Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China,2024Year3moon28Day–Realeague, the team behind the recent successful hosting of the first Greater Bay Area International Sports Business Summit, officially announced that former NBA China executive Greg Stolt has joined its management as senior vice president of basketball operations. He will lead the competition operations of Realeague’s new East Asia regional professional basketball tournament.
Before joining Realague, Greg Stolt worked at NBA Headquarters in the United States and NBA China for 15 years. He served as vice president of basketball operations and made important contributions to the NBA’s basketball promotion and youth training in East and South Asian countries. During his tenure, he led a total of more than 300 basketball development projects, and was deeply involved in the cooperation between the NBA and the Chinese Basketball Association in multiple dimensions such as national team exchanges, coach and referee training, and youth talent development. In addition, Greg is fully responsible for the implementation and operation of the Hainan NBA Basketball Training Center, which is also the first NBA basketball training center in China and currently the largest in the world.
Greg was a professional basketball player. From 1999 to 2006, he played for many professional clubs in Asia, Latin America, Europe and Australia, including the Niigata Swans of the former Japanese Basketball League. Albirex Club and Panasonic Super Kangaroos Club.
Greg will use his rich experience in international basketball operations to assist in the preparations for Realeague’s new competitions, and will be responsible for maintaining close communication with relevant parties such as international basketball organizations, basketball associations, leagues, and clubs.
“We warmly welcome Greg to join us,” said Li Jintian, founder and CEO of Realeague. “We are former colleagues who have known each other for more than 10 years. His passion for basketball and professional abilities are highly compatible with our team. It is up to him to lead basketball. The development and competition operation business gives us more confidence to create a sustainable and healthy competition system and jointly push East Asian professional basketball to new heights.”
Greg Stolt said, “I am honored to join the Realeague team and embark on an exciting new journey. This is an opportunity to create a new platform for the development of basketball in East Asia, and the process will also be full of interesting challenges. Fortunately, we have a An extremely remarkable and unique team to accomplish this mission together.”
Realeague was established in Hong Kong, China in 2023, and plans to launch a new East Asian regional professional basketball tournament. The participating teams are planned to come from Greater China, Japan, South Korea and Mongolia. Realeague is also the initiator and chief organizer of the Greater Bay Area International Sports Business Summit. More than 500 important sports industry leaders from all over the world will attend the first summit in Macau, China in February 2024, including Chairman of Alibaba Group, Brooke Nets owner Tsai Chongxin, International Olympic Committee General Manager of Television and Marketing Services Anne-Sophie Voumard, Chinese Basketball Association Chairman Yao Ming, NBA legendary star Dwyane Wade, etc. Realeague is invested by the Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund Greater Bay Area Fund managed by Gobi Ventures.
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2024-03-28 14:14:49
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