Cavaliers part-owner Huang vows to transform China’s No. 2 basketball league

Cavs investor buys into Chinese basketball league

BEIJING — After becoming part-owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Jianhua ‘Kenny’ Huang’s next goal is to transform pro basketball in his homeland of China.

As an investor in China’s National Basketball League, Huang says he’ll introduce cutting-edge management practices adopted from England’s Premier League and the NFL.

The new NBL also plans to promote homegrown talent, distinguishing itself from the dominant Chinese Basketball Association, where 19 of the 20 top scorers last year were foreigners.

The NBL began as the semiprofessional lower tier of the 17-team CBA, but has become independent.

Huang led an investment group that bought 15 percent of the Cavaliers last year.