…in China
The former Laker guard, now running the point for Guangdong of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), is hoping to carry his Southern Tigers to the league title as they play the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the championship series beginning today.
The force behind Xinjiang’s team is Mongolian center Mengke Bateer, the first Chinese player to start for an NBA team and the first to win an NBA championship (San Antonio Spurs, 2003).
Parker, in his second season over there, is among several American ballplayers in China who spoke to me about their experiences recently during my visits to Beijing and Shanghai.
Please see today’s sports section of the Los Angeles Times Sports for the story.
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