Basketball Career in China
Wang was born in Beijing. Some official Chinese documents have listed his birth year as 1979, though this date has been disputed, since his military ID card says he was born in 1977. Recently most Chinese media have used 1977 as his birth year. Wang joined the Army club in 1994. When the Chinese Basketball Association started in 1995, Wang was one of the youngest players in the league. Nevertheless, he soon became a starter in the star-studded army team Bayi Rockets. From 1995 to his departure for the NBA after the 2001 Finals, the import-less Bayi Rockets won all CBA Finals and National Games of the PRC. The Bayi dynasty was upended by Yao Ming and the Shanghai Sharks as soon as Wang left for the NBA.
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