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Basketball was brought to China in the 189's by YMCA missionaries who participated in some of the first peach basket games in Springfield, where the sport was invented
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Lots of the military soldiers start playing as a way to keep fit and have fun.
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China makes its first ever national FIBA basket ball team.
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CCTV (China’s Central Television) broadcasted the first game of the NBA Finals live.The network broadcasted the first seven game finals from the NBA live in China.
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The CBA was founded in 1995, it was introduced in 1930s so it took around 65 years to become offical
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China’s players Yao Ming, Mengke Bateer and Wang Zhi Zhi went to their first Olympic games in Sydney.
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Wang Zhi Zhi of the basketball team Dallas Mavericks made history as the first NBA player from China and played his first game with his team which were and still are the Dallas Mavericks against Atlanta.
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Yoa's arrial to the NBA made the NBA alot more popular in china
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Yao ming was the first non usa born NBA player, he was drafted in 2002
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on the 21st of july lebron james took a tour to china to help with the sports growth