Take a look at his highlight reel. Looks good. Great backstory (from war-torn Sudan). And wants to play pro ball. He is 19 and is at one of those finishing schools back east. Essentially a 5th year of high school. The NBA says you have to be 19 and graduate high school to be in the draft.
It was Dickens who said “the law is a ass, a idiot.” (sic) I think the rule of reason should apply here. If you are the commish, why make him go to China for a year? In this case it serves no educational or commercial purpose.