Injured Zhou Peng left off 12-man Asia Championship roster
After five months of closed door practices, international tournaments and warm-up games, the Chinese National Team roster is finally set for the FIBA Asia Championship, which starts on September 15 in...
View ArticleSenior and Olympic National Team Rosters announced
After starring at the youth international level, Wang Zhelin has been selected for the Senior National Team, despite never playing at the top level in the CBA. The CBA Playoffs are approaching its end...
View ArticleDu Feng to retire after 14 seasons
One of the best all-around big men in CBA history, Du Feng is retiring after 14 seasons. (Photo: Osports) Du Feng is officially retiring from basketball. To mark the end of his career, the 14 year...
View ArticleGuo Ailun back on senior squad, Sun Yue finally reports and other National...
To the chagrin of a vacationing tourist, Zhou Peng and Yang Ming run on the beach in Sanya. (Photo: Osports) Sanya: For most, the most southern city in China, located on China’s tropical Hainan island,...
View ArticleAssessing China’s Olympic roster
Confident, versatile and aggressive, Yi Jianlian is the unquestioned centerpiece of the post-Yao Ming Team China. (Photo: Xinhua) Two. That’s the amount of years its been since Team China improbably...
View ArticleChange in plans: Donewald cuts three from Olympic roster
Together for over a month, Bob Donewald Jr. has seen enough to know which players he can do without this August in London. So much in fact, that he doesn’t even need to watch them play a single warm-up...
View ArticleYang Ming, Zhu Yanxi cut from National Team roster
Yang Ming and Zhu Yanxi have been cut from the National Team roster. (Photo: Sina) True to their word, Bob Donewald and the Chinese Basketball Association have announced two cuts on the heels of the...
View ArticleWhy China’s three losses in Australia aren’t a big deal
Forget the three losses, the bigger issue is whether China is going to take these horrible mismatched jerseys to London. (Photo: Osports) China just lost all three of their exhibition games in...
View ArticleChina announces final 12-man roster for Olympics, wins gold at Stankovic
Team China celebrates their first ever Stankovic Cup gold medal last night in Guangzhou. (Photo: Osports) China finalized its 12-man roster for the 2012 London Olympics yesterday, then they proceeded...
View ArticleChina – Spain Recap
Yi Jianlian’s game-high 30 points were the highlight of a very respectful performance from the Chinese against Spain. Photo: Sina Sports China was always a longshot (if a shot at all) in their 2012...
View ArticleGrading Team China’s Olympics
The United States 107-100 triumph against Spain in the gold medal match on Sunday marked both the end of Olympic basketball and the Olympics altogether, as the closing ceremony was held only a few...
View ArticleStephon Marbury to act as Beijing assistant coach for National Games
Stephon Marbury’s Beijing Ducks may have been sent home packing earlier than expected, but Marbury will be sticking around in Beijing to start another China career: coaching. In an interview on BTV,...
View ArticlePanagiotis Giannakis hired as head coach of Chinese National Team; initial...
In a country where the dragon holds significant cultural importance, perhaps its fitting that one will be the next head coach of the national team. Ending a long search, the CBA announced the...
View ArticleAmerican dreams – Non-mainstream Chinese players crossing over to the NBA
He lives in Beijing, reads Chinese, is a self-described basketball degenerate who has watched his fair share of CBA games and really wants to write about Chinese basketball. And as we know better...
View ArticleEarthquake: Beijing Olympians owner, Milton Lee, dies unexpectedly; Sun Yue...
From the onset of the Beijing Olympians establishment, the team and its eccentric owner, Winston Lee, always set out to do things differently. Now, after Lee’s sudden passing and the departure of star...
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