Wang Zhizhi Expelled from National Basketball Team

The Peoples Daily ^ | 10.11.02 | Li Peng

[Enemy Of The State]

Wang Zhizhi Expelled from National Basketball Team

The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced its decision September 9 afternoon to expel its former member Wang Zhizhi out of the national men's basketball team.

According to agreements between CBA and Dallas Mavericks, Wang should serve the need of national team by returning to China and preparing for international matches after finishing NBA games in America in last May.

But Wang, after receiving CBA's notice demanding him to return home and join in training for the World Championships and the Asian Games, stayed in America under the excuse of personal need and training for NBA summer leagues, and further cut off contacts with CBA. After the leagues finished Wang refused to meet people from CBA and made clear his hope to say in NBA instead of returning to China, CBA's announcement said.

During a period as long as five months, China's team made many efforts in a hope to change Wang's mind, and publicly promised that Wang could continue its NBA training after the World Championships and the Asian Games as well as made corresponding preparations for him.

But Wang, regardless of professional codes, disciplines and national interests, stuck to his personal interests and chose not to return home and represent China in international games, CBA said.

Entered the "Bayi team" at the age of 14 and the national team at 18, Wang can not achieve so much today without training in his own country. It is every athlete's honor and responsibility to represent his country in international games, but Wang made the wrong decision when he was needed.

Since Wang has lost his professional and patriotic sprit, CBA decided to deprive him of the membership of national basketball team, the announcement concluded.

By PD Online Staff Li Heng

 

Wang Zhizhi's Profile

By signing a two-year contract with the Dallas Mavericks on April 4, Chinese center Wang Zhizhi is set to make a historical debut as the first Asian player to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA), the most competitive basketball league in the world.

At the 2000 Olympic Games, Wang averaged a team-leading 13.5 ppg and added five rebounds while playing only 26.8 minutes per game. He shot 53.7 percent from the field and 90 percent from the free throw line. He scored a team-high 13 points against the United States in the only game the two countries played.

 

Personal Info. of Wang
	Birth Date:	07/08/1977	Birthplace:	Beijing, China
	College	None
	Drafted	1999 Round 2 #36 Dallas Mavericks
Height:	7-1	Weight:	220

 

[dfwgator]

Like Wang really cares, he'd rather take Mark Cuban's money. Now maybe we can offer Shawn Bradley to the Chinese instead.

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[Enemy Of The State]

Bwwwahahahahahaha! Seems that Mr. Wang favors freedom and the almighty greenback over China and their pesky little CBA. He has been Americanized! Resistance is Futile!

[smith288]

Looks like he likes the taste of real freedom

[Shermy]

AS if our players are more patriotic? Remember that loss to Argentina a few weeks back?

[Enemy Of The State]

Oh surely your not referring to those bums who refused to play because they weren't getting paid?

[hchutch]

Wang's going to be in trouble if he ever goes back to the PRC. Better make sure he can stick around in the U.S.

I don't want a repeat of what happened to the guy who starred in "We Were Soldiers."

[dfwgator]

Why should those players have risked career-ending injuries for a stupid tournament that nobody cared about anyway. High school games had more attendance than those games in Indianapolis had.

[Enemy Of The State]

Yeah, who would want to represent their own country and project and image to be proud of to the rest of the world.

[dfwgator]

I will admit this, I think the US intended to lose in order to make the World Championships more popular in the future. Did anyone care about the Ryder Cup or the America's Cup when a US victory was a foregone conclusion?

[hchutch]

Possible.

I mean, who would bother if they knew they were going to get their butts kicked for no pay?

[Far Right Of Left]

I was at the WBC & trust me,the US did not intend to lose.George Karl is an overrated NBA coach & the only player that played his a** off was Ben Wallace.Without Ben's "D" against Germany & China,we would have lost those games too.If we're going to send second rate NBA players,might as well send college players again.

[JimRed]

He shot 53.7 percent from the field and 90 percent from the free throw line.

That's the best free throw percentage I've ever heard of for a big man.

[Tai_Chung]

Since Wang has lost his professional and patriotic sprit, CBA decided to deprive him of the membership of national basketball team

Seems like Wang has already decided to quit the CBA. This decision will probably make him happy since the CBA will stop pestering him.

[Enemy Of The State]

Ryder Cup? whats that? lol... :-)

[Lizard_King]

in the words of Nelson Muntz: "Ha Ha"

Silly commies...everybody's a capitalist running dog once you get that gun out of their faces.

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