarence Nickman Assistant Professor of Management, University of Pennsylvania
Why 'woke' NBA is struggling to balance its values with Chinese expansionChina is the NBA's second-biggest market.AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

It’s not easy being a for-profit organization these days.

Take the National Basketball Association. It found itself in a tricky situation in its second-largest market after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey on Oct. 4 tweeted his solidarity with pro-democracy protesters in...

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