July 15 2009 Yao Ming announced through Shanghai media he will buy all of Shanghai basketball club team’s shares, becoming the sole owner of the team. People praised Yao’s courage and sense of responsibility but could not help worry about him becoming the boss – how to put a precarious team back on track in the current non-profitable market.
read more »
As you might have been bombarded by the news, Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is buying his former CBA team, the Shanghai Sharks. The team finished the second last in the 08-09 season, the worst ever result in club’s history...
read more »
Guangdong Southern Tigers beat Xinjiang Flying Tigers 106-95 in the fifth game of CBA finals, notching their fifth CBA title in six years.
The Southern Tigers set a new CBA record this season by winning 29 games in a row until Xinjiang managed to grab a victory in the 3rd game of the finals.
read more »Shanxi Zhongyu, the Taiyuan-based CBA club, told press on Jan.31 about their decision to release Bonzi Wells, the most notable foreign aid in the league. Mr.Wells left Shangxi for the US on Jan. 22 and was supposed to come back on 27, according to the Shanxi club, who is to play Jilin Northeast Tigers tonight on Feb.1.
read more »US basketball player, Gabe Muoneke's account of being roughed up post-match by the entire Shanghai Sharks team.
read more »
2008 is by all means an extraordinary year for China’s sports. Not merely because this country won so many golds in the Beijing Games, there’re actually so much more interesting things beyond that if we comb back closely, either about its sports administration and regime, or simply the government itself.
read more »Li Zhigang, a reporter from the Chinese version of Sports Illustrated, posted an article on his blog yesterday about his investigation over Yi Jianlian’s age. Yi, now playing at the New Jersey Nets, entered NBA in 2007/2008 season.
read more »We stumbled upon a fascinating post today on Asia Basket. Arthur Volbert, a US-based basketball writer who’s been closely following Chinese basketball, found that ages of 22 CBA players have been changed at the start of season 2008/2009...
read more »
