NBA stars fuel basketball mania in China
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NBA stars fuel basketball mania in China
2012-08-16 03:53:22 GMT2012-08-16 11:53:22(Beijing Time)
Kobe Bryant of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers talks to young players from his training camp in Jinan, East China's Shandong province, Aug 15, 2012. It is Bryant's seventh consecutive summer visit to China. A five-time NBA champion and 14-time All-Star, Bryant enjoys an overwhelming popularity in China. His jersey sales topped the Chinese market in all of the past six years. China sees an influx of big-name NBA stars on sponsor-backed visits every summer. Besides Bryant, Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets and Shane Battier of Miami Heat are also in China meeting fans. LeBron James of the Heat and Kevin Durant of Oklahoma Thunder will kick off their China tour later this month. And the NBA announced earlier this month that they will hold a preseason game on Oct 11 in Beijing. The two teams are defending champion Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers. [Photo/CFP]
Kobe Bryant is at a Nike-sponsored training camp in Jinan, East China's Shandong province this week. He will fly to Wuhan in Hubei province and Guangzhou in Guangdong province to give instruction to Chinese fans in the next two days. [Photo/CFP]
Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets makes an appearance on China's Got Talent, a Chinese reality television show, in Shanghai, Aug 15, 2012. He showed off his talent in slam-dunks and crystal balls. [Photo/CFP]
Shane Battier of Miami Heat poses for photos with a Chinese fan at a signing in Shenyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Aug 15, 2012. [Photo/CFP]
It is Bryant's seventh consecutive summer visit to China. A five-time NBA champion and 14-time All-Star, Bryant enjoys an overwhelming popularity in China. His jersey sales topped the Chinese market in all of the past six years. China sees an influx of big-name NBA stars on sponsor-backed visits every summer. Besides Bryant, Jeremy Lin of the Houston Rockets and Shane Battier of Miami Heat are also in China meeting fans. LeBron James of the Heat and Kevin Durant of Oklahoma Thunder will kick off their China tour later this month. And the NBA announced earlier this month that they will hold a preseason game on Oct 11 in Beijing. The two teams are defending champion Miami Heat and the Los Angeles Clippers.