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Who will have more fans in their home country Yao or Boki?

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by Saphan, Sep 20, 2002.

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  1. Saphan

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    Hmm, let me think... Nachbar?
     
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    Are you aznlincolnpark reincarnation?
     
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    Nachbar....easy! In China, they don't know BO about basketball.:D
     
    #3 Sendman, Sep 20, 2002
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    Too bad that that China has such a large pop. 10% could end up being more than Slovenia itself. What is the pop of it, anyway?
     
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    Yao will have more fans in Slovenia than Boki. There's no Boki mania last time I checked. MMUUWWAAHAAHAAHAA.
     
    #5 Panda, Sep 20, 2002
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    According to the CIA Factbook , there are about 1.9 million people living in Slovenia. And about ten that know about Boki or Yao...;)
     
    #6 Lobo, Sep 20, 2002
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    0.2% of China's total population would be more than the whole Slovenia...

    -G'day-
     
    #7 C-Kompii, Sep 20, 2002
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    yoa ming , yoa ming , yoa ming , yoa ming .... the savior of china!
     
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    2mio :D



    I think there are two. Me and Sendman.:)
     
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    The CIA actually reports that the Slovenians actually think of "Boki" more as a type of porridge than "Boki" the basketball player, and "Yao" is a commonly used pick-up line at the local beer halls.
     
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    yao will have more fans in Shanghi :eek:
     
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    By sheer population, Yao HAS to have more fans in China. The NBA has a big enough worldwide presence to garner at least THAT much interest.

    China is HUGE!

    :)
     
    #12 DarkHorse, Sep 20, 2002
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    gotta be yao ming!!!!!! he got fans worldwide:D :D :D
     
    #13 coke, Sep 20, 2002
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    Yao, by a count of 30,000, or so I believe.

    alan
     
    #14 SxAxTxAxNx666, Sep 20, 2002
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    I'd guess that Yao will have more Chinese fans in NY, San Fran/Oakland,
    and Chicago than Boki's whole country.
     
    #15 DavidS, Sep 20, 2002
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    Don't think so. Based on US census data, and if you consider that maybe 10% of the Chinese American population is interested in basketball, I would put that number close to 1 million. NY, SF/Oakland, LA (which is big ...) and Chicago may take 60%. So, I guess that number will be around 600,000 in those big cities. I bet that there are more slovanian bb fans than that number, though.

    In addition, I really think that people should be a fan of some one not beacuse of their race but because of their skills. I think Yao Ming would certainly prefer bb fans around the world love to watch him play not just the Chinese bb fans.

    I know I loved to watch Jordan play and I am not a black dude.

     
    #16 fwang, Sep 20, 2002
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    No offense, but please spell it right. Yao Ming.
     
    #17 JamesC, Sep 21, 2002
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