Rong “Krystal” Niu, better known to basketball fans as Red Panda, has been a consistent fixture across NBA, WNBA, and college basketball since decades. The Chinese-American acrobat made her NBA debut back in 1993 and has performed in hundreds of halftime shows in addition to being a former America’s Got Talent and Britain’s Got Talent participant.

Red Panda was last seen performing during the halftime show of the 2025 WNBA Commissioner's Cup championship game, when she suffered a serious wrist injury after falling from her unicycle. Since then, she has undergone wrist surgery and is now confirmed to be returning for the upcoming season.

“We are sending out this note to thank everyone for their heartfelt wishes to Red Panda for a speedy recovery from her fall. It was a very serious i

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