It all started with just one Tweet.



In the end, the ramifications of just that one action have resulted in an international incident that has involved everyone from the president of the United States to NBA players and coaches from around the league. But, perhaps even more than the team whose official started it all, no NBA teams have been impacted more directly by this situation than the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets, who were slated to play two exhibition games in China in the direct aftermath of it all.



As the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets descended upon China early last week, the repercussions from Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s pro-Hong Kong Twitter post started to form. Morey had sparked an international incident — a crisis for the NBA and its players and teams — as the post had struck a nerve with China, the league’s largest market outside of the United States. It left two sets of teams abroad to deal with...