Old Friends from the Far East
Published by JScrubb March 29th, 2007 in NBA, Dallas Mavericks, International, David Stern, CBA, Orange Roundie, Blog Suicide(The Cavalier is on an extended leave of absence. The following was not written by him, although he did return my rough draft covered in red ink.)
Look at this picture. What do you see? Yes, indeed, it’s Wang ZhiZhi!
Don’t remember Wang ZhiZhi? Drafted by the Mavericks in 1999, Wang ZhiZhi was the NBA’s first player from China, beating Yao Ming to the U.S. of A. by three years. After several years of being “The Man” in China, Wang was a bust in the NBA, averaging only 4.4 points and 1.7 rebounds during his seven year career.
Having returned to China in 2006, Wang ZhiZhi has resumed his beastliness, and yesterday led his Bayi Rockets to the Chinese Basketball Association Championship. In what could only be described as an epic battle, Wang ZhiZhi “counteracted” the tremendous skills of NBA-hopeful Yi Jianlian. Thanks to Wang ZhiZhi, all was well again in the Land of the Bayi Rockets.
In bigger news however, take another look at the picture. See anything familiar? (Besides Wang ZhiZhi.) Is that an Orange Roundie? It sure looks like an Orange Roundie.
Could the Orange Roundie, like Wang ZhiZhi, have sought a brighter tomorrow overseas? Has anyone heard from the Orange Roundie since his hopes and dreams were shattered by the diabolical David Stern and his American basketball league? Perhaps through Wang ZhiZhi the Orange Roundie will come to rule all things basketball in China. First China, then the world …
They had to ship all those roundies somewhere, right?
I would think Roundie would be pretty happy taking over China. They have a lot more people than the US. And that’s probably where Roundie was born anyway (Not conceived, necessarily. But born, most likely).
I’m so glad I bet the over on the number of times you could use “Wang ZhiZhi” in one article.
10 times. 9 Wang ZhiZhi’s and 1 just Wang. Proud, I am. I had to take advantage of the fact I might never discuss Wang ZhiZhi again.
Probably best to do it that way… you wouldn’t want to have NO Wangs, but two Wangs would seem a little weird.
Nels. That’s so funny that you thought the Orange Roundies had to be shipped anywhere. Where do yo think they made those things in the first place.
TVBrain - Thailand, actually.
It’s actually fascinating to read the recaps on China.org. The American players names are written like they’re in a phone book (Greene Terrence, Dixon Jason) and they’re only noted for their mistakes. Yay communism!
http://www.china.org.cn/english/sports/205296.htm
I’ll admit, tonight’s loss was a tough one for my boys but then again… any loss that brings the Cavs one step closer to the 5th seed in the conference is a good loss by me!