NBA star Edwards travels to China to help “Basketball Summer”, Adidas’ “Fight” Basketball Grassroots League National Finals ends

2025/08/25 19:13
China.com

“Dover the country”, the classic lines in the comics have made countless grassroots basketball youth excited. On the 10th anniversary stage of Adidas’ “Fighting” Basketball Grassroots League, they finally ushered in their own “National Competition”.

From August 23 to 24, the 2025 Adidas “Fighting” Basketball Grassroots League National Finals (referred to as “Fighting” National Finals) was held in Shanghai. After many rounds of “head-on-head” knockout rounds, Jiangsu Youshengmei finally broke through and won the national championship.

At the scene, Adidas basketball family gathered stars: NBA supernova Anthony Edwards, Hu Mingxuan, who performed well in the Asian Cup of the Men’s Basketball Team, and Lin Wei, the youngest local scorer in the CBA, appeared in surprise, pushing the “Basketball Summer” created by Adidas to a passionate climax.

Edwards airborne the “Fighting” National Finals, triggering “Basketball Summer”

In this “Fighting” national final, a total of eight teams participated, including Jiangsu Youshengmei, Xionggang 1122, Guangdong Zhenli and Da Demon King, four city championship teams, as well as the wildfire OUTLIERS, which was selected and guided by Devin Williams, the initiator of the first year of the fire. Team X selected rookies from Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, Hong Kong Yonglun, the traditional strong team of the Hong Kong First Basketball League, and Taiwan Normal University from Taiwan, Taiwan Island.

During the two-day high-level confrontation, the fast-paced offensive and defensive confrontation, wonderful personal performances and team cooperation made the fans cheer on the scene.

As an NBA star who visited China for the first time, Edwards’ appearance became the focus of the game. He not only expressed his feelings to Chinese fans in Chinese “I love you” many times, and talked about the national championship battle for the 10th anniversary of the “Fighting”, but also bluntly said, “This is a wonderful game. I hope I can win the NBA championship next year”, which instantly ignited the enthusiasm on the scene.

In the interactive session, Edwards, who was the “three-pointer” of the NBA last season, had a midfield long shot duel with outstanding Chinese local pitchers Hu Mingxuan and Lin Wei, and even said that “it’s not satisfying to make a shot”, showing his ultimate love for basketball.

It is worth mentioning that this is Edwards’ first trip to China. Before the National Finals of “Fighting” Adidas also held a fan meeting ceremony of over 1,000 people at Red Rock, the Red Rock Center of Shanghai Expo Cultural Park. At the scene, basketball, music, trend and other elements are cleverly integrated to form an immersive and diverse carnival party. The charm of the new generation of idols is fully blooming, bringing the passion and passion of the arena to the fans, inspiring their regretless love for basketball.

It is reported that Edwards will visit Chengdu and Beijing in the future and witness the global debut of his new combat boots AE 2. As Edwards’ second-generation signature sneakers, its predecessor, AE 1, was named “2024 Best Sneakers” by Complex magazine for its innovative design and technology, successfully igniting the market.

Stars help grassroots basketball, ten years of “wildfires” continue

In the passion and passion, Adidas’ “Fighting” Basketball Grassroots League has accompanied Chinese basketball enthusiasts for ten years and has become a stage for many basketball grassroots players to realize their dreams.

Hu Mingxuan said in an interview, “I have participated in hot activities in the past two years, and the whole atmosphere and the competition are very fierce. Among the grassroots players, there are also many players with highlights. Not to mention, star-level players like Edwards came to the scene to encourage everyone, and then look at everyone’s confrontation, I think the whole atmosphere is very good.”

Adidas’ “Fighting” Basketball Grassroots League, originated in the summer of 2015, aims to provide a display platform for basketball enthusiasts and promote the development of Chinese basketball culture. This year coincides with the 10th anniversary of the “Fighting” league, and the event has ushered in a comprehensive upgrade. From satellite games, city games to national finals, more down-to-earth events have allowed more grassroots basketball players to enter their “national competitions”; from the upgrade of the competition system from three games to three games and three games has made the game more intense and variable.

This summer, “Fighting” has also received help from many NBA stars. James Harden, Jaylen Williams and Edwards visited the Fighting City Finals, Training Camps and Finals. From August 2 to 6, Harden embarked on his seventh China tour hosted by Adidas. To cheer for players to beat drums and celebrate with players… At the final of the 2025 Adidas “Fight” Basketball Grassroots League Guangzhou Station, Harden once again left many famous scenes.

On August 13, NBA new champion Jaylen Williams visited the wildfire training camp and brought a real championship training class to give grassroots players all-round growth from ball skills to stadium spirit.

After ten years of “fire fighting”, the wildfires will never be extinguished. Over the past decade, the scale and influence of Adidas’ “Fighting” basketball grassroots league have been continuously increasing. It not only brings together many folk basketball experts to participate, but also has received support from many well-known NBA stars. The personality and courage to challenge the grassroots basketball, and the persistence and pursuit of excellence of professional basketball, complement each other, Chinese grassroots basketball is endless.