Read of the Week: The NBA's China Problem

Mind of Micah

MWBK Creative

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4.1 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2019

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

China and the NBA are at a crossroads. Micah talks about the situation and what happens next. Read both pieces: WaPo: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/07/nba-is-only-latest-chinese-government-hostage/?wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1 Y!: https://sports.yahoo.com/in-nba-china-dustup-the-league-never-should-have-apologized-to-begin-with-175446344.html Support our sponsor and save on a leesa mattress: leesa.com/micah We're back with more later this week.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Mind of Myka.
0:09.0	Hello again friends and welcome back to the show.
0:14.2	Thanks for being a part of Mind of Micah,
0:17.6	as well as M. W.B.K.
0:21.3	Creative and sales
0:24.0	this week it's time for the return of Micah's
0:28.0	read of the week
0:30.0	of Micah's Read of the Week
0:31.0	Today however I'm actually going to read a couple pieces and do some opining, which sometimes I do and sometimes I don't.
0:40.0	The subject matter this week is something that's been in the news and I felt like I wanted to talk about because I've read a lot of things and I've enjoyed reading them.
0:49.0	I want to share them with you and share some things that I have thought about this topic.
0:57.0	And the topic is China and the situation that we're in as a nation with China, specifically the National
1:11.8	Basketball Association.
1:14.0	And as an NBA fan, I take this quite personally.
1:21.0	This is quite a situation and it's multi-pronged and it's complex and I, despite being a trusted source for you, assuming you're listening to this,
1:36.0	I am not a geopolitical expert.
1:40.0	That being said, I have some general beliefs and I'd like to think they're mostly shared beliefs that all Americans or many, many or most Americans can believe in.
1:54.4	We can abide by.
1:55.6	This is one of the things that bother me the most about our political environment right now.
2:00.9	I know I've mostly avoided politics on this show but I feel like people
2:04.6	know some of the things that I stand for. I may not be overtly political but I
2:10.6	have a point of view that I'd like to think is fairly consistent and I believe in the things that I believe and they are important to me.
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