height_ft weight_lb birth_place nationality career_end position height_in birth_date article_title name career_start
6 220 shanghai , china chinese 2008 small forward 8 30 march 1989 xu yong -lrb- athlete -rrb-
 xu yong 2004
xu yong -lrb- athlete -rrb-

`` this article is about the athlete .
for the academic , see xu yong -lrb- historian -rrb- . ''
xu yong -lrb- born march 30 , 1989 -rrb- is a former chinese professional basketball player born in shanghai , china .
he last played for the shanghai dongfang sharks of the chinese basketball association .
xu yong was often considered as one of chinas major basketball talents , third only to yao ming and yi jianlian .
after several dominating performances in the chinese basketball association , xu had to end his basketball career at age 19 after being diagnosed with osteosarcoma .
