Position Center Name Mo Ke Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg) | Nationality China | |
Born September 8, 1982 (age 41)
Changchun, Jilin ( 1982-09-08 ) | ||
Listed height 6 ft 10 ⁄4 in (2.10 m) | ||
Mo Ke (Chinese: 莫科; pinyin: Mò Kē, born September 8, 1982 in Changchun, Jilin) is a basketball player who plays center for the Bayi Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
He entered the 2004 NBA draft, but went undrafted. No NBA teams had shown interest in him since then, and he continued to play for the Bayi Rockets until 2014.
Personal
On September 9, 2009, Mo married to a basketball player, Wang Fan (王凡), who played for the Bayi China Telecom in the WCBA.
On January 24, 2010, his wife collapsed during the team's practice. She was sent to No. 309 Hospital of Beijing for treatment after diagnosis of her condition as pulmonary embolism. Since her collapse, Wang never regained consciousness and she died on February 15, 2010. She was only 24 years old. They were married only for five months.
Mo Ke married swimmer Zhou Yafei in 2012.