The Real Story behind Wang not playing for Dallas in the summer league.

[FilthyFinMavs]

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DALLAS -- Wang Zhizhi's plans to play for the Dallas Mavericks' summer-league team have hit a snag after he refused to return to China for mandatory training with the national team.

The Mavericks won't allow the free-agent center from China to play in the NBA summer league, citing the franchise's agreement to release Wang to join China's national team whenever asked.

"It's a strange situation where we'd love to have him play on our summer-league teams, but we don't want to be misconstrued in China," Mavericks coach Don Nelson said in Thursday's editions of The Dallas Morning News. "That (Wang returning to China) was our commitment to them."

Nelson declined comment to The Associated Press on Thursday morning.

Wang, 24, continues to work out privately in Los Angeles, said adviser Simon Chan.

The Mavericks haven't had contact with Wang since the end of the season, Nelson said.

China has summoned Wang home to join China's national team in its preparations for the World Championship games in Indianapolis this summer. Wang has since missed two deadlines to return to China.

Dallas owner Mark Cuban said despite the team's decision to not allow Wang to play on the summer-league team, they still hope to re-sign the 7-foot-1 free agent.

The Mavericks have the right to match any offer Wang receives, with a first-year salary up to the league average, about $4.5 million.

[FilthyFinMavs]

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