China wants all the smoke.

This week the guys become conscientious objectors as Nets president Joe Tsai veers the Nets' Navy into the South China sea. One tweet from Rockets' GM Darryl Morey has sent the pod into a tailspin with the most Send The Link episode ever.

NBA? Check? Geopolitics? Check. Twitter? Brooklyn? Check.

Brandon and Deej breakdown the sociocultural history of China, the current state of business relationships between America entertainment companies and Chinese censorship and the hypocrisy in the NBA.

Is this the issue that finally brings Lee Greenwood's America together under one banner to say.... "Fuck China"?

Links abound:

https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10-07/nba-china-houston-rockets-gm-tweet-controversy-daryl-morey

https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-08/the-nba-should-call-china-s-bluff?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=view&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-view&utm_medium=social

https://amp.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3032044/chinese-houston-rockets-fan-who-taunted-police-threat-burn

https://www.vox.com/2019/10/7/20902700/daryl-morey-tweet-china-nba-hong-kong

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