Nets Standouts Help China Find Bricks For A New Great Wall

nytimes.com
May. 21, 2009
BEIJING (Reuters) - New Jersey Nets Devin Harris and Brook Lopez glimpsed the seven-foot future of Chinese basketball this week and saw enough to be convinced the talent pool that produced Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian has by no means dried up.
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