mullinsworld
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Wonder if LW read this before his decision
Chinese Pro League
BEIJING — With 1.3 billion potential fans, China is increasingly seen as a financial promised land for N.B.A. stars through endorsement deals, and the league itself has established a robust organization here valued at $2 billion.
Bonzi Wells, a less than stellar player in the N.B.A., frequently scored more than 40 points a game in the Chinese Basketball Association.
But China’s own professional league, the Chinese Basketball Association, has hardly enjoyed a smooth ascendance alongside this country’s basketball boom. American players and agents describe broken contracts, unpaid wages, suspicions of game-fixing and rising resentment toward foreign players. Several players have left China after failing to receive paychecks. Last month, the league announced that it lost $17 million last season, which ended in May.
Players and coaches in China’s professional league said problems escalated last season after the association loosened salary and court-time restrictions on foreign players, part of an effort to heighten the game’s appeal to China’s growing N.B.A fan base and to bring in more lucrative sponsorship deals. The association also hoped the prowess of imported players would help bolster China’s basketball prospects for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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68Tiger
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
He's receiving some real bad advice.
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MemphisFan95
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
o well too bad for him. He made his bed you know the rest
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68Tiger
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
(07-22-2009 11:20 PM)MemphisFan95 Wrote: o well too bad for him. He made his bed you know the rest
![[Image: 15755701_9c4293a91248325419.jpg]](http://img323.rockyou.com/imagehost/15/15755/15755701/15755701_9c4293a91248325419.jpg)
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Dat.B.Me
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
hmmmm
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croppi33
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
It's all about the M.O.N.E.Y.! Motivated Outcry (by)Numskulls (to) Extort (the) Young
(This post was last modified: 07-23-2009 07:16 AM by croppi33.)
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Interminator
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
Poor decision.
He was better off playing here, maybe averaging 9 PPG 4 RPG and leaving early as a developmental prospect for teams to take a serious look at.
Christian Eyenga got drafted based on that, and he was a 1st Round pick btw.
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OKCTiger
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
It seems as if this is the core of his problem, he cannot read.
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68Tiger
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
(07-23-2009 11:25 AM)OKCTiger Wrote: It seems as if this is the core of his problem, he cannot read.
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KRB
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RE: Wonder if LW read this before his decision
(07-23-2009 11:25 AM)OKCTiger Wrote: It seems as if this is the core of his problem, he cannot read.
That doesn't stop Ole Miss football players from getting in school.
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