China

Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman wants to help keep the peace between the NBA and China. As the fallout continues after Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey’s tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters, Rodman posted a video to his Twitter account. He is seen holding up a photo of himself with North Korea’s [...]

Dwyane Wade is nearing the end of his first-ballot hall of fame career that includes three NBA championships a Finals MVP and a scoring title. He has said publicly that he wants to play for no other team besides the Miami Heat for the remainder of his career. Does that restriction extend to international teams? [...]

In general, the 2017 free agency market has not been very kind to most players outside of the top few tiers of the league, but it has especially been tepid for two groups of free agents in particular: centers and veteran point guards. Derrick Rose has to essentially sign the minimum to join the Cavaliers [...]

Josh Smith was once one of the more exciting players in the league, while thriving in Atlanta. But he hasn’t found any luck since leaving the Hawks. He has bounced around quite a bit, all while shooting ill-advised 3s, and now he’s without a team. When we last saw Smith last season, he was coming [...]

Dwight Howard, who was recently in China on tour, did not feel well during his flight back to Atlanta on Sunday. He had to be hospitalized upon his return and was apparently suffering from dehydration. [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachKleinWSB/status/775176208627691520] According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was released from the hospital early this morning. Howard was in China [...]

Now I love Kevin Durant as much as the next person, but KD’s choice to sign with the defending Western Conference Champion Golden State Warriors and leave OKC got me wondering. When I open my internet browser, turn on the T.V., or listen to the radio, all I hear are journalists like Stephen A. Smith [...]

The news came down on Tuesday, suddenly and surprisingly: Amar’e Stoudemire would be retiring from the NBA as a member of the New York Knicks. Maybe this shouldn’t have been too shocking. Beyond Stoudemire electing to retire with the Knicks rather than the Phoenix Suns, the move makes sense. He is 33, he has been [...]

Like many NBAers whose shelf life expires, Jason Maxiell is now earning his basketball money overseas in the Chinese Basketball Association. Apparently, if there’s one thing we should know about Maxiell, it’s that he doesn’t like being fouled hard. Watch as Maxiell chases an opponent the entire length of the court after a hard foul. [...]

After having dominant performance of 21.2 points and 13.8 rebounds in the recently concluded 2014 FIBA World Cup, free agent center Andray Blatch has expectedly received interest from a Chinese team. The former Brooklyn Nets center has accepted a one-year, $2.5 million deal with the Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball League, according [...]

At the beginning of October before the NBA season started we brought to attention the Anta ‘Team Fearless’ website and pointed out the two open spots next to Kevin Garnett and Luis Scola. With both KG and Scola with Anta sneaker deals and talk of Rajon Rondo leaving Nike for the Chinese brand I remained [...]