If  basketball popularity coincided with the average height of the country’s population, then Scandinavia should have many more professional basketball players. At least according to some data that was compiled by one of our forum members, tpraseri (see Average Height by Country thread). Tpraseri compiled data from across the internet, listed out the average heights [...]

The New York Knicks have signed Sun Yue, a 6-9 guard/forward from China, to a partly guaranteed contract. The 23-year old Sun was brought on after being waived by the Los Angeles Lakers earlier this year. Sun will participate in the Knicks training camp which begins Sept. 29 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. After averaging 6.8 [...]

A hilariously-disguised Steve Nash walked onto an outdoor court in Beijing this past weekend, hoping to run a couple games with the locals (discuss). “I had on a Chinese opera bandana and I had on some protective goggles,” Nash told the AFP, laughing. “As soon as I walked on they recognized me. It didn’t really [...]

Kunshan, China - The Stanković Continental Champions’ Cup is an international basketball tournament held annually in China. This year’s continental basketball championship features four teams: last year’s champions Angola, hosts China, Turkey and Australia. The 2009 Stanković Cup is set for August 28-30. I wonder how Turkey is going to participate in both the Efes Pilsen World Cup [...]

Tianjin, China – The 2009 Asiabasket All-Tournament team was named yesterday amidst a little controversy over one of the selections. (edit: this was an unofficial selection from sports.cn – we apologize for the inconvenience) The team was led by Asia Championships MVP Hamed Haddadi of Iran, followed by Chinese veteran Wang Zhizhi, do-it-all Iranian swingman Samad [...]

Iran successfully defended their Asia Champions crown last night, dropping favored-China in a laughable 70-52 win. Led by Memphis Grizzly center Hamed Haddadi‘s 19 points and 17 rebounds, Iran dominated the Chinese in the first two quarters; outscoring their opponents by 11 in the first quarter and by six in the second. The Iranians took [...]

Yi Jianlian and Hamed Haddadi came up big for their respective national teams last night, propelling each squad to an unblemished 5-0 record in the 2009 Asia Basketaball Championships. With the two NBA big men leading their teams over Jordan and Korea, China and Iran are now the remaining teams without a loss. China to [...]