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Fourteen Years And Counting; The Legacy Of Liu Wei In Shanghai

December 17th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Sports

When you walk around the Yuanshen, you quickly realize that this is Yao Ming’s house. His image adorns the walls, the banners and the advertisements, whilst his retired jersey hangs from the rafters. During home games, Yao watches from his private box up high in the arena, looking down on players and fans alike like [...]

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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, [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

A Seven-Point Plan to Improving the China Basketball Association (Part 1)

October 27th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Sports, Sports Media

Aside from the Euroleague, the only other basketball anyone will possibly be watching this year is from the China Basketball Association as players and owners work feverishly to hammer out a deal to save the NBA season. With the start of the 2011-2012 season approaching there is a lot of anticipation an excitement. Defending champions, [...]

NBA Stars Consider the CBA as an Option, but Teams May Not Take the Risk

July 27th, 2011 · 5 Comments · Basketball, Business

With all of the hoopla around former Houston Rockets’ center Yao Ming’s retirement, some may have forgotten that the NBA is still in lockout mode. As players and owners still haggle over an agreement, many of the top NBA stars have had a lot of free time on their hands this summer and it looks [...]

Yao Ming’s Imminent Retirement Does Not Spell Death for the NBA in China

July 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball, Business

The imminent retirement of Houston Rockets’ center Yao Ming comes as no surprise to anyone who has followed the Shanghai native’s career from his early beginnings in the game. Persistent injuries over the past few seasons have allowed the towering center to only play in a handful of games. Coming off of his most recent [...]

Yao Ming’s Legacy Will Shine Though China Sport

July 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Basketball

An edited version of this article is published in the Global Times. When the lanky Shanghainese first landed in Houston in 2002, few expected him to achieve what he now stands for. In his nine seasons of playing in the NBA, Yao Ming averaged 19 points, 9.2 rebounds per game. Yet his contribution to basketball and the [...]

The CBA All-Star Weekend, Still a Disappointing Knockoff

March 21st, 2011 · 3 Comments · Basketball, Business

There’s a moment of awkwardness after Wang Zhizhi trying to reach out to the audience through his microphone. “Ni Men Jiu Shi Rong Yu,” the Bayi Rockets center shouted. It looked Wang, the first Chinese to have played in the NBA, knew too that what he was speaking was weird. The words basically mean “you [...]

Foreign Investigations into the NBA

April 12th, 2010 · No Comments · Basketball, Business, Government, Sports, Sports Media

A Russian billionaire is being challenged by an American politician over previous company investments. Is this cause to also go after a Chinese investment group that is finalizing a deal to purchase the Cleveland Cavaliers? A New Jersey congressman is demanding an official inquiry into Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire who is about purchase the [...]