RebelAzn
Jul 4th, 2007, 08:33 PM
Since Yi is making news daily right now. I found this link off someone who is on the Bucks site. It has some good info on Asia basketball. Also, it has an article which I thought is pretty interesting. I don't know any of the players in the article. If anyone has any news on them, please feel free to share.
http://www.asia-basket.com/chn/chn.asp?NewsNo=1&NewsType=2
The Chinese are Coming !!! The Chinese are Coming !!!
by Arthur Volbert - Jun 30, 2007
Two players from China were drafted by the NBA Thursday, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. But this is just the start of the flood of players who will come to the NBA from China. There may be one player drafted from China next year, athletic 200 cm swingman Wang Lei (200-F-86). Wang is listed as born in 1986 so he becomes automatically eligible for selection next year.
Two players from China were drafted by the NBA Thursday, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. But this is just the start of the flood of players who will come to the NBA from China.
There may be one player drafted from China next year, athletic 200 cm swingman Wang Lei (200-F-86). Wang is listed as born in 1986 so he becomes automatically eligible for selection next year. Wang is currently starring for the National Team and if he continues his current outstanding performance, and has a top-notch season in the CBA, he stands a significant chance of being drafted. NBA scouts should take a look at Wang as he competes against the US U-19 team on July 1 and in the Las Vegas NBA summer league.
Aside from Yi Jianlian, there appear to be no players in the class of 1987 who curently project as NBA draftees. 6-4 guard Yang Ming and 7-1 center Zhang Xiaoxu, who is in California and is being recruited by UCLA and USC, are possibilities but would have to develop significantly in order to be considered. Yang has been beaten out by two guards in the class of 1989 for spots on the national team.
I call them the class of 1987 and the class of 1989 because the players are listed as being born in 1987 and 1989, whether or not those dates are correct. Just like seniors or juniors in U. S. high schools and colleges, a class may contain people of different ages. The ages of U.S. high school and college players are rarely mentioned. Their class designation is what is considered most important. As in the United States, the experience level and competitive level of young players corresponds to the class in which they are placed. Once players are fully developed physically, experience level is more important than age, at least until the players reach their thirties.
There are two players from the class of 1988 who may make the NBA, 6-3 guard Xie Libin and 7-2 center Zhang Jiadi. Xie is currently playing for Beijing in the CBA and is scheduled to play on the Chinese team in the World University Games. He once played alongside Chen Jianghua on the Olympic Hope team. Zhang is a late-developing big man who started out as a volleyball player and is currently on the Chinese Under-19 team. Think of him as Roy Hibbert two years ago. He has potential but is not currently NBA-ready.
The real breakthrough year for China comes with the class of 1989. The two best prospects are 6-2 guard Chen Jianghua and 6-9 small forward Zhou Peng. Other top prospects are 6-7 leaper Xu Yong, 6-4 point guard Liu Xiaoyu, 6-11 center-power forward Zhao Hang, 7-0 center Su Wei and an outside shot for developing 7-1 center Jiang Liyang. It would not surprise me if four or five players are selected from the class of 1989 as this is the first class that has consistently played junior basketball in the international style rather than the old Chinese style.
Chinese players, like African-Americans, will be noted for their athleticism -- quickness, leaping ability and body control which are group characteristics of Chinese. Athleticism was not that important to success in the old Chinese style, while it is vital to success in the international style. But Chinese shooting abilities will be more like the strength shown by Europeans. Chinese players will tend to be less robust than African-Americans or Europeans but this disadvantage can be overcome as Chinese begin to use sophisticated conditioning programs. The 1.3 billion population ensures that China will produce enough players with sufficient height even if average Chinese height is less than that of Europeans or African-Americans.
This was the first year that more than one Chinese player was selected in the NBA draft. It won't be the last. This is what Chinese Basketball Theory has long predicted.
http://www.asia-basket.com/chn/chn.asp?NewsNo=1&NewsType=2
The Chinese are Coming !!! The Chinese are Coming !!!
by Arthur Volbert - Jun 30, 2007
Two players from China were drafted by the NBA Thursday, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. But this is just the start of the flood of players who will come to the NBA from China. There may be one player drafted from China next year, athletic 200 cm swingman Wang Lei (200-F-86). Wang is listed as born in 1986 so he becomes automatically eligible for selection next year.
Two players from China were drafted by the NBA Thursday, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue. But this is just the start of the flood of players who will come to the NBA from China.
There may be one player drafted from China next year, athletic 200 cm swingman Wang Lei (200-F-86). Wang is listed as born in 1986 so he becomes automatically eligible for selection next year. Wang is currently starring for the National Team and if he continues his current outstanding performance, and has a top-notch season in the CBA, he stands a significant chance of being drafted. NBA scouts should take a look at Wang as he competes against the US U-19 team on July 1 and in the Las Vegas NBA summer league.
Aside from Yi Jianlian, there appear to be no players in the class of 1987 who curently project as NBA draftees. 6-4 guard Yang Ming and 7-1 center Zhang Xiaoxu, who is in California and is being recruited by UCLA and USC, are possibilities but would have to develop significantly in order to be considered. Yang has been beaten out by two guards in the class of 1989 for spots on the national team.
I call them the class of 1987 and the class of 1989 because the players are listed as being born in 1987 and 1989, whether or not those dates are correct. Just like seniors or juniors in U. S. high schools and colleges, a class may contain people of different ages. The ages of U.S. high school and college players are rarely mentioned. Their class designation is what is considered most important. As in the United States, the experience level and competitive level of young players corresponds to the class in which they are placed. Once players are fully developed physically, experience level is more important than age, at least until the players reach their thirties.
There are two players from the class of 1988 who may make the NBA, 6-3 guard Xie Libin and 7-2 center Zhang Jiadi. Xie is currently playing for Beijing in the CBA and is scheduled to play on the Chinese team in the World University Games. He once played alongside Chen Jianghua on the Olympic Hope team. Zhang is a late-developing big man who started out as a volleyball player and is currently on the Chinese Under-19 team. Think of him as Roy Hibbert two years ago. He has potential but is not currently NBA-ready.
The real breakthrough year for China comes with the class of 1989. The two best prospects are 6-2 guard Chen Jianghua and 6-9 small forward Zhou Peng. Other top prospects are 6-7 leaper Xu Yong, 6-4 point guard Liu Xiaoyu, 6-11 center-power forward Zhao Hang, 7-0 center Su Wei and an outside shot for developing 7-1 center Jiang Liyang. It would not surprise me if four or five players are selected from the class of 1989 as this is the first class that has consistently played junior basketball in the international style rather than the old Chinese style.
Chinese players, like African-Americans, will be noted for their athleticism -- quickness, leaping ability and body control which are group characteristics of Chinese. Athleticism was not that important to success in the old Chinese style, while it is vital to success in the international style. But Chinese shooting abilities will be more like the strength shown by Europeans. Chinese players will tend to be less robust than African-Americans or Europeans but this disadvantage can be overcome as Chinese begin to use sophisticated conditioning programs. The 1.3 billion population ensures that China will produce enough players with sufficient height even if average Chinese height is less than that of Europeans or African-Americans.
This was the first year that more than one Chinese player was selected in the NBA draft. It won't be the last. This is what Chinese Basketball Theory has long predicted.