Harvey Araton and Mike Wise are two of the greatest basketball journalists of our era. They have a thoughtful discussion of the entire Daryl Morey/China/NBA/LeBron James controversy. From David Stern's original reservations about doing business with China (@4:50), to Adam Silver's handling of the entire situation (@9:00), to the league being strategic in its causes (@11:00), and how China needs the NBA even more than the NBA needs China (@19:00). Harvey and Mike dive even deeper, examining the question of LeBron James' statement about Morey that some took to mean "Shut up and just be a GM," the executive equivalent of "Shut Up and Dribble." (@ 30:00). You have heard a lot of words spoken about this topic, but none are more insightful than these.

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