St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Apr 10, 2020
Coronavirus impacts former Mizzou players overseas
Panathinaikos' Marcus Denmon, right, jumps to score a basket as Red Star's Taylor Rochestie tries to stop him during their Euroleague basketball match in Belgrade, Serbia, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2017. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)Marcus Denmon heard the news when his overnight flight from China to the U.S. landed on Jan. 24. He was bound for Kansas City to spend time with his wife during the Chinese Basketball Association’s regularly-scheduled Chinese New Year break. He planned to stay about five days, but the messages he received as his plane pulled up to its arrival gate changed his plans.
The Chinese Basketball Association had suspended play indefinitely because of COVID-19.