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Entries from November 23rd, 2011

The Weibo Adventures Of Stephon Marbury And JR Smith

November 23rd, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports Media

Two men exchanged pleasantries via Weibo on Wednesday night, one complimenting the other on a job well done. So far, so normal, considering this is China’s leading social networking site, with over 25o million registered accounts. Yet the big difference was who was doing it; Stephon Marbury, two-time NBA All-Star, now with the Beijing Ducks, [...]

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The NBA Lockout and What It Means To Chinese Basketball

November 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball

The ongoing NBA lockout has understandably been a massive coup to other basketball leagues around the world, who have invited a number of its currently unpaid players for a spot of moonlighting in a variety of interesting locations. Deron Williams is in Turkey, Tony Parker and Rudy Fernandez are turning up for teams in their [...]

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A Seven-Point Plan to Improving the China Basketball Association (Part 2)

November 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Basketball, Business

In part one of this seven-point plan, the media’s role in promoting the league, the CBA front office’s responsibility in improving the quality of officiating and the establishment of an Asia wide basketball league based on the concept of the Euroleague were proposed. The last four parts of this proposal focuses on the All-Star Game, [...]

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