Basketball/Yao Ming Stepping Down As CBA Chairman Is Expected To Become FIBA President

Chinese Basketball Association president "mobile Great Wall" Yao Ming, yesterday officially announced his resignation from the position of chairman of the Chinese Basketball League (CBA) after six years in office, but today it is reported that he has just been re-elected as the chairman of the International Basketball Association (FIBA) FIBA Asia, he will have the opportunity to further win the higher position in FIBA, that is, the FIBA president.

Yao Ming, who has been selected for the All-Star Game eight times in his NBA career, also held a jersey retirement ceremony for him in 2017 by the Rockets, becoming the first Chinese player to be retired by an NBA team. In the same year, he was also elected president of the Chinese Basketball Association and served as chairman of the CBA in July.

During his six-year tenure in the CBA, Yao Ming has been committed to the development of its 20 teams to commercialize, but in recent years the CBA has been subject to corruption allegations, and Yao Ming has gradually shifted his focus to the management of the national team. The recent match-fixing cases in Jiangsu and Shanghai Sharks have hit the CBA reputation, and yesterday the CBA also officially announced Yao's resignation as chairman of the board. He will be succeeded by Seo Je-sung.

However, Yao Ming, who is still the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, also said that he will shoulder a more important task next, Yao Ming, who has just confirmed his re-election as the chairman of FIBA Asia, was reported by the media today that he may take over the burden of FIBA President, and there will be such an inference that the rotating cycle of FIBA President is 4 years, and the president of the continents takes turns. This year happens to return to Asia, which also gives Yao Ming, who is quite well-connected in the international basketball world, a good chance to become the new helm of FIBA.