City has held regular-season events in the past two seasons, but will stage the 12-team finals for the first time and its team will have a chance to qualify to play.
Nicole Leung was ready to become a waitress when benefactors saw her potential and sent her to play basketball in the US college system. There she befriended fellow Hong Kong hoops star Yannie Chan.
Griner spoke for the first time about her months-long detention in Russia over drugs-related charges during an interview that aired on Wednesday night in the US.
James once again produced a superb performance that belied his age with 30 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds but it was not enough.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr to take charge of team that will also include likes of Kevin Durant and Jayson Tatum, with Kawhi Leonard expected to be named on 12-man roster.
Home men’s and women’s teams exit competition as top four in each chase a first ticket to Paris on Sunday.
City’s team start with two losses, but their star player Li Tsz-kwan says it provides valuable experience and asks: ‘How do we develop specific tactics and training plans?’
Lam, 19, has been admitted to Illinois Wesleyan University and will play in Division III of the NCAA.
In TV documentary, the former NBA star says China will develop leaders only when the team start winning more, and urges younger players to test themselves overseas.
US expected to field team full of NBA stars, with LeBron James, Steph Curry and Joel Embiid all saying they want to play.
League CEO Henry Kerins says first full season has ‘proved the concept’ despite fluctuating attendances, and wants to emulate EuroLeague.
Eastern will play in the first round next month, grouped with NS Matrix Deers of Malaysia, Prawira Harum Bandung of Indonesia and the league runners-up from Mongolia.
The beloved annual tradition in American sport that is the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament starts this week, with defending champions UConn again the favourites.
Former NBA star says China has plenty of young players but needs higher-quality coaching for every age group, and a system through which bright prospects can be unearthed.
Russia was banned by sport’s world governing body in 2022 over invasion of Ukraine, but plans to host World Friendship Games in September, and wants China matches to prepare for competition.
Wade offers advice on what it may take to reach the promised land of the NBA, reportedly urging 18-year-old Yang to work on his strength and stamina.
Taiwan are on course to have newly naturalised and localised players by the self-ruled island’s next basketball international in November, while Hong Kong’s rules are less lenient.
Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James only players guaranteed a spot in all-time squad, says Dwayne Wade.
Former US basketball star Dwyane Wade says fans should not wait in ‘hope that China gets another Yao Ming, that’s unfair to all the players in China’.
Over a decade after Yao ended his playing career at the Houston Rockets, there has yet to be another Chinese player of his global stature.
Gilas Pilipinas fans are ‘such an advantage’, coach Tim Cone says after Filipinos buy most of the tickets and provide vocal support to help their side turn a close contest into a comfortable victory.