Karan Madhok

Emmanuel Mudiay drives to the hoop during a high school game for Prime Academy in Texas. Mudiay is now playing in China and making seven figures instead of playing in college.

China, not college, could be the next finishing school for top NBA prospects

Sports

Emmanuel Mudiay’s path around college to the NBA could be the new trail for young prodigies. That path winds through China.

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