The Chinese Basketball Association season begins tonight (Saturday), and former Heat, Rockets and Thunder point guard John Lucas III welcomed it with a fight.

What the fight was about, I have no idea, and who instigated it, I have no clue. Whether John Lucas III did anything wrong is similarly unclear, as is who the rest of the people involved were. All we know about said fight is that it spawned these two hilarious pictures:




Most fights look pretty pathetic when viewed in picture form only. But this looks particularly tepid. And that's why it's hilarious. Lucas has so far avoided Tweeting about the incident, but it can't hurt to ask him.

Additionally, the list of CBA imports for next season, previously speculated at here, now looks to be complete. It follows this semi-colon;

1. Guangdong - Smush Parker, David Harrison
2. Xinjiang - Myron Allen, Charles Gaines
3. Jiangsu - DerMarr Johnson, Jameel Watkins
4. Shaanxi - Corsley Edwards, Tim Pickett
5. DongGuan - Dajuan Tate, Alexander Johnson
6. Fujian - Chris Porter, Jelani McCoy
7. Zhejiang Lions - Rodney White, Peter John Ramos
8. Shandong - Andre Emmett, Stromile Swift
9. Beijing - James Mays, Cedric Bozeman
10. Shanxi - Donta Smith, Michael Sweetney, Maurice Taylor (maximum of two imports, so a cut to come)
11. Bayi - None
12. Liaoning - Olumide Oyedeji, Brandon Robinson
13. Jilin - Leon Rodgers, Soumaila Samake
14. Zhejiang Cyclones - Andre Brown, Marcus E. Williams
15. TianJin - Herve Lamizana, Brandon Crump
16. Qingdao - Frans Steyn, Chris Williams
17. Shanghai - John Lucas III, Garret Siler


Players to have tried out unsuccessfully for places include Mario West, Courtney Sims, Lorenzen Wright, Lee Benson, Ansu Sesay, Frank Robinson, Will Conroy and Donnell Harvey. Kirk Snyder wanted to return, but the CBA didn't want him. The league appears to have gotten pickier this year, which can only be good.


Sticking with the Asia theme, in non-Chinese world news, Ekene Ibekwe (of Maryland and Raptors summer league fame) has signed in Iran with a team called Imam Harbour, and former Bulls and Suns camp invitee Jeff Varem has also signed in Iran with Saba Mehr. There, he will replace Priest Lauderdale, as the world's tallest Bulgarian is currently injured. And former Hornets forward Sean Banks has also gone east, signing with Zain in Jordan. The other non-Jordanians in the Jordanian Premier League are Kendall Dartez, Rasheim Wright, Damian Cantrell, Jamal Schoetz, LaMarr Greer and John Thomas III. (Not to be confused with John Lucas III.)