Shanghai Sharks

Chinese basketball team

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Fredette

  • Jimmer Fredette
    In Jimmer Fredette: A journeyman NBA career

    …was a member of the Shanghai Sharks, a team in the Chinese Basketball Association. In 2019 he returned to the NBA, signing with the Phoenix Suns. However, he played in just six games, averaging 3.7 points per game. Phoenix subsequently released him, and his NBA career ended. Fredette then signed…

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Yao Ming

  • Yao Ming
    In Yao Ming

    In 1997 he joined the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). By the time he led the Chinese team to a respectable 10th-place finish at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Yao had become a national icon.

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