<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'></p> </p> Yi's Exit Leaves Chinese Hoops Floundering ...</p> </p> Yi Jianlian's departure to join fellow Chinese Yao Ming in the NBA has led to diminished interest in domestic basketball, local media reported on Thursday.</p> </p> Six of the 17 teams in the professional Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league have no TV coverage of their home games due to "low audience ratings and limited marketing opportunities", the China Daily reported.</p> </p> "It is a very embarrassing situation," Hao Guohua, director of the CBA's managing office, told the paper. -- <font color="#000000">China Daily</font></p> </div></p> <div style="clear: both"></div>
