The announcement confirmed February's report by SB Nation's NetsDaily.

"We're thrilled to bring the Kings experience back to our fans in China," said Vivek Ranadivé in a team statement. "Over 300 million Chinese men and women play basketball so there's huge potential to connect with new and existing fans. We'll be volunteering in the community, as well as utilizing technology and social media to share our trip with Kings fans around the world. We look forward to playing the Brooklyn Nets, who share our philosophy that basketball is the preeminent global sport of the 21st century."

The trip falls in line with Ranadive's NBA 3.0 concept. On his trip to Sacramento earlier this season, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said he anticipates a preseason game taking place in Ranadive's home country of India in the future.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23ThrowbackThursday&amp;src=hash">#ThrowbackThursday</a>: 20 memorable photos from 2004 Kings trip to China – <a href="http://t.co/YIiV1hfjKY">http://t.co/YIiV1hfjKY</a> <a href="http://t.co/dYPrazGtM5">pic.twitter.com/dYPrazGtM5</a></p>&mdash; Sacramento Kings (@SacramentoKings) <a href="https://twitter.com/SacramentoKings/statuses/454340298160611328">April 10, 2014</a></blockquote>

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