I would be surprised to find that what is being referred to as street ball is anything like what we would be thinking of when we see the street ball game played in our major cities and shown occasionally on TV. I suspect in China it means basketball played on courts available to the public from the street. If anyone knows I would be interested to have this point clarified.
I would think its pretty much the same. The point guard for Team China I believe is Chen Jinhhua(something like that), and he played street ball. He is compared to allen iverson. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC4JtP9N9Po
I believed it is pretty the same as those in USA. There are even hip hop performance in those tournaments.
Well, in fact, China is already pretty westernized....no longer backward, just black, white, grey and colorless like before. In those steetball tournaments, very often there are also lots of other In-things for youngsters: BMX, break dancing, hip hop, board-skating, graffiti....you named it.
Is Pryuen the same guy that works for the Houston Chronicle and does the "Yao Central" blog? The current blog is about Jackie Chan at Yao/Nash charity game that Pryuen posted before.
Nop, I'm not Ren Hsieh, who I suspect to be a Houstonian, probably from Taiwan. I think that guy happened to be a frequent lurker/visitor of Yao-Ming-Mania.com, and often made reference to materials that I posted there. To those that visited YMM, they know that site is almost like my second home.
No. Yao-Ming-Mania.com was not created by me. It is an English site, created 5 years ago by a Houstonian, actually a Japanese-American, John Takahashi. I just happened to be a regular poster there, actually the poster that had the most posts there. http://www.thefreelibrary.com/WORLD...+ACCOMPANIES+BUILDING+OF+GLOBAL...-a097812266
Wow! I didn't know it was a local website and message board. When I read Yao Central, the link went to various pictures of Yao. So you post here and there. So most members here post there too? Do they have open membership registration? Thanks Pryuen.
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Photos of Yao Ming at team practice/scrimmage with the national team in Xinhui, Jiangmen on Sunday morning.
Yao Ming and his national team team mates arriving on scene and at the warm up in the Sunday game in Xinhui, Jiangmen.
Sort of a recap of what happened on the Sunday night's revenge over the Brisbane Bullets. Well, it was an easy win for the national team. The win was never in doubt as China swept into a 15 ~ 0 lead in 1Q, and never looked back (Scoreline: 1Q: 20 ~ 12; 2Q: 39 ~ 26; 3Q: 69 ~ 44; 4Q: 82 vs 65). The whole team showed great spirit, intensity and passion, seemingly sort of motivated after Yao Ming's severe criticism after the defeat of previous game. Both Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian were not required to play in 4Q, as the lead was already 25 points by end of 3Q. Yao Ming has a so-so game, placing more effort on defense; as he still got double-teamed or triple-teamed in offense, he purposedly let Yi Jianlian lead on offense. He played 25 minutes, scored a double-double, 11 points (4/8 FG% 3/4 FT%)/10 rebounds/2 assists/1 blocks/0 turnover/1 foul. Yi Jianlian shook off a disappointing performance of previous game, and played some great high-low combinations with Big Yao. He was pretty efficient; played only 20 minutes, scored a double-double; 20 points (6/11 FG% 1/1 3-pointer, 7/9 FT%)/10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 4 turnovers, 1 foul. But the surprise for the night was Wang Lei. The kid played with spirit and hustle on his small forward position; contributed 7 points in 2Q after substituting Zhu Fangyu and helped China to stretch the lead to over double-digits. He scored 12 points (2/2 FG%, 2/3 3-pointers, 2/4 FT%), 2 rebounds, 1 block, 3 turnovers in 14 minutes of play. The only black spot that marred this great win was Wang Zhizhi twsited his ankle again in the beginning of 4Q, and probably will miss the last leg of the game Monday night at Zhuhai.
Yao Ming and the national team had another rematch with the Brisbane Bullets last night (September 24, Monday) in Zhuhai. It was again an easy win....82 vs 62. Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian went on a scoring competition in 1Q. China led 21 to 11 by 1Q, with Yao Ming scoring 10 points and Yi Jianlian 8 points. 2Q....39 vs 30 3Q....70 vs 50 4Q like Game 2, both Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian did not play. Zhang Songtao and Ding Junhui took their part. But the 2 of them and Wang Lei continued the firepower....and China won out 82 vs 62. Yao Ming: 17 points/10 rebounds; Yi Jianlian: 18 points/7 rebounds; Wang Lei: 15 points; Liu Wei: 11 points; Ding Junhui: 10 points; Zhang Songtao: 8 points; Wang Shipeng: 3 points. 6 assists from Sun Yue.
