Wednesday, September 06, 2000, updated at 17:25(GMT+8)
Sports
American Basketball Team Catches Chinese Clubs' Attention
The American Thunder and Snow basketball team's tour of China has caught the attention of many Chinese basketball clubs. Half of China's division one basketball teams have sent representatives to scout the three games between Chinese and American teams in Anhui Province.
The Thunder and Snow basketball team is a professional team in Atlanta. The club sends sixty to eighty players to the NBA and European teams every year. The team came to China in time for the Chinese men's basketball league draft. The ten new players on the team are all young and played well in the three games in Anhui.
Officials from basketball clubs from Jiangsu province, Beijing, Zhejiang province, Shanghai Municipality and Shandong province, accounting for half of the clubs in the first division Chinese Basketball league came to Anhui to scout foreign players. The head coach of the Beijing Ao Shen team recorded all the games. And a six-member group consisting of the coach of the Shanghai team, manager of the Zhejiang team, head coach of the Jiangsu team and translators, watched all the games.
The team will also play the Jiangsu Nan Gang team in Jiangsu, which will provide more opportunities to scout the team.