NBA to help CBA develop local coaches

National Basketball Association (NBA) commissioner David Stern has some investment advice for star center Yao Ming: buy an NBA team after he retires.

Stern was only half joking as he is fully aware of the importance of the fast-growing market in the world's most populous nation.

However, Yao's business prospects are in the future and yesterday Stern's ambitions took a more immediate step forward in the mainland as the NBA and Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced a comprehensive multi-year collaboration to foster coaching development in China.