Did any NBA players visit China in previous months?
Maybe.
But I imagine Ohio has its fair share of Chinese students at the universities in the metro areas as well as business people and scientists who took trips to China for work.
And some people with money take trips to China just to say they saw China.
The entire region of Eastern CT with the Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos have THOUSANDS of Chinese workers and customers. The entire region was torn up 2nd week of January with a flu virus that tested negative for flu. My family and me too. Docs called it “flu B”
Everyone blamed the Coast Guard Academy cadets coming back off Christmas leave from around the nation and the world in the academy Petri dish. That happens every year.
You’ll notice that the COVID-19 testing and deaths for this Eastern region is extremely low. The state didn’t start testing and counting COVID-19 until it was until it was through and done with us.