Rumor ==> Cavaliers=Chinese Billionaire+Yao+ James

obviously duh.

 

Just saw the following article on cleveland.com:

http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/05/proposed_chinese_investors_dee.html

 

[img src="http://i3.sinaimg.cn/ty/k/p/2009-05-25/U338P6T12D4399134F44DT20090525184245.jpg"][/img] maybe, see the pics.

 

Chinese predict Yao-Lebron pairing after investment report

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090526/sp_nm/us_nba_cavaliers_china

Chinese predict Yao-Lebron pairing after investment report
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BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese basketball fans are already gleefully predicting Yao Ming will join LeBron James at the Cleveland Cavaliers after reports a Hong Kong-based company is set to take a minority share in the NBA franchise. U.S. media reported over the weekend that New World Development Company was to take a 15 percent holding in the Cavaliers, the second-largest stake after owner Dan Gilbert.

The NBA is hugely popular in China with hundreds of millions tuning in to games involving Houston Rockets center Yao and the report has been met with great enthusiasm in Internet chat rooms.

"It's very clear that the Cavaliers' next step is to buy Yao Ming," one netizen said on Sina.com. "And then to win the league championship, and then to build a Cavaliers' dynasty!"

It is not just Chinese players, however, who attract devoted attention from the legion of fans, and Cavaliers standout James has a huge following in China.

"It's a big market, they love the game of basketball," James told Cleveland's Plain Dealer newspaper.

"I've been over there the last four or five summers, and I know how much they are inspired about the game of basketball. So it could be good. It should be fun."

However unlikely, the potential pairing of All Star Yao, who has topped the Forbes China list of top celebrities for the last six years, with forward James, this season's NBA MVP, has captured the imagination of Chinese fans.

"If Yao Ming becomes the team mate of Lebron James, the pair will be invincible in the league," another web user commented on portal Sohu.com.

The investment, which must be approved by the NBA's board of governors, would be a first major investment by a Chinese company in an American sporting franchise.

The NBA has already been a major presence in China, staging regular exhibition games and signing joint ventures to build and manage state-of-the-art basketball arenas in major cities around the country. (Additional reporting by Yu Le, editing by Peter Rutherford)

 

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Spoiler

fail in chinese

 

Yeah I'd like to see Les throw out his cash cow..

 

Hmm... A team interested in Yao and LeBron? That's so crazy it might work! But what team would be stupid enough to try it?

 

Yea crazy enough it might just work. Why not just sign Yao to another extension this summer that way he forfeits his player option and we don't have to worry about this BS. Remember China owns Yao, if they tell him not to sign he may just do that.

 

http://bbs.clutchfans.net/showthread.php?t=169468

 

Yea crazy enough it might just work. Why not just sign Yao to another extension this summer that way he forfeits his player option and we don't have to worry about this BS? Remember China owns Yao, if they tell him not to sign he may just do that.

 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/26/AR2009052600040.html

Chinese predict Yao-Lebron pairing after investment report

By Nick Mulvenney
Reuters
Tuesday, May 26, 2009; 12:42 AM

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese basketball fans are already gleefully predicting Yao Ming will join LeBron James at the Cleveland Cavaliers after reports a Hong Kong-based company is set to take a minority share in the NBA franchise. U.S. media reported over the weekend that New World Development Company was to take a 15 percent holding in the Cavaliers, the second-largest stake after owner Dan Gilbert.

The NBA is hugely popular in China with hundreds of millions tuning in to games involving Houston Rockets center Yao and the report has been met with great enthusiasm in Internet chat rooms.

"It's very clear that the Cavaliers' next step is to buy Yao Ming," one netizen said on Sina.com. "And then to win the league championship, and then to build a Cavaliers' dynasty!"

It is not just Chinese players, however, who attract devoted attention from the legion of fans, and Cavaliers standout James has a huge following in China.

"It's a big market, they love the game of basketball," James told Cleveland's Plain Dealer newspaper.

"I've been over there the last four or five summers, and I know how much they are inspired about the game of basketball. So it could be good. It should be fun."

However unlikely, the potential pairing of All Star Yao, who has topped the Forbes China list of top celebrities for the last six years, with forward James, this season's NBA MVP, has captured the imagination of Chinese fans.

"If Yao Ming becomes the team mate of Lebron James, the pair will be invincible in the league," another web user commented on portal Sohu.com.

The investment, which must be approved by the NBA's board of governors, would be a first major investment by a Chinese company in an American sporting franchise.

The NBA has already been a major presence in China, staging regular exhibition games and signing joint ventures to build and manage state-of-the-art basketball arenas in major cities around the country. (Additional reporting by Yu Le, editing by Peter Rutherford)

 

How many of the Asian fans go to the games, or white fans, black fans?

How many sellout did Rockets have this season? The fan base is pretty weak, at least in Houston. It's still huge in China though. But when Yao leaves, all the Chinese fans of Rockets will go to the Cavs in a heartbeat.

 

This is confusing. I thought Rocket fans wanted to trade Yao?

 

Chinese envision Yao-Lebron Pairing

Chinese basketball fans are already gleefully predicting Yao Ming will join LeBron James at the Cleveland Cavaliers after reports a Hong Kong-based company is set to take a minority share in the NBA franchise. U.S. media reported over the weekend that New World Development Company was to take a 15 percent holding in the Cavaliers, the second-largest stake after owner Dan Gilbert.

The NBA is hugely popular in China with hundreds of millions tuning in to games involving Houston Rockets center Yao and the report has been met with great enthusiasm in Internet chat rooms.

"It's very clear that the Cavaliers' next step is to buy Yao Ming," one netizen said on Sina.com. "And then to win the league championship, and then to build a Cavaliers' dynasty!"

 

dude.

 

Its time for clutch to work his magic on this thread

 

Would the Cavs even have the resources (cap space) to do such a thing?

Would they find other teams under the cap willing to take on some of their players in order to have the money to get Yao?

I can understand the Chinese speculation about Yao + Lebron, but it just doesn't happen automatically.

 

We will be happy to move LeBron to Houston for Tmac.