The Dallas Mavericks yesterday signed guard-forward Ding Yanyuhang (pronounced yin-you-hong).
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 Games.
