NBA Considering Taking Games to China
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The NBA is considering playing some of its regular season games in China, commissioner David Stern said Friday. The Sacramento Kings and Houston Rockets, team of Chinese national Yao Ming
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Three teams in Europe and the United States are courting China&#39;s former NBA centre Wang Zhizhi, who has made a comeback in the Chinese leagues, state media reported Wednesday.
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By James Walker, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 9--CLEVELAND -- Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell never worried about jersey sales.   Magic Johnson and Larry Bird didn't compete for fans in China and Japan.
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National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern welcomed an NBA players&#39; protest of Beijing hosting the Olympics because of China&#39;s role in the conflict in Darfur.
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Chinese fans packed out Beijing&#39;s 17,903-seat Capital Stadium for the capital&#39;s first taste of live NBA action Sunday night.
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US National Basketball Association stars are concerned that playing in international events is hurting their ability to play their best in quest of a league crown.
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NBA China, a new company that will conduct all National Basketball Association business in the world's most populous nation, was unveiled Monday with major US and Chinese corporate support.
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Two NBA basketball teams, the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings have arrived in Shanghai preparing for China&#39;s inaugural NBA game, with both teams having a Chinese player.
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The US National Basketball Association (NBA) has spent &quot;several millions&quot; of dollars staging its first ever exhibition games in China as it bids to tap the rapidly expanding market, its commissioner said.
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Shanghai. (Interfax-China) - The National Basketball Association (NBA) held its first ever game in China last night. Budweiser, Coca Cola, McDonald&#39;s, Reebok, Kodak, and Disney were the six corporate sponsors
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Houston Rockets&#39; center Yao Ming gave no push to the development of the Chinese basketball though the NBA could be one of the best textbooks for China.
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China&#39;s basketball star Yao Ming is to take centre stage in the first National Basketball Association game to be played in China, later on Thursday.
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China&#39;s Yi Jianlian, taken by the  Milwaukee Bucks with the sixth selection in the NBA draft,  wants to be traded to another team, according to the player&#39;s  Chinese agent.
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Tourists seeking their own Olympian challenge while attending the Beijing Games this August might be tempted to get behind the wheel of a rental car and take a spin on the roads of the Chinese capital.
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Â· Chinese most exposed to displacement for games Â· 1,000 Londoners may have to move, says report
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China has kicked up a stink over a Nike  footwear advertisement in which U.S. basketball star LeBron  James takes on and subdues a series of traditional Chinese  characters ranging from a cartoon kung fu master to a couple of  dragons.
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How's this for a snapshot of globalization? Next season, about 100 of the NBA's 450 players &#151; nearly one in four &#151; will be from outside the United States.