Re: Ming Dynasty??

[Way Of The Ray <wayray@ix.netcom.com>]

Don't know what happened to Zhi Zhi, but with the current hostilities,
I can't see the Chinese releasing him from the national team to play
in the U.S., unless of course they want him to steal Pitino's top
secret pressing and trapping secrets.
Ray


j.hironaka@unesco.org wrote:
> 
> Thanks "Way" for posting that article on 7-5 Chinese center (Yao Ming),
> although, I ask you, what ever happened to my man Zhi Zhi "Rice Man"
> Wang (seriously)?
> 
> Look folks, I've been waiting ALL MY LIFE for just one Asian boy to make
> it to the NBA. This year a Japanese guard represented Asia in the Nike
> All Star game (Dirk Nowitzki's breakout game last year), but he isn't
> much of a prospect IMHO. I spent a year in Beijing procrastinating as a
> graduate student (studying Mandarin as a requirement), so inevitably
> I've kinda learned about the basketball scene over there. FYI, they have
> MORE people playing organized basketball out there than any other
> country in the world, and they also have some big and tall dudes up
> north (most of the Chinese we see who emigrate are from the south, not
> that they are necessarily wimps either). If you look at the national
> team, you'll see three or four legitimate 7 footers who are not just
> petuitary gland cases. These are huge guys. Mastadons. Their elbows are
> the size of my butt cheeks.
> 
> I don't know what I'm saying! Quanto e bella e dolce la vita! Have a
> good weekend, fellow Celts listers.
> 
> Joe
> 
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