The NBA is HUGE in China. I had a buddy from mainland China who was visiting here last year and he had the tv locked on the NBA Channel (NBA TV?) the whole time he was here. I was talking about it with him and he was explaining how big it is over there, in fact, it's the most watched sport in China. (I assumed it would have been soccer for some reason)

Baseball ... you know .... "American as baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet" ... well, it's the most popular sport in Japan, but the MBA isn't a real big deal to them. Not even close to how the NBA has won the hearts of the Chinese.