Beijing, Orien Greene stopped by FIBA until July

After signing Orien Greene for a playoff run that will start tonight at home against top-seeded Xinjiang, Beijing has learned that its freshly arrived import won’t be allowed to play in the CBA after FIBA has extended Greene’s two-year suspension from all FIBA competitions, which started on March 12, 2009, through July. Greene, who has been in the country as of Friday, had been awaiting FIBA’s verdict since arriving in Beijing and thus hasn’t practiced with his new team. Greene’s suspension was handed down by FIBA in June 2010 after it was determined that the ex-Florida Gator tampered with a urine sample while playing professionally for a team in the Netherlands.
Greene will be able to appeal, but really there’s no point.