NBA teams play a number of preseason trips overseas, most of which serve as promotional and branding opportunities for the league and its various sponsors. While some participating teams struggle to find the positives in having to spend so many days so far from home, it’s fair to say that many players and coaches get to have experiences they otherwise would not. Meeting basketball fans and taking in the culture in places like China has the potential to change how they see the world.
On the other hand, sometimes a professional athlete will do something like autograph the most famous manmade structure that can be seen from space. Yes, guard Bobby Brown of the Houston Rockets actually did that this week during the team’s trip to play the New Orleans Pelicans in Beijing and Shanghai. After spending three seasons as a player in the Chinese Basketball Association, he probably should have known better.
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