BEIJING, China (AFP) — The NBA will provide resources to three basketball training centers in China, one of its most important markets, it announced Wednesday as it seeks to discover the next Yao Ming. China is the biggest market for the organisation outside the US, with an estimated 300 million fans. Yet while spectators abound, world-class Chinese players are fewer and farther between, five years after Houston Rockets star Yao announced his retirement. Three existing […]





