A chance to open door back to the NBA

The CBA is no longer a nursing home for NBA veterans looking for comfortable paydays as their careers wind down.

Instead, it's become a retraining center for big-name players looking to improve by playing a high number of minutes and putting up impressive numbers in China as they plot a return to the NBA.

For instance, the Boston Celtics built up their bench after the CBA season, signing Terrence Williams, D.J. White and Shavlik Randolph, all of whom played in the CBA regular season, to 10-day contacts.