Report: Delonte accepts 1-year deal in China

Delonte West is reportedly going to China. (USATSI)

Delonte West will spend next season playing for the Yao Ming-owned Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association, according to Chris Haynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

West, 31, has been out of the NBA since 2012. He played eight games with the Texas Legends of the NBA D-League in 2013 and spent last year in China with the Fujian Sturgeons. This July, he suited up for the Los Angeles Clippers at summer league in Las Vegas, but didn't have a particularly impressive showing in three games.

The combo guard has spoken extensively about the last few years of his career and his desire to return to the NBA, including a long Slate feature and a video sit-down with Vice Sports. He was once an efficient two-way player in the league, and it's hard not to root for him to get another chance. With each passing season, though, it seems less and less likely.

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What would most NBA rookies do when their girlfriend cheats? ‘Call another girl and hang out with her’

We’ve already had one peak into the fun world of the Rookie Transition Program, but looking behind those closed doors is almost entertaining.

The New York Times’ Sarah Lyall, whose tweets provided our previous glimpse into the sessions, now has a full article out about them:

Meanwhile, in the section on financial planning, the players were told to recite the words “I don’t want to go broke” aloud; soon it became a chant, with some of them clapping along. And in a session on how to make good decisions, they were shown clips from familiar movies and asked to vote, using handheld devices, on what the characters should do next. After a scene from “Blue Jasmine” in which a character gets into a fight with her boyfriend after she sleeps with another man, the players voted on what they would have done, with options including “hit the girlfriend” and “leave and go get high and drunk.” (No one chose those.) Sixty-two percent of the rookies said they would “call another girl and hang out with her.”

Is the NBA promoting promiscuity? Maybe, but at the same time, the league is sending a countering message. Lyall:

To deter the rookies from partaking, there was a slide show juxtaposing photographs of beautiful semi-clad women with photographs of hideously diseased genitalia. There was also a handout listing how much child support the rookies would be required to pay in various states, should they find themselves in sudden possession of a child after a one-night stand. “It was disturbing,” said Tyler Ennis, 20, a freshman star at Syracuse University who was drafted to play for the Phoenix Suns.

Of course, it’s easy to vote one way in front of the NBA execs who run the program. I’m not sure not every player would actually run from drugs and alcohol and into the arms of another woman – especially after seeing those slides.