By David John Chávez | BAY AREA PLAYS

In San Jose Stage’s production of Lauren Yee’s The Great Leap, directed smoothly by Jeffrey Lo, there is a critical component that the terrific production brings forth – the dynamic of basketball’s zealous role in China and how that component informs a college team more than 7,000 miles away . The National Basketball Association has made outreach in China a huge priority, a move which has also brought forth some stinging criticism. And that ain’t changing – as recently as 2019, China accounted for more than 10 percent of the NBA’s global revenue.