Mengke Bateer

Mengke Bateer
Mönkhbaatar

Personal information
Born	(1975-11-20) November 20, 1975 (age 48) Hanggin Banner, Inner Mongolia, China
Nationality	Chinese
Listed height	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Listed weight	290 lb (132 kg)
Career information
NBA draft	1997: undrafted
Playing career	1997–2014
Position	Center
Number	27, 34, 14, 42
Career history
1997–2002	Beijing Ducks
2002	Denver Nuggets
2002–2003	San Antonio Spurs
2003–2004	Toronto Raptors
2004–2005	Huntsville Flight
2005–2006	Beijing Ducks
2007–2013	Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2013	Sichuan Blue Whales
2013–2014	Beijing Ducks
2014	Shaanxi Xinda Wolves
Career highlights and awards
NBA champion (2003) CBA champion (2014) 4× CBA Most Valuable Player (2006 - later vacated, 2009–2011) 2× CBA All-Star Game MVP (2002, 2005) No. 9 retired by the Beijing Ducks
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball Reference
Medals Men's basketball Representing  China Asian Games 1998 Bangkok 2002 Busan Summer Universiade 2001 Beijing

Mengke Bateer (simplified Chinese: 孟克巴特尔; traditional Chinese: 孟克巴特爾; pinyin: Mèngkè Bātè'ěr, pronounced [mə̂ŋkʰɤ̂ pátʰɤ̂àɚ]; born November 20, 1975) or Mönkhbaatar, commonly referred to simply as Bateer in China, is a former Mongolian-Chinese professional basketball player. As a center, he played parts of three seasons in the NBA, winning the NBA Finals with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003; Bateer is one of two players born in China to win an NBA championship, the other being shooting guard/small forward Sun Yue, who won the 2009 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers.^[1]

Bateer spent the majority of his career competing in the Chinese Basketball Association for the Beijing Ducks and Xinjiang Flying Tigers before ending his career with the Sichuan Blue Whales in the lesser National Basketball League.