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Exxon Mobil Teams Up with NBA in China, US

Oct 06, 2016 01:29 AM EDT

Exxon Mobil Corp. has announced a multi-year sponsorship with the National Basketball Association (NBA) in China and the United States.

Cleveland Cavaliers superstar LeBron James

NBA China: LeBron James trains young Chinese players during Beijing visit

Cristian Andal |

Sep 14, 2016 07:12 AM EDT

Three-time NBA champion LeBron James personally trained a select group of young Chinese basketball players in the country’s capital city of Beijing on Monday with on-court drills and off-court advice.

China's First NBA Starter and Champion Mengke Bateer Retires Due to Diabetes

Cesar Tordesillas |

Aug 18, 2015 08:15 AM EDT

Mengke Bateer, the first Chinese player to start in an NBA game and to win a title, has retired due to health issues, mainly diabetes. Bateer, who is from Inner Mongolia, joined the NBA's Denver Nuggets in 2002 after a five-year stint with the Beijing Ducks. It was also wth the Nuggets that Bateer became the as the first Chinese player to start in an NBA game, according to the website Complex. In that game, Bateer scored four points on a 28 percent shooting.

China NBA News: NBA Conquers China, Builds More Basket Courts In Its Cities

Adrian Darylle Torralba |

Jun 27, 2015 11:25 PM EDT

Chinese cities will soon enjoy more basketball court facilities courtesy of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

NBA China Pledges $1.6M To Build More Basketball Courts In Chinese Communities

L.R |

Jun 26, 2015 05:35 AM EDT

The National Basketball Association's (NBA) China arm guaranteed to spend $1.6 million for constructing and renovating communal basketball courts in elementary, middle, high schools and universities all over the country, as per Shanghai Daily.