Will Bynum makes his Chinese debut in a masking tape jersey

Former NBA player Will Bynum made his Chinese Basketball Association debut on Sunday for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, and it seems the team did not have quite enough lead time to get his jersey ready, so they had to resort to some pretty bootleg improvisations.

Former NBA player Will Bynum made his Chinese Basketball Association debut on Sunday for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, and it seems the team did not have quite enough lead time to get his jersey ready, so he had to resort to a pretty low-rent solution, masking tape and marker.

Here are the pics via Weibo: pic.twitter.com/h7g8UMrNFf

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And here's Bynum's jersey later in the game as the tape started to fail..lmao: pic.twitter.com/Zvtvd4tniX

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Bynum is probably not accustomed to situations like this after spending seven seasons in the NBA.

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The former Pistons guard signed with the team after highly-touted NBA prospect Emmanuel Mudiay injured his ankle, possibly ending his run with the Southern Tigers.

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