On my NBA Basketball blog, I shared my view on the Gilbert Arenas situation and how the media had destroyed him to a point where it’s unsure whether he will play another minute in the NBA. Then I remembered the post I had written right here about how Gilbert Arenas would be a great fit in China. And just a couple of days ago, Stephon Marbury (probably the only basketball player crazier than Arenas himself) decided to get “made in China” and play in the CBA.
You see where this is …
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Stephon Marbury played his second match in the Chinese Basketball Association last night against the league leading Guangdong Southern Tigers. It was a hotly contested match, that saw the league leaders come away with a 113-104 victory, and managed to keep the Shanxi Zhongyu at arms length throughout the evening.
The main matchup of the evening was between Stephon Marbury and former Lakers starting guard Smush Parker. Parker had 13 points, 6 assists and 7 rebounds while Marbury more than held his own with a 15 point, 15 assist and 4 …
It’s easy to look at Stephon Marbury’s first game for the Shanxi Zhongyu and claim his arrival a failure, as some of his Chinese fans have hastily concluded. In 28 minutes of play, he had 5 fouls, went 0-6 from beyond the arc, let his defensive assignment drop 34 points and 5 dimes, and ended up losing to the 15th place Dongguan Marco Polo.
But how about we focus on the positives? 7-11 from the field, 4 steals, 15 points, and the right play down the stretch when he unselfishly set …
Despite not expected to play a single minute of NBA action this season, Yao Ming could have the busiest year of his life in 2010. He is currently the ambassador of the 2010 Shanghai Expo, the leading figure in the revival of the Shanghai Sharks, the anchor at the heart of China’s 2010 FIBA World Basketball Championship hopes in Turkey this summer, but all those will have to cease way to something much more important come July: the arrival of Yao Ming’s first child.
The news broke out through Guangzhou Daily …
AEG and NBA formed a partnership back in May of 2008 announcing their plans to build a dozen top of the line stadiums around China. Today, that plan saw its first major victory by selling the naming rights of their soon to be completed Shanghai Arena for around 100 million dollars.
The 18,000 seat arena being built at Shanghai’s World Expo Site is still underway, being currently jointly built by partners AEG and NBA as well as the Oriental Pearl Group (of the Shanghai Media Group). The $280 million stadium is being constructed around …
It hasn’t been the best year for Yi Jianlian. First, his China team lost embarassingly to Iran on home soil in the FIBA Asian Championships, then he got injured after only 4 games into the 2009-2010 season, and just recently his New Jersey Nets officially got off to the worst start in NBA history by losing their first 18 games.
After 5 weeks of being out with a sprain that bothered his right knee, Yi was expected to return on Sunday to play against the New York Knicks. However, it seems …
