Ma Jian (basketball)

Ma Jian (basketball)

Ma Jian (zh-s|马健; Traditional Chinese: 馬健; pinyin: "Mǎ Jiàn", born August 20, 1969 in Tianjin) is a former basketball player from the People's Republic of China. He is known for playing college basketball for the University of Utah from 1993–1995, and becoming one of the first Chinese nationals to play competitive basketball in the United States. He was on the preseason roster of the Los Angeles Clippers in 1995 before being the last player cut. After being cut, Ma served as commentator for Clippers games on Chinese radio station KAZN.

He later returned to China to play for the Beijing Olympians of the Chinese Basketball Association, until he left during the 2000–2001 season.

External links

* [http://www.asianathlete.com/DaScoopsFormDisplay.aspx?ID=2021 Profile of Ma Jian]
* [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/05/16/eyeonchina.sport.majian/index.html Ma Jian Paved Way]


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