Aiming to deliver double trouble

China's chances against global rivals will be twice as good

With the "Walking Great Wall" enshrined in history, China's men's basketball program has shifted focus on honing young guns in a dual-team national system ahead of hosting the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

At Beijing's national training center, where photos of Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Mengke Bateer hang from the roof, a new crop of players have spent the past month dribbling, passing and shooting as part of a national program designed to reclaim the world-class prowess personified by the trio of retired NBA players.