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PostPosted: 04/15/19 8:58 am    ::: Chinese players give up WNBA for Military Games, Olympics Reply Reply with quote
https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d414e3051444d34457a6333566d54/index.html

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Chinese basketball players Sun Mengran and Li Meng, both playing for WCBA's Bayi Kylin, have decided to turn down offers from the WNBA and stay in China to prepare for the 7th International Military Sports Council (CISM) Military World Games as well as qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics, Shen Yang of Tencent Sports reported on Monday.



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PostPosted: 04/15/19 9:16 am    ::: Reply Reply with quote
The Military Games are in October, by the way. Asia Cup at the end of September, Olympic pre-qualifiers in November. So every last one of them after the WNBA season is over, most well over a month afterwards. This is all a little ridiculous. If you wanted to stay home to train and practice for months on end, why did you sign in the first place?



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PostPosted: 04/15/19 1:04 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
My guess is that bureaucrats behind the scenes are pulling the players in different directions. China is known for having national policies undermined by local officials. Han said that her change in status was settled at the last moment when her team gave her permission to play in the WNBA. These two players are both from Bayi Kylin, so maybe their management has a different view.



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PostPosted: 04/15/19 4:14 pm    ::: Reply Reply with quote
The surge of Chinese players signing this year was very strange. Now some won't show? Very odd.



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