At first, no one noticed, but last season's playoffs, Jeanie Buss did—Zhang Hao was getting the superstar treatment when it came to whistles!
It's not that the referees were biased towards him, but at the very least, when Zhang Hao faced any superstar, the referees weren't biased towards the opposing superstar.
The reason why no one noticed this was because Zhang Hao had been getting this treatment from his rookie season.
After noticing this, Jeanie Buss deliberately focused on such matters and discovered that NBA Headquarters treated China very specially, especially in early September when David Stern unexpectedly granted China free broadcasting rights for 10 years.
Previously, they offered free broadcasts in parts of Europe and South America, but usually for only a year or two, before starting to charge.
