China-US International Basketball Star Game will be held in Sanya, Haikou

Reposted from: People's Daily - Hainan Channel

People's Daily Haikou, August 15 (Reporter Li Xueshan) On August 15, the reporter learned from the organizers of the relevant event that the China-US International Basketball Star Competition, guided by the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television and Sports, and the Sports Tourism Branch of the China Travel Agency Association, will be held in Sanya, Haikou in the near future.

Among them, the 2025 "I Love Haikou Cup" China-US International Basketball Star Game will be staged at the Haikou Hainan University Gymnasium on August 29. Former NBA All-Star center Cousins led the team to launch a strong challenge to the Guangdong National Games men's basketball team, which is the team's CBA 11 champion Guangdong Hongyuan.

International Superstars Sanya Tour and the 2025 Sanya China-US International Basketball Star Game will be staged at Sanya Egret Stadium on August 31.

The US lineup for this tournament is led by former NBA star Cousins, as well as the "passerby king" champion and NCAA star player Niven Hart, who is well-known to Chinese fans. This is also the first time that such a status NBA star has been invited to Hainan to participate in the official game. Cousins was previously known as the "NBA No. 1 center". In his 12 seasons in the NBA, he played for many teams including the Kings, Pelicans, Warriors, Lakers, etc., and averaged 20.2 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. He was selected as the NBA All-Star four times, winning the Olympic Championship and the World Cup championship.

The Chinese representative is played by the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, the host of the 15th National Games. The team is coached by Du Feng, former head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, and Zhu Fangyu, a former meritorious player of the national team and current general manager of Guangdong Hongyuan, serves as the team leader. The team's core players Hu Mingxuan, Du Runwang, Xu Jie, Xu Xin, Wang Shaojie, Ren Junfei and Zhou Peng are all listed (the final appearance list is subject to the head coach's arrangement). This is also the first time that the Guangdong team, which is widely loved by fans, has come to Qiong to participate in the competition.

It is reported that tickets to these two games have been released simultaneously on Damai and Douyin platforms today (the specific information is subject to the relevant platform). During the event, it is expected that celebrity fans meetings and celebrity charity training camps will be held.