Chinese Basketball Association

China basketball player vilified for Japan move

Agence France-PresseApril 17, 2013 02:45

A former Chinese national youth team basketball player branded as "scum" after she emerged playing in a Japanese league with Japanese citizenship has sparked heated debate over patriotism in sport in China. Li Mingyang was heavily criticised online after basketball officials in China said earlier this week that she had assumed a Japanese name and was eligible to play for her new country's national team in three years.

Basketball: McGrady's China team finish bottom

Agence France-PresseFebruary 18, 2013 01:30

Tracy McGrady's Qingdao Eagles have finished bottom of the Chinese basketball league at the end of a frustrating season for the former NBA star. McGrady scored 30 points and nine rebounds in Sunday's 121-104 defeat to Guangdong Hongyuan, who topped the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league of 17 teams, with the top eight now qualifying for the play-offs. Despite some impressive individual performances from former Houston Rockets shooting guard McGrady, his first season has been marked by poor results with Qingdao winning just eight of their 32 games.