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NBA 2K19 on PS4 will have an all-star Chinese commentary lineup
Enjoy hearing the Inside the NBA crew in 2K? Their Chinese counterparts will be in 2K19
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The NBA is huge in China. It is the first Western sports league where a Chinese athlete -- Yao Ming -- made a mark.
And Kobe Bryant is arguably the biggest US sportsman China has ever seen. Millions of fans bawled their eyes out when Kobe suffered his career-altering injury in 2013 (yes, myself included -- grown men cry for Kobe).
So It makes perfect sense that NBA 2K will want to further expand its gamer base in China. On Thursday, it announced that NBA 2K19 on PS4 will feature an all-star Chinese commentary lineup, including famous commentators Su Qun and Yang Yi.
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Before I fell in love with TNT’s Inside the NBA -- arguably the smartest, most entertaining and iconic NBA show out there -- I grew up listening to these Chinese sportscasters.
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They are wordsmiths who apply Chinese wartime idioms -- some serious Sun Tzu stuff -- to basketball. And besides their verbal wizardry, they also win my approval because they are raging Kobe fans.
The US version of NBA 2K has long featured most of the crew from Inside the NBA: Ernie Johnson Jr., Shaq and Kenny Smith. (For some reason, Chuck doesn’t show up.)
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