The Chinese Basketball Association?s (CBA) Zhejiang Guangsha Lions have made an offer to free agent center Tyson Chandler, ESPN.com reports. Chandler, of course, was a key part of the Mavericks? championship run last season.
The CBA passed a rule this summer prohibiting its teams from signing NBA players under contract. Chandler?s deal with Dallas expired after last season.
Zhejiang Guangsha has already signed restricted free agent Wilson Chandler, who finished last season with the Nuggets after being traded from the Knicks as part of the Carmelo Anthony deal
A major consideration for Chandler is the CBA?s rule requiring NBA players who sign with Chinese teams to stay in the league for the entire season. That would preclude Chandler from returning to the NBA?and cashing in on what figure to be a lucrative contract as one of the top free agents?until the CBA season is over. The Chinese regular season ends in mid-February, and the playoffs go into March.
Chinese teams are aggressively pursuing NBA players now that the NBA season appears to be in real doubt. Guangdong on Friday signed Suns free agent Aaron Brooks, and the Xinjiang Flying Tigers, who already have Nuggets free agent Kenyon Martin under contract, have made offers to Hawks free agent Jamal Crawford and Mavs free agent J.J. Barea, ESPN notes.
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