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Message: [QUOTE="willtalk, post: 3127596, member: 1220"] Probably because they were already playing professionally in China and are certainly part of the Chinees national team. Communist countries make it hard even for professional teams to sign their players. Any contract needs to be approved by the government. The players do not even get to keep all the money. The only reason that these players got the approval of the government was that they felt playing in the WNBA would help their development. They were not even drafted as high as their abilities dictated because how soon or often they would be available to the teams that drafted them. You overestimate Gino's pull in respect to foreign and even more and more his appeal to domestic players. Besides the better players really have nothing to say in where they go. They also would need the approval of the National team and I am sure those coaches believe they are just as good as Geno even if by chance they are not. [/QUOTE]