National Basketball Association legend George Gervin has urged Chinese fans to remain patient ahead of the Beijing Olympics to allow the team to live up to its potential.
The former player known as "Iceman" is in Beijing this week to promote the NBA China Games scheduled next month and the Moto 2 v 2 Challenge, a nation-wide grassroots event staged by NBA China.
"I know fans are crazy for the Olympics but you have to be patient," the former Spurs scoring machine said.
"I am sure the Chinese team has already surprised a lot of people, Yao Ming has grown into one of the best centers in the world and the other kid (Yi Jianlian) is coming up.
"But it doesn't happen over night, it takes a long time if you really want to be a threat at international competitions like the Olympics.
"As for the United States, we had a very long time developing basketball - we played ABA (American Basketball Association) and NBA games for years."
click for mroe details
source : chinadaily.com
Friday, September 28, 2007
NBA Legend Tips Greatness For China's Hoops
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment