- Ma Jian (basketball)
Ma Jian (zh-s|马健;
Traditional Chinese : 馬健;pinyin : "Mǎ Jiàn", bornAugust 20 ,1969 inTianjin ) is a formerbasketball player from thePeople'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 stationKAZN .He later returned to China to play for the
Beijing Olympians of theChinese 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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