According to Sports Day Mavericks reporter Eddie Sefko, Mavericks' president of basketball operations, Downey Nelson, said they have already started operations and intend to sign Chinese player Ding Jinhui this summer and let him participate in this year's summer league and training camp for the new season.
Ding Jinhui, 27, is currently at Zhejiang Golden Bull Club in China's CBA League, where he worked as a coach after retiring in 2016.
In addition, according to the report on February 20, Beijing time, the famous commentator Li Ke broke the news in the commentary that Ding Yanyuhang has received an invitation from the NBA team Mavericks Summer League. Therefore, the possibility that Maverick reporter Sefko mistakenly mistook the two.
Ding Yanyuhang averaged 37.7 minutes per game in last season's CBA, contributing 24.2 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.5 steals.
Maverick owner Mark Cuban declined to comment on Sefko's report, saying more information would be made public after July 1, local time.
In addition, Sefko wrote in the article that breaking into the huge Chinese market has always been a focus of the NBA in recent years, and signing a Chinese player will bring a huge boost to the mavericks' global expansion.