Chandler, Smith to Return if Lockout Ends?
Amid ongoing speculation that Chinese teams could elect on their own to release a signee from the NBA when the lockout ends, sources say that Xinjiang management, desperate to win a CBA championship this season, will be the strictest in insisting that Martin and any other player it signs out of the NBA stay for the entire Chinese season even if the lockout is eventually lifted and the 2011-12 NBA season is saved. The suggestion continues to circulate in Chinese basketball circles that (Wilson) Chandler and (J.R.) Smith could be released when the lockout ends by their respective Chinese teams — both in the province of Zhejiang –despite the fact that teams in the CBA have been threatened with sanctions if they waive players in-season to return to the NBA.
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