Asian groups and Asian community organizations are making a huge fuss.
At this critical time when the NBA is expanding into the Huaxia market, mishandling the situation could potentially set back the NBA's progress by six years.
The most critical issue is that this summer, both labor and management just renewed a new labor contract.
With the rapid development of the League, the team owners have made a lot more money compared to the late '90s, reaping huge profits.
This time, David Stern took the initiative to share some of the profits with the labor side.
As the labor representative in this negotiation, Patrick Ewing became a great contributor to the players' union.
Having just conceded benefits to the labor side, and then facing a situation where the League's progress is "not advancing but retreating," he would have to be held accountable by the owners of the 30 teams.
