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CBA Suggests Written Agreement on National Duty for NBA Team to Get Yao Ming

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by windandsea, Jun 24, 2002.

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  1. ROXTXIA

    ROXTXIA Contributing Member

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    Makes you wonder.

    Wang ZhiZhi's "situation," whatever it may be, has been public record for some time now.

    This may all be nothing, but the two things that concern me in particular are:

    1) the timing of all this (seems like most of this stuff could have occurred weeks ago)
    2) that some entity in China will, before or after Yao is drafted, at any time, brandish this sort of dog turd at us.
     
    #41 ROXTXIA, Jun 24, 2002
  2. lovethisgametoo

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    Chinese CBA really should pursue a written statement from the new HOme Security Department rather than Houston Rockets, to make sure
    get Yao back when needing him.
     
    #42 lovethisgametoo, Jun 24, 2002
  3. windandsea

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    BEIJING (Reuters) - China want written assurances that the NBA club selecting hot prospect Yao Ming at this week's draft guarantee the giant center can play for his national team, state media said Monday.


    "We hope that NBA teams selecting Chinese players can guarantee they are physically and mentally fit and have the right to serve the Chinese national team," Chinese Basketball Association Secretary Xin Lancheng told the official Xinhua news agency in an interview.

    "This guarantee must be in official written form."

    Xin's statement was the latest in a series of mixed signals from Chinese basketball authorities and Yao's representatives in the run-up to Wednesday's draft in New York, where the Houston Rockets could make him the top pick.

    It also comes amid confusion over whether Dallas Mavericks center Wang Zhizhi, the first Chinese player in the NBA, will return to play with the national team this summer or remain in Los Angeles for the NBA's summer practice league.

    Saturday, agents and representatives of the 2.23-meter Yao said they had reached a deal in principle to compensate his current club the Shanghai Sharks for his release to an NBA team.

    But a day earlier, the CBA announced Yao would miss Wednesday's draft to train with the national team for international competition lasting into October, prompting fears that his move to the United States would be protracted.

    The NBA regular season kicks off in early November.

    Houston Rockets officials and coaches visited Shanghai last week to discuss Yao's future with Sharks and CBA officials.

    Xin described meetings with the Rockets as productive but said the two sides had not reached a written agreement on Yao playing for China and had not been in contact in recent days.

    Negotiations between NBA clubs and Chinese players notoriously drag. Wang, a Chinese army officer, was picked by Dallas in the second round of the 1999 NBA draft but did not make his league debut until late in the 2000-2001 season.
     
    #43 windandsea, Jun 24, 2002
  4. JeffB

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    This is the problem. The CBA seems to be trying to create a situation in which should they deny Yao the freedom to play in the NBA, the CBA can point fingers at the Rockets and the NBA accusing one or both parties of failing to provide some written agreement. If this written agreement is so important then why not get it while the Rockets officials--including the Rockets chief counsel--were in China?
     
    #44 JeffB, Jun 24, 2002
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    Who knows what type of assurances they want.They might want him to play in every national and international tournament and that might clash with the NBA regular season and/or the playoffs.
    I wonder why written assurances weren't insisted on by the Rockets while Goldberg was there,and I also wonder if the CBA or the Sharks would have been doing these things if either New York or Chicago had the 1st pick.
     
    #45 saleem, Jun 24, 2002
  6. ron413

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    all of this should have been a formality... something very fishy is going on if we dont hear some good progress or reassurances being reported sometimes tomorrow.. either from the Rockets, the American or press from China, or FIBA/Shanghai/ CBA.

    waiting until Draft Day for this final step in the negotiations/ process is not the way to operate and is a sign that someone is either acting in bad faith or just a complete breakdown altogether. lets hope for the best!!!
     
    #46 ron413, Jun 24, 2002
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