Good night, sweet prince.

7/8/2011 11:30:03 PM

(Not Funny)

I expected more.

7/8/2011 11:30:58 PM

packgrad2004

7/8/2011 11:32:44 PM

Yao Ming

7/8/2011 11:33:19 PM

The last Asian of importance in America is now Dice-K. It's a sad state of affairs.

7/8/2011 11:34:29 PM

Ichiro and Matsui > Dice K

7/8/2011 11:53:31 PM

Matsui is only still relevant because of his massive porn collection. I'm beat on the Ichiro point though.

7/8/2011 11:54:45 PM

Retired at 30.

Wonder if he's still gonna play in the olympics.

7/8/2011 11:57:19 PM

Bruce Chen is relevant

so is Anthony Kim

7/9/2011 12:00:20 AM

Yushin okami

7/9/2011 12:42:47 AM

Good morning, sweet duke

7/9/2011 1:27:26 AM

Yao is gonna to HOF man.

8/16/2011 5:14:29 PM

In china. As the only member

8/16/2011 5:20:54 PM

8/16/2011 5:23:03 PM

It's all about politics. China needs a representative.

8/16/2011 5:24:00 PM

The basketball situation in China is pretty interesting.

The state-run basketball program has the top coaching, equipment, etc. that only a select few get to use. Children are specifically groomed to be basketball players and some selected for the program are as young as 7. Naturally, when you are trying to guess how good a child will be at basketball, height is a major indicator. China is now left with a squad of tall players but no skill position players like pg.

This is a obviously a contrast to America's basketball grooming environment where everyone has access to some coaching and equipment and the best players at skill positions evolve overtime by playing against one another.

8/16/2011 5:37:36 PM

Because China isn't as rich as US.

8/16/2011 5:41:01 PM

State run systems are better for things like gymnastics but I think competitive and decentralized systems are better for team sports.

[Edited on August 16, 2011 at 5:50 PM. Reason : ]

8/16/2011 5:50:38 PM