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In November 2011, NBA China and Dongguan New Century launched the CBA Dongguan Basketball School for players ages 12–17. In February 2014, Yao Ming collaborated with the NBA China organization in opening the first afterschool basketball program in Beijing. Collaboratively both were able to provide fitness and basketball training for kids of ...
It wasn't even a month ago that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sat overlooking center court at an arena in Beijing, watching the gold-medal game at the World Cup with other basketball dignitaries.
Wang Zhizhi (Chinese: 王治郅; pinyin: Wáng Zhìzhì, pronounced [uǎŋ ʈʂɻ̩̂ʈʂɻ̩̂]; born 8 July 1977) is a Chinese former professional basketball player who was the head coach of the Bayi Rockets, the team with which he spent his domestic career in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
The CBA began play in the 1995–96 season. The league should not be confused with the Chinese Basketball Association (organisation), which was founded in June 1956 [1] and represents the country in matters involving the sport's governing body, FIBA. Basketball in China is currently regulated by the Chinese Basketball Management Center.
Under FIBA rules, a player who signed with an NBA team forfeited his amateur status and the ability to play for his country. Many top European-bred players of the 1970s and '80s were hesitant to ...
The Brooklyn Nets and the Phoenix Suns will play in China’s gambling hub of Macao on Oct. 10, 2025, and again two days later, the NBA announced on Friday. NBA returning to China for pair of Suns ...
When Wang Zhizhi left the Bayi Rockets to become the first NBA player from China the following year, the Sharks finally won their first CBA championship. During the playoffs in his final year with Shanghai, Yao averaged 38.9 points and 20.2 rebounds a game, while shooting 76.6% from the field, [ 21 ] and made all 21 of his shots during one game ...
The NBA is returning to China, a half-decade after one tweet triggered a firestorm from the league's second-most lucrative country. The Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns will play two preseason games ...