LAS VEGAS — Dingsanity Interrupted.
The player with the most buzz on the Nets’ summer-league team isn’t first-round pick Dzanan Musa, or even rotation players Jarrett Allen and Caris LeVert. It’s Ding Yanyuhang — nicknamed Dingsanity, the two-time reigning MVP of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Now the question is when he’ll actually play.
Ding participated in parts of practice Thursday, and the Nets are denying Chinese reports that he’s essentially been ruled out for summer league with a right knee injury, but it’s still up in the air whether the 24-year-old guard will play in Friday’s opener versus Orlando.