The NBA has resumed play on October 27th for it’s 2009-2010 campaign and what better time to review all the NBA China Basketball developments of the past couple of months:

• This season everyone who was anyone in the basketball world visited what is now the new sports mecca of the world, the People’s Republic of China. LeBron James, Chris Paul, and Kobe Bryant were just some of the big names that paid visit in hopes of promoting themselves further in the Chinese market and connect with their millions of fans.
• The NBA China Games 2009 took place this October where the Denver Nuggets and Indiana Pacers split the 2 game series taking place first in Taipei followed by a match in Beijing’s Wukesong Arena where Carmelo erupted for 45 points to give his throng of Chinese fans a little something to hold on to until the NBA China Games 2010.
• Kobe still the number 1 jersey seller in China in 2009, LeBron James rises to second place.
• Sun Yue, first cut by the Los Angeles Lakers for cost cutting reasons, was also recently waived by the New York Knicks. His future in the league is under jeopardy.
• An astouding 350 million Chinese smoke cigarettes (about 1/3 of the whole world) and one million Chinese people die every year related directly to smoking – Yao Ming will be the anti-smoking ambassador in hopes of reversing this alarming addiction.
• Huang Jianhua, 15% part owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, has bought the struggling Jilin Northeast Tigers. He has plans to use his connection with the NBA to improve the domestic club.
• Sun Mingming, the 2.36m 370 pound center out of China, still has his eyes set on playing in the NBA.
• The NBA China cheerleaders competition will send the 6 finalists of its competition to the USA to be trained by proffesional cheerleaders. Here’s a little video of the competition.
• Yao Restaurant (the fake Yao Ming restaurant that in fact has no direct link to the basketball superstar) has closed unexpectadly.