Raymond has covered well the movement of a couple of Yao Ming‘s Rocket teammates in China.

First, Luis Scola stayed in China after the Olympics and visited Wednesday with Sohu.com to do an online interview.

He also stayed in Beijing to shoot a new commercial for Anta, now a Scola sponsor, and Luis started a roadshow to visit Anta’s headquarters and factory in Guangzhou and Jinjiang. Scola also participated in a friendly Anta-organized basketball tournament with reporters from 6 major Chinese media outlets.

Click here for more photos from Scola’s online chat and his basketball action with the media.

Like Scola, Steve Francis is also in Beijing as part of an Anta tour to launch his new signature shoes, and was interviewed by Sohu.com as well.

Click here for more photos of Francis meeting with Sohu. Below is part of the interview that Francis gave to Sohu.

Francis had asked Yao Ming to pick him up at the airport, and later they had dinner together along with Scola (since it was private, there are no photos available).

Later Francis and Scola flew to Guangzhou where they coached and played hoops with some of their fans.

Afterwards, Francis and Scola left for Jinjiang of Fujian where they visited Anta’s headquarters and factory.

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