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Basketball in China is thriving and its rapid growth has seen the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) breeze past Australias National Basketball League (NBL), according to Shanghai Sharks assistant coach Brian Goorjian.Goorjian, 62, spent two decades as a coach in the NBL, winning six titles with three different teams while also spending seven years as head coach of the Australian national team, and he says even the best Australian sides will struggle to challenge those in China.When I was in Australia, basketball was seen as a second-tier sport, Goorjian told ESPN.But there is no doubt it is a first-class sport with a buzz [in China].When I first came here, the basketball was rough and raw. But over the last six years -- with the amount of money that has been put into the development programs and the involvement of the NBA -- its grown enormously. I think the top four teams [in China] are capable of winning the NBL.Goorjian got a feel for Chinese basketball and its tremendous potential for growth when he coached Australia at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After parting ways with the Boomers later in the year, Goorjian elected to make a coaching name for himself in China and made the move to Shanghai.Basketball in China has since boomed and now, after soccer, its the second-most popular sport in the country with roughly the same amount of registered players as American citizens. More than 200 million Chinese people tune in for every national team game, meaning theres more basketball fans in China than any other country in the world.Every aspect of basketball in China is impressive, Goorjian told ESPN.The Chinese love their basketball. When you come here from coaching in Melbourne, and youre involved in the basketball, its like you have moved from the NBL to the AFL. It really feels like Im part of a Collingwood or Carlton, Goorjian said, referencing two of the oldest and best supported clubs in Australian Rules football, which each offer their players world-class training facilities.Everything from the television package, the clothing, the training facilities, the support and sponsorship, its all first class and amazing in China.Goorjian highlights the ability to sign household basketball names as another reason China is a step ahead of Australia.Former NBA players Delonte West and Michael Beasley have both enjoyed a two-year stint in China, while three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas spent a year at Goorjians Sharks.The imports are players that Australia has never seen before, Goorjian said.They do it because theyre highly paid but also because of how well theyre treated here and for the growth of the game. 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