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 China's Sun next rising NBA star
China's Sun next rising NBA star
The Olympics is always a great time for NBA scouts to assess the pool of new talent China has to offer. Menk Bateer (Atlanta 1996), Wang Zhizhi (Sydney 2000) and Yi Jianlian (Athens 2004), for example, all had their first exposure to NBA teams at Olympic competitions. So which basketball star have NBA scouts had their eyes on in Beijing? His name is Sun Yue. The 2.06m point guard played a key ...
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Sun: 'I want to show myself to the world'
Ball Don't Lie — ... . (We can only hope it inspires a (Jamario) "Moon: 'I will only play night games'" headline later this season.) This quote, via China Daily, is also fun to visualize: "Sun played against his future teammate ...

It's not just Kobe and Pau getting some dap
Lakers Blog — ... (UPDATE: Talk about your fantastic timing. I just got an email from the Lakers Media Relations Dept. Yue is now officially under contract. It's a "multi-year" deal, which I'm guessing means "a pair of years." More details as they come, but that news was awfully convenient in arrival). Laker-to-be (presumably, if nothing else) Sun Yue also garnered himself some praise for his work during the recent Olympic tourney. The guard led all Chinese players with 2.3 dimes per contest while chipping 8.1 ppg, stats that combined with the kid's handle, size and general versatility to ...

Sun Yue Profile | 2008 Olympic Breakouts
N/A — ... has a long wingspan and gets off the ground quickly.  And like Livingston, a tall point guard in the greater Los Angeles area always brings up comparisons to another 6-9 point guard. Though Sun Yue has made it clear he doesn’t want to be compared to Magic Johnson (some say he closer to Hedo Turkoglu), I am sure Sun hopes he can mirror at least half of the Magic man’s accomplishments in his time in Southern California. Links and Resources : Lakers Sign Sun Yue (NBA.com),  China’s Sun next rising NBA star (China Daily), Sun Yue: Don’t Call me Magic, call me Monkey ...

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