Xue Yuyang

Xue Yuyang (Chinese: 薛玉洋; pinyin: Xuē Yùyáng) is a Chinese basketball player. In 2003 he entered the U.S. National Basketball Association draft without official permission and the Chinese authorities refused to let him play in the U.S. He was selected 57th overall by the Denver Nuggets, who had acquired the 57th pick from the Dallas Mavericks.

At the time of the 2003 draft he was with the now-defunct Hong Kong Flying Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association. As of the 2005–2006 season, he plays for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. He is 7 feet tall and weighs 210 pounds.

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2003 NBA Draft
First Round LeBron James \| Darko Miličić \| Carmelo Anthony \| Chris Bosh \| Dwyane Wade \| Chris Kaman \| Kirk Hinrich \| T. J. Ford \| Michael Sweetney \| Jarvis Hayes \| Mickaël Piétrus \| Nick Collison \| Marcus Banks \| Luke Ridnour \| Reece Gaines \| Troy Bell \| Žarko Čabarkapa \| David West \| Aleksandar Pavlović \| Dahntay Jones \| Boris Diaw \| Zoran Planinić \| Travis Outlaw \| Brian Cook \| Carlos Delfino \| Ndudi Ebi \| Kendrick Perkins \| Leandro Barbosa \| Josh Howard
Second Round Maciej Lampe \| Jason Kapono \| Luke Walton \| Jerome Beasley \| Sofoklis Schortsianitis \| Szymon Szewczyk \| Mario Austin \| Travis Hansen \| Steve Blake \| Slavko Vraneš \| Derrick Zimmerman \| Willie Green \| Zaza Pachulia \| Keith Bogans \| Malick Badiane \| Matt Bonner \| Sani Bečirovič \| Maurice Williams \| James Lang \| James Jones \| Paccelis Morlende \| Kyle Korver \| Remon Van de Hare \| Tommy Smith \| Nedžad Sinanović \| Rick Rickert \| Brandon Hunter \| Xue Yuyang \| Andreas Glyniadakis