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Marcus Williams suspended in China
Marcus Williams (200 cm, Arizona’07) has been suspended for six months from Shanxi Zhongyu (China-CBA)
Read MoreBlake Ahearn joins DongGuan
Blake Ahearn (188 cm, Missouri St.’07) is taking his NBA-caliber talents to China to play for the DongGuan New Century Leopards (China-CBA). Ahearn has been a professional since he finished his four years at Missouri St. in 2005, compiling a 13.0 points per game average over 129 collegiate games, including 16.2 points per game as…
Read MoreImad Qahwash joins Jiangsu Dragons
Imad Qahwash (188 cm, Central Arkansas’11) has joined the Jiangsu Dragons (China-CBA). Qahwash finished his collegiate career at Central Arkansas in 2011, where he averaged 12.6 points per game over 29 games his senior year. Since then he’s been looking for a club to play for. His first team was AeroSvitz Cup (Ukraine), where he…
Read MoreChris Daniels joins joins Qingdao
Chris Daniels (211 cm, Texas A&M – Corpus Christi’08) has signed with the Qingdao Double Star Eagles (China-CBA) to finish the season. Over the past two seasons he’s been playing in the NBA D-League, most recently with the Santa Cruz Warriors and prior to that the Erie Bay Hawks (since 2011). He also played for…
Read MoreSolomon Alabi joins Qingdao Eagles
Solomon Alabi (216 cm, Flordia St.’10) has joined the Qingdao Double Star Eagles (China-CBA) to replace the recently waived Ilunga Mbenga. Alabi most recently played with the Toronto Raptors in the NBA, where he’s been for the last two seasons. He was drafted out of Florida St. in the 2nd round (50th pick overall) by…
Read MoreIlunga Mbenga waived by Qingdao
Ilunga Mbenga (214 cm) (also known as DJ Mbenga) has been waived by the Qingao Double Star Eagles (China-CBA) after seven games of the season. Mbenga was a team mate of Tracy McGrady with the Eagles and was the second leading scorer on the team, averaging 13.3ppg and was the leading rebounder at 9.4rpg. Mbenga…
Read MoreEddy Curry signs with Zhejiang
NBA veteran Eddy Curry (211 cm) signed in China with Zhejiang Golden Bulls. Eddy Curry was the 4th pick overall straight out of High school in the NBA Draft of 2001. He played most of his NBA seasons for the Chicago Bulls and New York Knicks. During the 2011/2012 season he made $ 11.530.592 with…
Read MoreJoe Alexander signs in China
Joe Alexander (203 cm, West Vriginia’08) has signed with Chinese CBA team Liaoning Jiebao Hunters. Joe Alexander is no stranger to China. He grew up there and went to school in Beijing for six years before returning back to the US. The reason why Alexander was in China was because his father had a job…
Read MoreMcGrady-mania as China hoops season opens
Tracy McGrady made one of the most hotly anticipated debuts in Chinese basketball history this weekend after a fevered build-up in which he caused a near-riot at one of his sell-out appearances. The hype surrounding McGrady has sent excitement soaring for the start of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), which will feature three former NBA…
Read MoreGary Forbes signs in China
Free agent forward Gary Forbes (201 cm, UMASS’08) has signed with the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions of the Chinese League. Forbes, who averaged 6.6 ppg with the Toronto Raptors last season, was cut by the Rockets last month in the wake of the James Harden trade.
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