The statue-ization of Stephon Marbury is finally complete. Thanks to an online petition, the Beijing Ducks point guard and former NBA star will now be forever memorialized in China in statue form. more ›

Former NBA superstar Allen Iverson was spotted in Shanghai last Thursday, as part of his two-week long promotional basketball tour that'll see the Answer and the ever-flamboyant Dennis Rodman play games against three Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) teams. So far, Iverson has already played against Stephon Marbury and the Beijing Ducks in a charity game. As for the possibility of playing basketball in China, the Answer's answer is intriguing, to say the least. more ›

Stephon Marbury didn't get the CBA finals MVP trophy, but perhaps a bronze statue will do? Thanks to an online campaign with over a million voters at HoopChina, the former NBA star will be honored with the statue treatment. more ›

With a long-awaited CBA title now under his belt, Chinese sports fans may be wondering what's next for Stephon Marbury (besides for losing his LA home in a foreclosure). more ›

Looks like Stephon Marbury will be staying in China a little longer — his home in Los Angeles was just given away in a foreclosure auction. more ›

Jeremy Lin may be down, but he's definitely not out. Though the American basketball star with Taiwanese roots is currently sitting out the rest of the NBA season with a knee injury, Linsanity is still very much alive thanks to a documentary about Lin that's currently in the works. more ›

Poor Jeremy Lin. The New York Knicks guard and media darling was forced to end his miraculous NBA season early last week with a knee injury requiring immediate surgery. more ›

Stephon Marbury of the Beijing Ducks has been accused of assaulting a Shanxi Brave Dragons fan, after Shanxi (the team Marbury first played with in the CBA) pulled out a win against the Ducks to even their playoff series at two games apiece in the Shanxi capital of Taiyuan. more ›

...Many players learn to loaf out of pure survival. They want to extend their careers, which means a certain amount of self-preservation is required. I do think many coaches are aware of this, but their response, usually, is just to push players harder in practice. Many Chinese coaches believe that players have to drill constantly, and practice daily, over months, to improve. It is pretty self-defeating actually. more ›

"Jeremy Lin isn't handsome enough. I hope that in the future that when I'm with my husband, people can say to me jealously: 'Wow! So your husband is actually Jeremy Lin.' I feel like handsomeness counts as food, but basketball can't count as food." more ›

DJ Steve Porter's work involves creating songs from the autotuned quotes and audio clips of media personalities, with his stuff mostly focusing on athletes and their coaches (though the Slap Chop Remix was a notable exception). And now, Porter has done the same for Linsanity! more ›

In case risque erotic fiction isn't your thing, see the Shanghai Sharks fight for their playoff lives tonight against the Shanxi Brave Dragons at Yuanshen Stadium. more ›

Michael Jordan has had enough! The former Basketball Jesus and current Charlotte Bobcats owner filed a lawsuit in Beijing today against Qiaodan (乔丹), a Chinese athletic shoe and apparel company that has blatantly used the Chinese transliteration of Jordan's surname for years. more ›

Hannah Beech of Time asks an important question re: the basketball superstar now on everybody's lips, Jeremy Lin: "Could China, an Olympic powerhouse and homeland of Yao Ming, produce such a gifted, confident point guard?" Her own answer to the question: more ›

Stretching the Knicks winning streak to six, Linsanity continues. more ›

Jeremy Lin gets the NMA treatment after the Knicks' guard became an overnight sensation over the past week. Lin scored 23 points (including a dunk) while notching another career-high ten assists in a 107-93 Knicks' win against the Wizards in Washington D.C. The only thing that could make this story better is if Whoopi Goldberg took over as coach. more ›

J.R. Smith is finally in the building! The Tatted One and the Zhejiang Golden Bulls will take on the Shanghai Sharks tonight at Yuanshen Stadium, in one of the last games of the Sharks' regular season. more ›

The basketball-loving city of New York is currently in a mild tizzy over the revelatory play of Jeremy Lin, after Lin shot 58.8% from the field to score 28 points and dish out 8 assists (both career-highs) against the Utah Jazz in a 99-88 win. more ›

On Saturday night at Madison Square Garden, the New York Knicks' Jeremy Lin (林書豪) officially went and got himself a hefty piece in a 99-92 win against the New Jersey Nets. Having been firmly planted on the bench all season (and all career, for that matter), Lin stepped up and gave an electric performance in front of the Knicks faithful at the Mecca of Basketball, scoring a career-high 25 points (with 12 coming in the 4th quarter) while dishing 7 assists and nabbing 5 rebounds. more ›

Yao Ming might be accruing guanxi up the wazoo with his new standing committee gig, but it's Shaquille O'Neal who truly speaks to the people! Shaq showed up for Hunan TV's Spring Gala Festival to run around on stage with kiddie monks, and went through his usual patented brand of kung foolery while trying not to step on the children. more ›

Despite the season ending injury to Ryan Forehan Kelly, a gutsy Shanghai Sharks team had enough in the tank to see off a limited but direct Fosham Dralions team and continue to push up the CBA table after winning 95-88 at home. more ›

The Shanghai Sharks won yet again at home but had to do it the hard way after a disastrous third quarter undid the excellent work of a swashbuckling first half. The scoreline will tell you that the Sharks beat Qingdao Eagles 69-63 but the home side will be kicking themselves after letting the game get so close in the first place. more ›

The Sharks finally won a game on the road despite the continued absences of Liu Wei and Tseng Wen-ting. Ryan Forehan-Kelly, who was also expected to be out injured, was passed fit and Shanghai needed him to steady the nerves of his younger team mates and combine with a swaggering Mike Harris to lead the Sharks to victory against a suitably villainous Bayi Rockets team by a score of 94-85. more ›

The Yuanshen crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief after the Sharks held on to overcome a feisty Shanxi Dragons team to move their impressive home record up to 4-1. The score was 92-90 but it shouldn't have got that close. The Sharks almost threw away a victory but have Mike Harris and Meng Lingyuan to thank for getting them over the finishing line. more ›

Shanghai are now 0-6 on the road despite a battling, hardworking performance that saw the obligatory top drawer performances from Ryan Forehan-Kelly and Mike Harris. Ultimately the Sharks couldn’t cope with the strength and guile of former Shark, Zaid Abbas. The Jordanian didn’t put up a huge score, but galvanised his team with an eye-catching performance that kept a passionate home crowd on their feet. more ›

Shanghai stayed in Guangdong province and Dongguan pulled the same trick as their neighbors by beating the Sharks with a couple of good individual performances and a warehouse full of clinical finishing. The margin was 107-99 and the Sharks once again found themselves caught up in their second shoot-out in three games. more ›

J.R. Smith of the Zhejiang Golden Bulls and Wilson Chandler of the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions are reportedly looking for ways to escape the one-year deals they signed with their Chinese teams. more ›

The Sharks were hard-working and determined, but ultimately couldn’t overcome their guests’ inspired offence in a match where eleven players scoring totals made it into double digits. more ›