It can be hard to take seriously the eye-popping per-game stats former NBA players put up in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Former BYU star Jimmer Fredette is averaging a league-leading 38.3 points per game, and he's one of eight CBA players outscoring the NBA's leading scorer, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (30.7 PPG).
When you account for playing time, pace of play and the way American imports are force-fed scoring opportunities, it's possible to turn CBA stats into something more understandable for NBA fans. That's precisely what my translated stats are designed to do -- they're based on the track record of players who have gone back and forth between China and either the NBA or the D-League.
Let's take a look at what these translations suggest for this year's top imports when compared to the NBA, and what that means for their chances of making it back to America -- or, in the case of 2016 Boston Celtics first-round pick Guerschon Yabusele, excelling when he does come to the NBA.