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Plans to send coaches, players abroad for training
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JIANG Lizhang, the first Chinese to become a stakeholder in an NBA team, is keen to use his new-found influence to send mainland players and coaches abroad for training.
The 34-year-old Fujian Province native bought a 5-percent stake in the Minnesota Timberwolves last month. His Shanghai-based company Double-Edged Sports, or Desports, followed it up with the launch of a project called DEBA (Desports Basketball Alliance) yesterday with the aim of combining his resources for the development of the hoop game.
“(The purchase of stake) is an experiment for me, a valuable experience,” said Jiang, an avid basketball fan. “NBA has a strict approval procedure.”
Jiang said after taking suggestions from Timberwolves owner Glen A Taylor, DEBA’s first task will be to send a bunch of talented Chinese coaches and players abroad for training. He also plans to introduce Timberwolves’ talent scouting system into the domestic teams.
Meanwhile, DEBA, which hired China’s national youth team head coach Fan Bin as consultant, has reached an partnership agreement with NBL side Hunan Yongsheng. NBL is China’s second-tier national basketball league after CBA.
“I watched the Olympics. Compared to Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi’s era, the gap between China and other teams in the world has increased,” said Fan, who has coached national teams for 12 years.
China lost all five group stage matches at the Rio Olympics.
“I feel there is an urgent need for communication between coaches, players and their foreign counterparts,” said Fan. “The first step is grooming domestic coaches. I’m happy to contribute to the effort.”
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