The China Post
September 2, 2010
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Nineteen-year-old forward Sang Yi-ching was in the limelight again yesterday when he was selected by Bank of Taiwan as the No. 1 pick in the annual draft of Taiwan’s top basketball league, 18 months after winning Most Valuable Player as a high school senior.
“Today is an important day in my basketball career, but I know I have a lot to learn,” Sang told the media after the 2010 Draft of the Super Basketball League (SBL), Taiwan’s seven-team semi-professional league.
Sang, who led Song-shan High School to the 2009 Taiwan men’s high school championship title and is currently a sophomore at National Taiwan Normal University, was joined by 10 others out of 23 total applicants who heard their names called by team representatives.
According to league regulations, university students must choose between playing exclusively in the university league or the SBL, which means Sang will not be able to play for Bank of Taiwan — which finished last season ranked at the bottom — before 2013 if he stays in school. [FULL STORY]
