The Official Site Of The USA Basketball Men's Senior National Team 17 in Oakland, Calif., the 2002 USA basketball Men s World Championship Team likes of wang zhizhi and Yao Ming for China and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany. http://www.usabasketball.com/seniormen/archive/02-mwc-training1.html
Extractions: U.S. Schedule Includes Exhibition Games Against China In Oakland And Germany In Portland COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 8, 2002) Opening its pre-World Championship training on Aug. 17 in Oakland, Calif., the 2002 USA Basketball Men's World Championship Team will spend 12 days leading up to the Aug. 29-Sept. 8 FIBA World Basketball Championship For Men training in Oakland; San Francisco, Calif.; Portland, Oregon, and Indianapolis, Indiana, and will play a pair of exhibition games against the Chinese World Championship Team in Oakland and the German World Championship Team in Portland. "Our goal during training camp is to provide the USA Basketball World Championship team with a solid training camp experience which will include two games against opponents who will test our team and allow our players to gain additional international experience," said Stu Jackson, Chair of USA Basketball's Senior Men's National Team Committee. "Both China and Germany are world class opponents with tremendous talent with the likes of Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming for China and Dirk Nowitzki of Germany." Beginning its training on Saturday, Aug. 17 at the Golden State Warriors' practice facility, the USA will also train at the Warriors' site Aug. 18, and will train Aug. 19-21 at the University of San Francisco's War Memorial Gym. The United States will play an exhibition game against China at The Arena in Oakland on Thursday, Aug. 22, 7 p.m. (local time). Tickets for the USA-China game will be available via the internet at www.tickets.com beginning on Saturday, May 25.
USA Basketball Men's Hoop Summit Named as members of the 2005 USA basketball Men s Junior National Team were JonBrockman Darius Songaila (Sacramento Kings), wang zhizhi (Miami Heat), http://www.usabasketball.com/men/2005/05_mhs_coaches-players.html
Extractions: 2005 USA Junior National Select Team Roster Selecting a pair of successful and proven high school coaches who served as head mentors at the 2004 USA Basketball Youth Development Festival, and 10 players who are among the cream of the American prep crop in 2005, USA Basketball announced the coaches and players for the 2005 USA Basketball Junior National Select Team that will compete in the 8th Annual Nike Hoop Summit on April 9 at the FedExForum in Memphis, Tenn. Selected to serve as head coach of USA Basketball's Junior National Select Team that will compete in the 8th Annual Nike Hoop summit is Tom Diener (Harold S. Vincent High School, Milwaukee, Wis.), and assisting Diener is
Extractions: American Handgunner American Hunter, The American Rifleman Auto Racing Digest ... View all titles in this topic Hot New Articles by Topic Automotive Sports Top Articles Ever by Topic Automotive Sports Wat Misaka: an Asian basketball pioneer: with big men such as Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming looming as potential NBA superstars, it was a much shorter player who broke the barrier - Brief Article Basketball Digest Feb, 2002 by Douglas Stark Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. It's free! Save it. MUCH WAS WRITTEN last season about Wang Zhizhi, a seven-footer who in April 2001 became the first Chinese basketball player to play in the NBA when he joined the Dallas Mavericks. More than a half century ago, however, Wataru "Wat" Misaka, a 5'7" Japanese-American guard, made history by becoming the first Asian to play professional basketball. Although the National Basketball League, one of two forerunners to the NBA, had integrated with African-American players in 1942, Misaka's arrival in 1947 marked the first time that a person of color had played in the Basketball Association of America. In 1949-50, the NBL and the BAA merged to form the NBA. Misaka's arrival predated the NBA's integration in 1950-51 and occurred mere months after Jackie Robinson broke baseball's longstanding color barrier.
Extractions: At 7 foot, 1 inch, China's slender basketball prodigy, Wang Zhizhi, has all the tools. He runs and shoots like a small guard, while rebounding and shot-blocking like the behemoth he is. But at only 18, Wang is also proving that potential may be the most damning of prophecies. He was first sighted at 16 on the Chinese national team that eventually won the Asian Basketball Confederation championship. Since then, he has helped the Chinese national team qualify for the Olympics. In his first year of professional basketball, his club, which at the time was called August 1 and based in Shanghai, went a perfect 25 and and won the Chinese National Basketball League title. Wang was also the most valuable player as China captured the Asian junior championship shortly after the Olympics.
Yao Spearheads China's Olympic Basketball Quest - Jul. 05, 2004 Yao Ming will spearhead the Chinese men s basketball team at the 2004 AthensOlympics, but there is no room for trailblazing Miami Heat star wang zhizhi. http://www.inq7.net/brk/2004/jul/05/brkspo_4-1.htm
Wang Zhizhi To Join Dallas Mavericks Center wang zhizhi will join Dallas Mavericks and play in the rest matches that wang zhizhi, who won this season s champion of China basketball league http://www.china.org.cn/english/2001/Mar/9864.htm
Extractions: Wang Zhizhi to Join Dallas Mavericks Center Wang Zhizhi will join Dallas Mavericks and play in the rest matches of the 2000-2001 season of the American National Basketball Association (NBA), China Basketball Management Center announced in Beijing Thursday. The announcement declared that Wang Zhizhi, who won this season 's champion of China Basketball league with Bayi Rockets, became the first Asian basketball player in NBA. (Xinhua 03/29/2001)
Wang Zhizhi To Join Dallas Mavericks Chinese giant center wang zhizhi will become the first Asian and first army wang also said he is glad to play a role of a basketball ambassador for the http://www.china.org.cn/english/2001/Mar/9869.htm
Extractions: Home Letters to Editor Domestic World ... Chinese Wang Zhizhi to Join Dallas Mavericks Chinese giant center Wang Zhizhi will become the first Asian and first army officer to join Dallas Mavericks, his military-owned club Bayi Rockets and Chinese Basketball Management Center (CBMC) announced Thursday. "This is more than just a basketball player going into the NBA," Mavericks' assistant coach Donnie Nelson said in the press conference of the day. "In my opinion, Wang Zhizhi is a synonymous representative of the spirit of China." Nelson said Wang, 2.13 meters, who was picked by Mavericks at 36th in the second round in 1999, would have a universal contract as any second-round picked player has. According to the collective bargain agreement, Wang will have the lowest-salary two-year contract with US$300,000 in the first year, and more than US$420,000 in the next year. The 23-year-old Wang might play as No.16 in his first NBA game as early as on April 5 when the Mavericks face Atlanta Hawks at home, Nelson said. He is likely to play a backup to forward Dirk Nowitzki. After two years of long and hard negotiation with Bayi and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China, Mavericks finally ironed things straight for Wang, whose military rank is Fu Tuan, or Lieutenant in the US army.
Steve Friess - Home Page BEIJING Chinese basketball star wang zhizhi is on his way to Dallas today tojoin the Mavericks and embark on a precedent-shattering career as the first http://www.stevefriess.com/archive/usatoday/wang.htm
Extractions: Special for USA TODAY BEIJING - Chinese basketball star Wang Zhizhi is on his way to Dallas today to join the Mavericks and embark on a precedent-shattering career as the first Asian to play in the NBA. At a press conference Thursday morning here, the 7-foot Wang wrapped up a deal with the Mavericks and his Chinese army team that allows him to leave. The final hurdle in the two-year-long negotiations, spearheaded by Mavericks assistant coach Donn Nelson, was cleared when the NBA OK'd Dallas to sign Wang despite the fact that he must remain an active member of the Chinese army and could be recalled for military duty at any time. "I want to teach the American people more about us," said Wang. "The NBA is the best in the world. I want to be with the best." Said Michael Denzel of NBA International: "This is another step in the growing friendship between the NBA and the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) and between China and the U.S."
Chinese Big Boys Wants To Block High front lineup in all the 12 men s basketball team in the Sydney Games. Yao and wang leading only stood for some five minutes when wang zhizhi picked http://202.84.17.11/aoyun/enaoyun/htm/20000918/124094.htm
Yao Ming Leads China S Olympic Basketball Squad China s first NBA player, center wang zhizhi is not in the lineup because ofwidely publicised disagreements with the Chinese basketball authorities. http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/04/content_311622.htm
Wang Zhizhi Excluded From Athens Olympic Squad China basketball Association (CBA) announced the longexpected list of 18-membersquad for the wang zhizhi of Miami Heat was excluded from the squad. http://www2.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2004-03/03/content_311392.htm
The New Yorker: PRINTABLES Hessler spoke to The New YorkerÂ’s Ben Greenman about Yao, basketball, Chinese national team about his obligations, which is what hamstrung wang zhizhi. http://www.newyorker.com/printables/online/031201on_onlineonly01
Extractions: The Ming Dynasty Posted 2003-11-24 This week in the magazine, Peter Hessler writes about the N.B.A. basketball player Yao Ming, the seven-foot-six-inch Chinese center for the Houston Rockets, who is changing the game and its audience both here and abroad. Hessler spoke to Ben Greenman about Yao, basketball, and the culture of sports in China. PETER HESSLER: Yao is the most famous Chinese athlete ever. There are, of course, extremely remote areas where people haven't heard of him. But, increasingly, Chinese have access to television, regardless of whether they live in the city or in the country, and if they have a television, then they will have seen Yao Ming. In northern China, on the loess plateau, there are people living in caves who not only have heard of Yao but watch him regularly on their televisions. As far as recognition and interest, Yao is breaking new ground in this country. He's the first Chinese athlete to gain his greatest fame in something other than a national-team jersey. It's a key step toward making Chinese sports international. Do they know how famous he is in the U.S.?
The New Yorker: Online Only: Content This week in the magazine, Peter Hessler writes about the NBA basketball wang zhizhi, and they worked really hard to build good relations with the http://www.newyorker.com/online/content/031201on_onlineonly01
Extractions: The Ming Dynasty Posted 2003-11-24 This week in the magazine, Peter Hessler writes about the N.B.A. basketball player Yao Ming, the seven-foot-six-inch Chinese center for the Houston Rockets, who is changing the game and its audience both here and abroad. Hessler spoke to Ben Greenman about Yao, basketball, and the culture of sports in China. PETER HESSLER: Yao is the most famous Chinese athlete ever. There are, of course, extremely remote areas where people haven't heard of him. But, increasingly, Chinese have access to television, regardless of whether they live in the city or in the country, and if they have a television, then they will have seen Yao Ming. In northern China, on the loess plateau, there are people living in caves who not only have heard of Yao but watch him regularly on their televisions. As far as recognition and interest, Yao is breaking new ground in this country. He's the first Chinese athlete to gain his greatest fame in something other than a national-team jersey. It's a key step toward making Chinese sports international. Do they know how famous he is in the U.S.?
NBA Takes China To The Hoop wang zhizhi, star of the Chinese team, and drafted last year by the Dallas China has a long association with basketball, brought here by American YMCA http://www.gluckman.com/NBA.html
Extractions: Taking China to the hoop A rag-tag team of retired NBA All Stars and also-rans gave the Chinese National squad a pre-Olympic workout, but medals weren't on the minds of the NBA marketing men. China is the meatiest market and mainlanders are already mad for Showtime. By Ron Gluckman/Beijing C LYDE 'THE GLIDE' DREXLER nabs the ball from an opponent, flicks it to a teammate, then races up court for the return pass. He leaps high and glides to the hoop for a lay-up. Dream Teamer Drexler has made the same sort of play hundreds of times. But never upon this court, nor in this country. This time the basketball legend is putting his moves on Middle Kingdom, to the delight of a fervent crowd of fans in the Chinese capital. Drexler, one of the NBA's 50 greatest all-time players, with more than 20,000 points under his belt, appeared with the NBA Legends before 10,000 screaming fans at Beijing's Workers' Stadium in August, before continuing on a tri-city ten day tour of China that ended in Shanghai a week a later. It was not a make or break tournament game, but a potential marketing play for the NBA that brought Drexler, a Portland Trailblazers All Star and champion with the Houston Rockets to Beijing.
Asia-Basket - Chinese Basketball The Dallas Mavericks forward wang zhizhi is in the United States, training for Coach wang Fei. China Beat Yugoslavia 9278 in Four-Nation basketball http://www.asia-basket.com/chn/ntgames.asp
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