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How the NBA Learned to Embrace Activism
19 Apr 2024 18:00 GMT
… sports leagues, the National Basketball Association alone leans heavily into …
Read More: How Black Basketball Players in the ‘70s … video for his song “Basketball” hit the mainstream in … beginning with Chinese center Yao Ming, who joined the NBA in 2002 — to …
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Blake Griffin Retires After 13 Seasons in NBA: 'I'm Thankful for Every Single Moment'
17 Apr 2024 00:58 GMT
… officially announced his retirement from basketball Tuesday morning, making a post … to earn that honor since Yao Ming did it in 2003. He … Star five times, earned All-NBA honors four times, and finished … ."
Prior to the NBA, Griffin had a standout collegiate …
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Yao Ming says China’s basketball woes to be expected given domestic league’s standard and lack of leaders
01 Apr 2024 09:41 GMT
China basketball chief Yao Ming has said he was unsurprised … Houston Rockets star said Chinese basketball needed players who could “ … the president of the Chinese Basketball Association said. “When you … grow up faster,” the former NBA draft top pick said.
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Basketball development needs to be supported by high-quality league system: Yao Ming
28 Mar 2024 15:44 GMT
Yao Ming in the interview. Photo: … , Yao Ming, an NPC deputy and chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association … of world-level basketball. According to statistics, basketball is one of … between Chinese basketball and the world-level basketball in terms …
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Olympic glory, World Cup fame, or another Yao Ming?
26 Mar 2024 02:45 GMT
… more Yao Mings dominate the NBA (or the CBA), or, seemingly … be even more valuable. FIBA basketball honors, FIVB volleyball glory, tennis … more excitement about another NBA star like Yao Ming emerging out of China …
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Basketball Hall of Fame: Meet the Class of 2024
06 Apr 2024 17:56 GMT
… three-time All-NBA selection
2004 NBA Finals MVP
Vince Carter … two-time All-NBA selection
1999 NBA Rookie of the Year … female, to play professional basketball internationally
Class of 2024: … Iverson, Tom Izzo, John McClendon, Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal, …
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China hero boy, now 25, reunites with basketball legend Yao Ming 16 years after he rescued schoolmates from devastation of deadly 2008 earthquake
16 Mar 2024 01:18 GMT
… reunion between Chinese basketball legend Yao Ming and a boy who … of the Chinese Basketball Association Yao Ming walked onto the … NBA star’s transformation to become the leader of Chinese basketball … the state-owned national basketball league.
He also …
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Yao Ming on the Village BA: rural basketball tournaments' hot popularity reflects economic development
11 Mar 2024 09:34 GMT
… ) 15:38, March 11, 2024
Yao Ming, a deputy to the 14th … ), talked about the relationship between basketball and the economy, saying that … rural basketball tournaments' hot popularity reflects …
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Ex-NBA star Yao Ming spotted at National People's Congress in Beijing
10 Mar 2024 09:06 GMT
… gathering is former National Basketball Association (NBA) star Yao Ming.
An X (formerly Twitter …
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Yao Ming says China needs better basketball system and coaches to unearth country’s young talent
10 Mar 2024 09:01 GMT
“I think we’re not bad at the basics, but we do lack a competition system,” the former Houston Rockets player said.
“Let’s say a child is playing in the village basketball league, can we discover him, find him, or at least know about him through our …