Liu Wei (basketball)

Liu Wei
刘炜

[[Shanghai Sharks|Shanghai Sharks]]
Combo guard
Personal information
Date of birth	January 15, 1980 (1980-01-15)
Place of birth	Shanghai, China
Nationality	Chinese
Listed height	6 ft 2.75 in (1.90 m)
Listed weight	200 lb (91 kg)
Career information
Pro career	1997–present
League	CBA

Medal record
Men's Basketball
Competitor for China
FIBA Asia Championship
Silver	2009 Tianjin	Team
Gold	2011 Wuhan	Team
Asian Games
Silver	2002 Busan	Team
Gold	2006 Doha	Team
Gold	2010 Guangzhou	Team

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Liu.

Liu Wei (simplified Chinese: 刘炜; traditional Chinese: 劉煒; pinyin: Liú Wěi; born January 15, 1980 in Shanghai) is a Chinese professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Shanghai Sharks in the Chinese Basketball Association and China men's national basketball team.

Basketball career

Liu Wei played with Yao Ming for five years on the Sharks before Yao went to the NBA.

Before the 2004-2005 NBA season, when the Houston Rockets and Sacramento Kings played each other twice in the "China Games", the Kings signed Liu for the pre-season. However, he was not picked up after the end of the pre-season, after playing in three games and recording 2 points and 4 rebounds in 34 minutes. He has since gone back to play for the Sharks in the CBA.

Chinese national team

Liu was a part of the China men's national basketball team that competed at the 2002 FIBA World Championship and the 2006 FIBA World Championship. He was also selected to compete with the Chinese national teams that competed at the 2004 Olympic Basketball Tournament in Athens and at the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament in Beijing.