Report: Chinese boycott could cost Rockets $25 million this year

Tensions between China and the Houston Rockets appear to be slowing down, but the global fiasco that started with a simple tweet from general manager Daryl Morey will likely still hit the team's bottom line hard. Conservatively, the NBA pulls in about $500 million in revenue from China and its nearly half a billion fans, but any losses would disproportionally hurt the Rockets, the most popular team in the nation. According to a report from the New York Times' Marc Stein, the flare-up could cost the team $25 million this year. During Thursday's game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, Chinese logos were taken off the court, and it wasn't broadcasted on state-run TV.