Ding Yanyuhang
Ding Yanyuhang was born in Karamay, Xinjiang, China on August 20th, 1993 and is the Chinese Basketball Player. At the age of 31, Ding Yanyuhang biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 31 years old, Ding Yanyuhang has this physical status:
Touted as one of the CBA's best young stars, Ding scored 18.9 PPG at the young age of 20 in the 2013-14 CBA season, but started to suffer from injuries soon after. In the summer 2015 he suffered from a left knee fracture that limited his minutes in the 2015–16 season. However, once he returned healthy, Ding was named the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) All-Star Game Most Valuable Player in 2017. He was also named the CBA's regular season Domestic Most Valuable Player in 2017 and 2018. Due to his ongoing injuries and severe degenerative knees, Ding did not play for China in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and was out until October 2021.
In 2017, Ding played with the Dallas Mavericks in the 2017 NBA Summer League in Orlando, Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada. On July 23, 2018, Ding signed a contract with the Mavericks. He was waived on October 10, 2018, due to an ongoing knee injury. The Mavericks originally planned to have him play 8–12 minutes per game. Ding was then added to the roster of the Texas Legends, but was still inactive due to injury.
On October 16, 2021, Ding returned to Shandong for the first time in more than 3 years, and scored 19 points against the Beijing Royal Fighters in 24 minutes of play. He later scored 9 3-pointers and 34 points in a 102-90 win against the Nanjing Monkey Kings on October 24.
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National team career
On June 25, 2013, Ding Yanyuhang finally made his debut in the Chinese men's basketball team. Facing Ukraine in an exhibition, Ding scored 7 points in the first half to lead the team to a 112–88 victory. However, he was ultimately excluded from the 12-man list of the Asian basketball championships.
On February 26, 2014, the Chinese basketball association has announced the 2014 first batch of men's basketball training list. Four basketball players from Shandong Heroes, Ding Yanyuhang, Sui Ran, Li Jingyu, Tao Hanlin, were in the list.
In the 2014 Incheon Asian games, Ding Yanyuhang scored 10 or more points in four of the five games. However, China lost to Iran in a stunning upset during the quarterfinals and did not medal in men's basketball for the first time ever at the Asian Games.
On August 6, 2018, Ding Yanyuhang was selected to the list of Chinese sports delegation for the 18th Asian games. Despite playing with clear knee injuries, Ding helped Chinese men's basketball team win the Asian games title for the eighth time with an 84–72 victory over Iran in the 2018 Asian games final in Jakarta on Sept. 1, 2018.
Ding represented the Chinese national basketball team at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha, China, where he won a gold medal. He also played at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Due to his ongoing injuries and severe degenerative knees, Ding did not play for China in the 2019 FIBA World Cup, and as of December 2019 he has not played in a professional game since the summer of 2018.