On June 30, 1999, Dallas selects Wang Zhizhi with the 36th pick of the draft. Moments after, a Nike agent patches through Perot Jr. to Wang. "We'll be coming to get you real soon," the Texan says.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Speculation that Wang Zhizhi might defect to the United ... a former No. 1 overall draft pick. Manning signed as a free agent by the Mavericks in August, played in 41 games ...

Wang Zhizhi suddenly found himself listening to a live broadcast of the National Basketball Association draft. “With the 36th pick,” the disembodied voice intoned, “the Dallas Mavericks ...

Although Wang Zhizhi is a very big man ... Although Wang had been selected by the Mavericks in the second round of the 1999 draft, his teamthe army-run August 1 Rockets had refused to let him ...

Chinese giant center Wang Zhizhi will become the first Asian and first army officer to join Dallas Mavericks, his military-owned club Bayi Rockets and Chinese Basketball Management Center (CBMC ...

Wang Zhizhi's play was unremarkable, but his diplomatic moves during his NBA career were as puzzling as they were controversial. The Mavericks picked him in the 1999 NBA Draft after receiving his ...

BEIJING (AP) -- Wang Zhizhi's brief stint with the Dallas Mavericks might have been his only chance to play in the NBA. The 7-foot-1 Wang, the first Chinese-born player in the NBA, joined the ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Former NBA forward Wang Zhizhi has been included in a 16-man China squad made up of home-based players for next month's Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Houston Rockets center Yao ...

DALLAS (AP) — Wang Zhizhi has come to appreciate American pop culture in the form of Britney Spears and SUVs, the Backstreet Boys and Texas steaks. But the Dallas Mavericks' second-year forward ...