NBA China from 1 worker in 1990 to 200 now

As part of The Chronicle's coverage of the Warriors' trip to China, beat writer Connor Letourneau is posting accounts of what he observes. SHANGHAI — Twenty-seven years ago, Rob Levine became the NBA's first employee based in Asia. With no office of his own, Levine — then a vice president for international development — worked from an apartment in Hong Kong and awoke early in the morning for conference calls with colleagues in New York.