Brooklyn Nets owner Joe Tsai is the face of NBA's uneasy China relationship
JOE TSAI, THE billionaire owner of the Brooklyn Nets, made his fortune in China. His company, Alibaba, began in a Hangzhou apartment and has since been described as «Amazon on steroids.» When Tsai bought into the NBA, commissioner Adam Silver predicted he'd be «invaluable» to the league's expansion in the world's largest market.


