Over the years, as the salaries and living conditions improved, more and more Americans traveled to China—including notable NBA veterans Ike Austin, Scott Burrell, Lamond Murray, J.R. Smith and Stephen Marbury.
An editor from China's People’s Daily newspaper called Liu Zhenning wrote that before "The CBA has become the NBA’s backyard". Do you agree with him? Yes, I am. In my opinion, NBA-caliber players came to China is becoming a trend.
An editor from China's People’s Daily newspaper called Liu Zhenning wrote that before "The CBA has become the NBA’s backyard". Do you agree with him? Yes, I am. In my opinion, NBA-caliber players came to China is becoming a trend.
From 2007 to 2009, the CBA loosened its policy on recruiting foreign players, giving the Chinese teams a chance to employ them more freely. Prior to 2007, a Chinese team could only have one import player during the season and was not permitted to change the player over the course of the season. In addition, import players were only permitted to play a limited number of minutes each game. However, this policy was relaxed for the 2007-2008 season. Every CBA team was allowed to change its import player twice, and in the 2008-2009 season, the CBA allowed each team to have two import players and the time limitation was canceled. All CBA teams except for the People’s Liberation Army team employed foreign players. The Army’s August First (Bayi) team’s players are all soldiers.
Then in 2012, Gilbert Arenas and Tracy McGrady signed with the CBA. One of the most significant aspects of their stay was their commitment to instructing their teammates and the country's younger players. They were playing very well and very famous in NBA, so they affected the development of China basketball a lot.
Then in 2012, Gilbert Arenas and Tracy McGrady signed with the CBA. One of the most significant aspects of their stay was their commitment to instructing their teammates and the country's younger players. They were playing very well and very famous in NBA, so they affected the development of China basketball a lot.
Moreover, In this 2014 - 2015 Season, there are more than 44 foreign players playing in CBA and more than 30 of them were playing in NBA before. For example, the point guard Emmanuel Mudiay who as the No. 1 prospect for the 2015 NBA Draft also joined the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the CBA.
China is the biggest market in the world with over 300 million-plus people that are registered to play basketball in a population of 1.3 billion-plus people, and keep growing. In the future, I believed that more and more NBA-caliber players will come to China, it is becoming a trend and growing so fast.