Wilson Chandler is in China, playing now for the Zhejiang Guagansha Lions, his arrival back in September greeted by camera crews and children bearing boughs of flowers .
It’s Chandler’s second stint in the Chinese Basketball League team, having played here during the 2011 lockout and becoming a popular figure in the county of 57 million people. He averaged 26.6 points and 11.6 rebounds in 32 games that season. Now, after a tumultuous year in Brooklyn —missing the first 25 games because of a PED violation, then opting out of the “bubble”— the 33-year-old came back. He wanted a change, he said in a recent podcast.