The Nets deserve a better owner than Joe Tsai | Opinion
Each day Hong Kong citizens continue to battle a regime that threatens their freedom, and without our support they will only be able to hold on for so long.
While we live in an age in which you can be ostracized for a comment or tweet that offends certain sensibilities, owning a popular New York City sports franchise while embracing the authoritarian power China is imposing over its people remains, sadly, quite acceptable.
It is deeply troubling that Nets ownership is dominated by Joseph Tsai, whose Hong Kong viewpoint is akin to Beijing’s. Tsai, who purchased the team a few months ago, holds dual citizenship in Taiwan and Canada. He is an owner of China’s most valuable company, Alibaba, and is a product of the best in Western education — namely Yale.