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Zheng Haixia, China
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Name: Haixia Zheng (Hi-Shaw Jheng) Nickname: N/A Born: March 07, 1967 Status: Retired as player, active as coach of PLA Army Team Origin: Tuocheng, Shangqui County, Henan Province, China Height: 6-8/2,07m Weight: 255lbs Schools: N/A Drafted: 1997, Second Round, 16th overall pick by the Los Angeles Sparks Languages: Chinese (Mandarin) Website: InterBasket Teams (jersey): Wuhan Army, PLA Army (Bayi), Chinese National Team (11), Los Angeles Sparks (28) Ibn Notes: Before Yao Ming, before Wang Zhizhi, there was Zheng Haixia, the first Chinese player to ever play pro basketball stateside - the only reason you probably didn't know that was because Haixia is a woman. The 6-8, 250lb centre from China is the undisputed best woman player to come out of China. Due to her tremendous size, Haixia was always slow of foot, but the great equalizer was her all-world efficiency around the basket. 
Zheng always got her points with slow and steady efficiency as she was named the
MVP of the 1994 Women's World Championships where she averaged 26.4 points, 13.1
rebounds on an astounding 83.5% from the field and then in 1997, during
the inaugural WNBA season, Zheng led the league in field goal% with 61.8%
(Isabelle Fijalkowski was a distant second with 50.8%). During that
same season, she scored a season-high, spark-high of 28 points on June 27
against Sacramento (also had 10 rebounds and 3 blocks), setting a Sparks
individual scoring record (later tied by Lisa Leslie in the same season and
since surpassed several times over) |
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