Its been a VERY long off-season in Shanghai since game five of the CBA playoffs against Shanxi but that obviously doesn’t mean that the Sharks’ former overseas players are sitting around twiddling their thumbs. Indeed, former Sharks forward, Mike Harris, has just finished his stint with Puerto Rican outfit Athletico San German and will now be leaving… [Read more…]
April 9, 2012
After a surprising amount of silence, Marcus Landry has finally reappeared following the end of his tenure in Shanghai. The former New York Knick forward has signed with Venezuelan club, Bucaneros de La Guaira in the country’s Liga Profesional de Baloncesto (LPB).
April 9, 2012
With Beijing’s Game 5 win to seal the title, the CBA is done for until October. To discuss an action packed season of Chinese basketball, its Niubball’s Jon Pastuzek and Edward Bothfeld swing by to pass judgement on the good, the bad and the ugly of what may well have been the most memorable few… [Read more…]
March 28, 2012
According to reports in the Philippines, the Shanghai Sharks could be taking on the Filipino national team in a one-off friendly some time in June.
March 23, 2012
As expected, the Sharks duo of Zhang Zhaoxu and Liu Wei have been named as part of the twenty-one man training squad for the upcoming London Olympics by former Shanghai coach and current China head honcho, Bob Donewald. The squad will be whittled down to twelve men in time for the big event in July.
March 15, 2012
As hinted at in his interview with Alex Linder, the former Sharks forward, Mike Harris, has returned to Puerto Rico to play for his former employer, Athleticos de San German. When he played for the club in last year’s Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN), the American put up 17.9ppg and was the best rebounder in the league (12.7rpg)… [Read more…]
March 15, 2012
Although both Shanghai and Guangsha are done for the season, Niubball’s Edward Bothfeld swings by once again to talk Chinese hoops. Easing into a long off season, now its a case of speculating on what could happen in the next few days between Shanxi and Beijing, what could have been in Hangzhou and what it… [Read more…]
March 9, 2012
Whilst there is still CBA basketball being played, the 2011/12 season has obviously ended for the Shanghai Sharks. Although the players are now having enjoy some hard earned holiday, Sharks coach, Daniel Panaggio, remains in Shanghai, working with the club’s youth teams. With those very players going through their drills in the background, Coach Panaggio… [Read more…]
March 9, 2012
Well Shanghai have been eliminated (obviously) from the 2011/12 CBA playoffs, which sadly means that that a long ass off-season now beckons for basketball fans in the city. However, there are still things that you can do during these long days and months without any Chinese basketball.
March 1, 2012
In a passionate, emotional press conference, Sharks’ coach, Daniel Panaggio looked back at not only the playoff series with the Shanxi Dragons but also the 2011/12 CBA season itself. Rather than put it into small quotes in the match report, I thought it would be more interesting if I put it up in its entirety to get a… [Read more…]
May 31, 2012
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