How the NBA Draft looks from China

Doctor Dribbles posted 7/2/2007 from slamonline.com [flag]

Slam Magazine's China-based correspondent talks about how the local media saw the draft and his own experience meeting Sun Yue a few years ago. [link]

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Monday Bullets
Published 7/2/2007 at ESPN.com - True Hoop - Blog
... SLAM's Alan Paul reports that Sun Yue, who has played in LA for two years with the Chinese ABA team, was asked how his "African-American slang" is coming. His response: "Sometimes when I don't understand I would ask them, they're very willing to explain to me too and I take notes. Practicing and using it repetitively helps me to remember those words better." ...

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Published 7/2/2007 by Crucifictorious at We Rite Goode
... From SLAM: Yao's worked on his selfishness; Sun now works on his slang. I've never been so proud to be an American. ...

NBA At a Glance (7.3.2007)
Published 7/3/2007 by jeramey at The Bratwurst - Milwaukee Bucks Blog
... The Chinese media is ignoring the fact that Yi (or his agent) doesn’t want to play for the Bucks. American bloggers are not. ...

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