Dallas Mavericks sign Chinese MVP Ding Yanyuhang 

Ding Yanyuhang highlights vs. Celtics

Ding Yanyuhang gets MVP chants after his performance against the Celtics!

DALLAS – The Dallas Mavericks announced today that they have signed guard-forward Ding Yanyuhang (pronounced yin-you-hong). Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Ding (6-7, 205) has spent the last seven seasons playing professionally for China’s Shandong Golden Stars. In 45 games for Shandong in 2017-18, he averaged 26.0 points, 5.2 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game en route to winning his second consecutive Chinese Basketball Association Domestic MVP award.

Ding played on the Mavericks’ Orlando and Las Vegas summer league teams in 2017.

The Xinjiang, China native has represented the Chinese national team in international competition, including the 2016 Olympic Game

Source: Mavericks sign Ding Yanyuhang – Official Website of the Dallas Mavericks