Hello everyone, I am a boy who does not love sports, today we will take stock of the Chinese players who have been in the NBA.
Yao
Yao Ming, born in Xuhui District, Shanghai, was selected by the NBA's Houston Rockets as a champion in the 2002 NBA Draft, and was named to the NBA All-Star Team for six consecutive seasons (8 times in his career) from 2003 to 2003-09, twice to the NBA All-NBA Second Team, and three times to the NBA All-NBA Team Third Team.
His career total was 9,247 points, 4,494 rebounds, and he played in 486 games
Wang Zhizhi
Wang Zhizhi, born in Beijing, was selected by the Mavericks with the seventh pick in the second round in 1999, becoming the first Asian player to be selected by an NBA team in the official draft. In his career, He played for three NBA teams, namely the Dallas Mavericks, los Angeles Clippers and Miami Heat.
He scored 604 points, rebounded 509 times and played 137 games
Munch Battle
Monk Battle was born in Hangzhou Pennei, Yikezhao League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. He played for the Denver Nuggets as a free agent in 2001–02 and started in his second NBA game, becoming the first Chinese player to start in the NBA. Battle played for the Warriors, Nuggets, Raptors, won titles with the Spurs, and finally withdrew from the NBA at the Knicks.
He scored 156 points in his career and played 46 games
Yi
Yi Jianlian, born in Heshan, Guangdong, participated in the NBA draft in 2007, and was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the sixth place in the first round to compete in the NBA, Yi Jianlian started in the Nets against the Pistons and scored 31 points and 5 rebounds, setting a new NBA career single-game scoring record. Subsequently, he played for the Nets, Wizards, Lakers and other teams.
His career total was 2148 points, 1339 rebounds and 272 games
Sun Yue
Sun Yue was born in Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. In the 2007 NBA Draft, Sun Yue was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 40th overall pick in the second round. He became the fifth player in China to join the NBA after Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Battle and Yi Jianlian, and was also the first defender in China and the second in Asia to join the NBA.
Career scoring total of 6 points
Zhou Qi
Zhou Qi was born in Xinxiang, Henan. He was selected by the Houston Rockets with the 43rd pick in the second round in the 2016 NBA Draft
He scored 22 points in his career and played in 19 games