The Brooklyn Nets' Cam Thomas #24 (R) dribles through opponents during the NBA pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on October 10, 2025. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters cheer for their team from the stands ahead of the NBA pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on October 10, 2025. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Phoenix Suns' head coach Jordan Ott talks during a press conference ahead of the NBA pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on October 10, 2025. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Brooklyn Nets' head coach Jordi Fernandez looks on during a press conference ahead of the NBA pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on October 10, 2025. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Brooklyn Nets' head coach Jordi Fernandez talks during a press conference ahead of the NBA pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on October 10, 2025. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

The Phoenix Suns' head coach Jordan Ott talks during a press conference ahead of the NBA pre-season game against the Phoenix Suns, at the Venetian Arena in Macau, on October 10, 2025. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A customer speaks with a store employee next to a life-size Stephen Curry statue at the Venetian's NBA House in Macau on October 9, 2025, ahead of the NBA pre-season games. The NBA returns to the lucrative China market this week with two pre-season games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play sell-out games on October 10 and October 12 in Macau, a special administrative region of China close to Hong Kong. (Photo by Eduardo Leal / AFP) (Photo by EDUARDO LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

(FILES) USA's #06 LeBron James challenges South Sudan's #05 Nuni Omot in the men's preliminary round group C basketball match between USA and South Sudan during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, northern France, on July 31, 2024. Los Angeles superstar LeBron James is set to miss the Lakers' NBA season-opener after the team said he will be sidelined three to four weeks with sciatica, multiple US media outlets reported on October 9, 2025. The Lakers revealed the diagnosis of right-side sciatica after the team's practice, where the 40-year-old James again was not a full participant. (Photo by Thomas COEX / AFP) (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images)