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Gilbert Arenas Leaves Door Open For Return
Despite an injury ravaged first year in the CBA, Gilbert Arenas has expressed an interest in continuing his basketball adventures in the Middle Kingdom. Speaking to reporters after the last game of the...
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2012/2013 CBA All-Star Round Up: Zhai Yi Soars Whilst Liu Wei Rides The Bench
Two Sharks players went to Guangzhou for the annual CBA All-Star weekend but only one of them finished Sunday night with his head held high. Zhai Yi, Shanghai’s third-string shooting guard emerged out...
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A[renas] to Z[hang Zhaoxu]: Shanghai Sharks 2012/13 Player Grades
The Chinese Basketball Association schedule is done and dusted for another season as far as the Shanghai Sharks are concerned. Nine months of quiet now beckon but not before grades are dished out on a...
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Shark Fin Hoops Comment: Shanghai Jersey Sham Sums Up Lazy Attitude To Fans
If anyone was watching the Shanghai Sharks’ final home games of the 2012/13 season against Liaoning, you probably have been impressed by the smooth, sleek blue jerseys that the Sharks have been...
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DJ White Makes Belated But Brief Debut With Celtics
Former Shanghai Shark DJ White finally made his debut for the C’s on Wednesday night as speculation continues to grow as to whether the power forward is going to earn himself a second ten-day contract...
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For Your Consideration: An Interview With Gilbert Arenas
The following is an article I wrote from January’s edition of That’s Shanghai (p.23-24). Its subject matter is (obviously), Agent Zero himself, Gilbert Arenas. The interview took place in late January,...
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Li Gen To Play For Shanghai In National Games
The CBA might be done for a while but it doesn’t mean that basketball in China stops completely until September when teams start bringing in overseas players for the upcoming season and also embarking...
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Where Are They Now: Checking In With Shanghai’s Overseas Players
Though the CBA has finished for another season, it doesn’t mean that all of its players are sitting at home with their feet up. Shanghai had three foreign players this season and all of whom have left...
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A Painful Five Months In Shanghai: Reviewing The Sharks 2012/13 CBA Season
Few teams have suffered such a violently reversal of fortunes in the last twelves months than the Shanghai Sharks. This time last year, the team had made the postseason despite being widely regarded as...
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Sharks Suffering Substancial Losses; Yao Ming Pleads For Reform Amid Growing...
The Shanghai Sharks suffered losses of close to one-million RMB ($160,000) this year according to their owner Yao Ming according to an article on Sohu Sports. The Shanghainese icon was speaking along...
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Three Team Bidding War Breaking Out Over Zhang Zhaoxu?
Interesting times are afoot in the Shanghai Sharks front office as it stares at the possibility of its starting center Zhang Zhaoxu leaving the team now his contract has expired and the two parties...
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Five More Years: Zhang Zhaoxu Stays With The Shanghai Sharks
As reported by Niubball, the Shanghai Sharks big man, Zhang Zhaoxu will remain a resident of Shanghai for the foreseeable future after inking a new deal with the team. Despite talk of Beijing and...
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Shark Fin Hoops Comment: Short Term Thinking Will Be Costly To Shanghai
The Shanghai Sharks will keep interim coach Wang Qun at the helm for the foreseeable future. The Chinese coach replaced Daniel Panaggio in January of this year after the Sharks began their freefall...
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Former Shark Gilbert Arenas Busted For A Variety Of Stupid Things
Its been a very quiet offseason for CBA fans but it still doesn’t mean that various members (past and present) of the Shanghai Sharks aren’t getting in the news. Take former Sharks star Gilbert Arenas,...
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Where Are They Now: Catching Up With Former Sharks From Around The Globe
The CBA offseason is still in full-effect in China but it doesn’t mean that basketball isn’t being played here. The national team is fighting it out in the Stankovic Cup right now but beyond the shores...
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Yao Ming Loses Dispute With Textile Company That Trademarked His Name
Yao Ming has lost his trademark dispute with a company that the former Houston player felt was using his name to boost their profits. The issue was settled by China’s National Industry and Commerce...
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Rumours Fly As Chase For Zaid Abbas Grows
The inevitable call for the return of Zaid Abbas to Shanghai began months ago but suddenly things have moved with a lot more pace. Various Chinese blogs have been touching on a variety of reports...
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Yao Ming Refuses To Change His Mind; Sharks Will Not Sign Third Overseas Player
Well this is interesting. Sharks owner Yao Ming has come out and confirmed that Shanghai will not be taking up the option of a third foreign player slot (valid only for the current season) that they...
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Von Wafer Signs In Shanghai
Von Wafer, a former of teammate of Sharks owner Yao Ming in Houston, has been announced as a Shanghai player today after a week of protracted negotiations. Wafer will start at shooting guard and sets...
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Shanghai Sharks Sign Darnell Jackson
The Shanghai Sharks have finalized their overseas roster with the signing of power forward Darnell Jackson, who had recently been released by the Indiana Pacers. The 6″9, 253lb big man is a relatively...
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