US streetball icon finds a home court in China

Grayson Boucher, known around the world as "The Professor", returned to China this summer — not just for another tour, but for what feels like the beginning of something lasting.

At 41, the longtime streetball icon from the United States has spent two weeks this month crisscrossing five cities across China as part of a new partnership with domestic sportswear company Anta. The trip, he said, opened his eyes to how far China's basketball culture — and his bond with it — has come.

"I look forward to coming back and hopefully touring and expanding our business much more," Boucher told China Daily.