Who was the first Chinese basketball player to go to the NBA?
Who was the first Chinese athlete to go to the NBA?
The first Chinese basketball player to enter the NBA was Wang Zhizhi.
Born in 1977, Wang Zhizhi is a 2.14-meter tall center/power forward who was selected by the Dallas Mavericks (now Maverick) with the seventh overall pick in the second round of the 1999 NBA Draft. But for some reasons, Wang Zhizhi did not officially join the Mavericks until 2001, when he helped the Bayi win the CBA Championship. He has played for the Mavericks, the Clippers and the Heat.
Before that, Song Tao had been selected by the Hawks in the 1987 NBA Draft, but failed to land in the NBA due to injuries and other reasons. So in terms of actually playing in the NBA, Wang Zhizhi was the first Chinese basketball player to enter the NBA.
Wang Zhizhi played for the Mavericks (Maverick), Clippers and Heat in the NBA from 2001-2005 and his stats are as follows:
Overall data:
Appearances: 137 games played, with only 1 start.
Averages: 9.1 minutes per game, contributing 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds per game on 41.7 percent shooting from the field.
Period data for each team:
Maverick (Maverick) Period:
Played in just five games in his first season (joined at the end of the 2000-2001 season), averaging 7.8 minutes per game and contributing 4.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game on 42.1 percent shooting from the field.
Appeared in 55 games in his second season, averaging 5.6 points and two rebounds in 10.8 minutes per game, while shooting 44 percent from the field and 41.4 percent from three-point range.
Clippers period:
In the 2002-2003 season, he appeared in 41 games, including one start, averaging 10 minutes per game and contributing 4.4 points and 1.9 rebounds per game, while shooting just 38.3 percent from the field.
Playing in just 2 games in his second season, his playing time plummeted to an average of 4.5 minutes per game.
Hotshot Period:
Played in 14 games in his first season, averaging 7.6 minutes per game, 3.1 points per game, 1 rebound per game, and shooting 37.8 percent from the field.
Appeared in 20 games in his second season, averaging 4.5 minutes per game and contributing 2.1 points and 0.9 rebounds per game on 47.2 percent shooting from the field.
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