Sun Mingming is a 7 foot 9 basketball player currently playing in the Japanese basketball league. He’s a 26 year old Chinese player from Harbin, China and weighs around 360 pounds. His early career was not the easiest for this young player blessed with incredible height:
Sun Mingming came to the United States in early 2005 to train for a possible career in the NBA. He was declared eligible in the 2005 NBA Draft, and had a brief tryout with the Los Angeles Lakers, but was not selected in the draft.
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News has broken out that JianHua  Huang and several of his partners are interesting in becoming minority stakeholders of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
JianHua has been known to link American and Chinese business to create greater synergies, and with the expansion of the NBA in China and the formation of the NBA China entity this is a move that is both supported by the NBA and a business development that has great opportunity.
Source: http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/05/sources_chinese_investors_clos.html#more

Just a reminder to all NBA reality TV show fans that the official Chinese NBA reality show named “Mengniu NBA Basketball Disciple” will air it’s first episode this Friday May 22nd on Shandong TV at 9:30 PM.  It’s the sixth such show from the NBA but only the first from outside of the United States. 
Here’s a detailed rundown of how the show will work, via the Press Release:
Round 1: Public “Open” Tryouts: Aspiring basketball players 18 years and older who are not currently under professional contract in each of the …

Amidst the global financial crisis, the sports industry in China is witnessing a real boom.
Basketball in China industry review, reporting on the increasing presence of the NBA in China and some staggering figures to boot.
The Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets could be heading to a Chinese arena near you for the upcoming NBA preseason.
Rumours of  Yi Jianlian leaving the New Jersey Nets.
China selects former national team PG Guo Shiqiang as head coach of the China national basketball team, and at 34 becomes the youngest ever to take up the role.
China also …

Last night, along with millions of other Chinese NBA fans, I stayed up to watch Game 7 of the 2009 NBA Playoffs between the LA Lakers and Houston Rockets. The match tipped off at 3:30AM local time – so not exactly prime time for the world’s largest basketball market. Many years ago Chinese fans’ best hopes of following the game would have been hitting the refresh button on the NBA.com live box score every minute or so, but things have change in the 21st century.
Despite having to get up for …

Right after writing my take on Kobe vs LeBron and it’s effect on China, I noticed over at ESPN’s Truehoop Blog there was a similar debate going on trying to gauge whether it was Kobe Bryant or LeBron James who should be labeled “the best player in the world in 2009″. You should check it out , it’s an interesting discussion and there’s certainly some good points brought to the table.
But I was really surprised to see no one break down what winning a championship really comes down to. When …