Stephon Marbury has committed to sign with Chinese Pro Team Shanxi Zhongyu after declining a call from the Miami Heat to join their super squad for a 2010-2011 season in the NBA.

The Chinese club signed a three-year contract with the former Phoenix Suns guard, with an option for Marbury to become a semi-coach in the third year, but declined to release financial details.

In respect of the commercial part of the deal, the club will help Marbury promote the sale of his personal sneakers brand in China. The 33-year-old Marbury, who played a half season with the Shanxi Zhongyu last season, averaged 19.3 points, 7.6 assists and 3.0 rebounds in his 13 years in the NBA.

Kobe Bryant is promoting his new shoe in China while attending some games at the Stankovic Cup. Here is video of Kobe Bryant in an interview

Excerpt taken from the Xinhuanet news:

Changchun is the second stop of Kobe 24 Live. On July 27, he watched the North China final of Nike Summer Basketball, interacted with audience, attended a commercial activity, and had close communication with Chinese young players. He taught about 30 young players in the noon, and these talents learned a lot.

Kobe praised high about the young players in China. “I saw the young players, I taught them in the morning. They were consistent, and they have the passion on the game. They all love to play, and they have hunger to learn. And if you have those, they help them to become successful because that was the start. You have to have the thirst to learn, you have to have to desire to be great. And they have that, that’s why I keep coming back to teach them and show them more, because I see their eyes.”

After Changchun, Kobe will go to other Chinese cities of Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Chengdu. Before leaving his fans here, Kobe said “I Love You” in Chinese, and this shocked all the people there.

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China 63-64 Australia

A heavy blow for Stankovic Cup host China  in their first day loss to the Australian Boomers. Yi Jianlian lead China and the game in scoring but it was not enough for China to win the very close game against Australia. Team China was caught with too many fouls and thus the offense was slow. David Andersen for Australia could not be reckoned with on either ends of the court. But his smooth shot and vision is what helped the Boomers stick out a close win against China.

Tomorrow China faces Iran who also was defeated in a blow out against Slovenia.

View Full Stankovic 2010 Schedule Below

• 28th July Slovenia 107-74 Iran
• 28th July China 63-64 Australia
• 29th July 16:00 Australia VS Slovenia
• 29th July 19:30 Iran VS China
• 30th July 16:00 Australia VS Iran
• 30th July 19:30 China VS Slovenia
• 1st August 16:00 Final-3rd
• 1st August 19:30 Final

Stankovic Cup in 2010 will start today Liuzhou in Guangxi, the four participating teams have made since the Turkish championship tickets, Williams Cup was the world championships as a coach before the first training the best chance.

Australia would definitely miss the World Championships NBA stars to play the Bucks center Andrew Bogut and rocket Anderson, but the defending champions as they take part in this Sri Lankan Cup can not be ignored. In particular, the team came to Liuzhou has six players took part in the Beijing Olympics, including star guard CJ · Bruton.

Australia coach said: “I am very pleased to once again come to China to play, the game will be the world championships in Turkey before we go to a very critical step.”

Slovenia coach Bessie Pavlovic Sri Lanka will also be in this cup as a “touchstone” opportunity, he said: “This game has a very strong opponent, the team is critical for World Championship, the team hopes to achieve good results . ”

Slovenia, Stankovic Cup in 2007, worked in Philadelphia last season and the Milwaukee Bucks 76, the effectiveness of its biggest stars Brezec.

Iran coach Matic also that “before the world championships three strong opponents of such a rare opportunity.” Although the Ha Dadi still can not rejoin the United States, Iran Scan on China’s main already laid off do hope that continuation of Asian Championships Championship glory.

As for the Chinese team, coach Denghua De made before: “The next Stankovic Cup are critical, after all, are warm-up before, but then the real game.”

Deng Huade in the conference to thank the three foreign teams to travel long distances to China to attend warm-up after the game revealed that the training team in order to achieve improved the main purpose of the Cup of China Team in Sri Lanka as possible to allow more players to enjoy playing time running team.

China Mens National Team finished second place after losing in the final against IRAN in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championships.

1. IRAN
2. CHINA
3. JORDAN

China Women’s National Team qualified for the 2010 World Championships by winning the 2009 FIBA Asia Championships. China captured gold with win over Korea and Japan received the Bronze medal.

The playoffs of the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association) will start April 1st. The top eight teams of the regular season participate. Below are the eight teams fighting for the title.

• Guandong
• Xinjiang
• Jiangsu
• Shaanxi
• DongGuan
• Fujian
• Zhejiang G.
• Shandong

The first round of the playoffs will have a format of best of five in a 1-2-2 format. The schedule and matchups are below.

Game 1

• 2009-04-01 19:30 Guangdong VS Shandong
• 2009-04-01 19:30 Xinjiang VS Zhejiang Guangsha
• 2009-04-01 19:30 Shaanxi VS Dongguan
• 2009-04-01 19:30 Jiangsu VS Fujian

Game 2

• 2009-04-03 19:30 Fujian VS Jiangsu
• 2009-04-03 19:30 Dongguan VS Shaanxi
• 2009-04-03 19:30 Zhejiang Guangsha VS Xinjiang
• 2009-04-03 19:30 Shandong VS Guangdong

Game 3

• 2009-04-05 19:30 Fujian VS Jiangsu
• 2009-04-05 19:30 Dongguan VS Shaanxi
• 2009-04-05 19:30 Zhejiang Guangsha VS Xinjiang
• 2009-04-05 19:30 Shandong VS Guangdong

Game 4 (If necessary)

• 2009-04-08 19:30 Jiangsu VS Fujian
• 2009-04-08 19:30 Shaanxi VS Dongguan
• 2009-04-08 19:30 Xinjiang VS Zhejiang Guangsha
• 2009-04-08 19:30 Guangdong VS Shandong

Game 5 (If necessary)

• 2009-04-10 19:30 Guangdong VS Shandong
• 2009-04-10 19:30 Xinjiang VS Zhejiang Guangsha
• 2009-04-10 19:30 Shaanxi VS Dongguan
• 2009-04-10 19:30 Jiangsu VS Fujian

The 2008 Beijing Olympic was great while it lasted. Unforgettable games such as the USA vs Spain Olympic Gold Medal Game was a pleasure watching and one of the best. USA Womens Basketball kept things in check by winning yet another Gold Medal with Lisa Leslie on top is one of most game played in the Olympics by an American.

Wheelchair Basketball also had great moments in the Beijing Paralympic Basketball WheelChair Games. Australia Mens National Wheelchair Basketball team won gold over Canada who were quite favorite. On the womens side the USA Womens National Wheelchair Basketball team won its 2nd consecutive Paralympic Gold Medal over Germany!

Good Bye Beijing Basketball!

This is not the end however, there is lots of basketball in China that we will cover ALWAYS!

There are many types of chinese tattoos meanings and types. If you’re thinking about getting a chinese tattoo find out the meaning at this cool website.

Some basketball players already have chinese tattoos so it will be nice checking out any type of Olympic Chinese Tattoos!