Book review: ‘Brave Dragons,’ about an American basketball coach in China

It seems fitting that Jim Yardley's rollicking book about basketball in China should come out just as the world gets swept up in "Linsanity," the electrifying rise of Jeremy Lin, the New York Knicks' 23-year-old Taiwanese American point guard. No, Lin wasn't born in China (try California). He didn't hone his skills in the rigid Chinese sports system (think Ivy League). Nor did he ever play for the Shanxi Brave Dragons, the team of misfits and underdogs that Yardley follows for a season in the Chinese Basketball Association.
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Lori Montgomery 18 Feb, 2012
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