Abdusalam Abdurixit (; ; born May 20, 1996) is a Chinese professional
basketball
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player for the
Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the
Chinese Basketball Association
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(CBA).
"Abudushalamu Abudurexiti" is the
Chinese Pinyin rendering of his name. His given name has been spelled as "Abdusalam" on the back of his
Chinese national team jersey and his patronymic has been spelled as "Abdurixit" in
English language
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materials distributed to the foreign media by China's national team.
Professional career
After winning the national youth championship in 2014, Abdusalam began his professional career with the
Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the
2015–16 season. In his first season, he averaged 4.0 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.5 assists in 7.3 minutes per game.
He also helped his team win the
2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, scoring 19 points in the championship game against
Al Riyadi.
Despite assuming a greater role in the
2016–17 season for the Flying Tigers, receiving 9.6 minutes per game and starting in 12 games, Abdusalam averaged 3.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, and 0.3 assists.
[ In the 2017 CBA Playoffs his team won the CBA title with a 4–0 sweep of the ]Guangdong Southern Tigers
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in the Finals.
In the 2017–18 season, Abdusalam averaged 6.9 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 0.7 assists in 19.1 minutes per game.[ Despite limited production, he received workouts with NBA teams for the ]2018 NBA draft
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in May 2018.
He joined the Golden State Warriors
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for the 2018 NBA Summer League
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.
National team career
Abdusalam has played for the Chinese national team at 2019 FIBA World Cup qualification.[ On November 26, 2017, he recorded 15 points, seven rebounds, and three assists in a 92–81 win over ]South Korea
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. In December 2017, FIBA
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columnist Enzo Flojo named Abdusalam among the five best Asian power forwards
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who played at FIBA competitions in 2017.
Personal life
Abdusalam is an ethnic Uyghur
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.
References
External links
Abudushalamu Abudurexiti
at Eurobasket.com
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1996 births
Living people
Basketball players from Xinjiang
Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games
Chinese men's basketball players
Small forwards
Uyghur sportspeople
Chinese people of Uyghur descent
Xinjiang Flying Tigers players
Asian Games gold medalists for China
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players
Asian Games gold medalists in basketball
Asian Games basketball players for China