CBA Round 34 Recap
Beijing – 94 @ Guangsha – 114 For a full recap, check out Edward Bothfeld’s report from Hangzhou. Box Score Qingdao – 101 @ Foshan – 107 Guangsha’s win put Qingdao’s late season playoff surge...
View ArticleWas J.R. Smith fined a million dollars for missing practices?
With his off-court drama and on-court offensive explosions, J.R. Smith gave Chinese Basketball Association officials, coaches, teammates and fans a lot to remember this year and more. As in, much more....
View ArticleNiuBBall Water Cooler/Heater: CBA Playoffs And More Wilson Chandler Shenanigans
The NiuBBall water cooler/heater: Where you can chat with friends about hoops while sipping either hot or cold water. This chat originally appeared on Shark Fin Hoops before last night’s pair of Game...
View Article2011-12 NiuBBall Awards
Stephon Marbury is understandably fired up upon being awarded as the 2011-12 NiuBBall CBA Most Valuable Player. (Photo: Osports) It’s a most wonderful time to be a basketball fan in China: While the...
View ArticleMarcus Williams Interview
Thanks to slicing drives like this, Marcus Williams has been putting lots of numbers and wins in his first season for Shanxi. (Photo: Osports) Sometimes, you don’t know what you have until it’s gone....
View ArticleCBA fans: A history of throwing stuff
(Thanks to Beijing Cream for the video) For all of the coverage and commentary that has flooded Chinese media since Sunday’s ugly scene in Taiyuan, it’s been the three words that were smugly offered by...
View ArticleThe 2011-12 CBA season in numbers
Qingdao’s Lester Hudson shot the ball way more than anybody else in China this year. (Photo: Osports) The 2011-12 CBA season is officially in the books. And so are the different numbers and statistics...
View ArticleExtended season – CBAers in the NBA
Lester Hudson is one of a growing number of players who have signed in the NBA after playing this season in China. (Photo: AP) With a 2012 CBA season that was filled with rabid fanaticism, deception,...
View ArticleNiuBBall Water Cooler/Heater: End Of Season Review
The NiuBBall water cooler/heater: Where you can chat with friends about hoops while sipping either hot or cold water. This chat originally appeared on Shark Fin Hoops. The end of the 2011-12 CBA season...
View ArticleZhejiang Chouzhou is getting a new coach
Ding Wei is out at as Zhejiang Chozhou head coach. The club announced the news through an official release earlier today. From Sina Sports: ”Over the last two seasons, Ding Wei has been very...
View ArticleYang Xuezeng resigns from Shanxi, possibly headed to Zhejiang
For Yang Xuezeng, one season in Shanxi was enough. (Photo: Osports) After leading the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons to their most successful season ever, Yang Xuezeng is calling it quits. Yang, who...
View ArticleQuincy Douby returns to China, signs with Zhejiang
Quincy Douby will once again play in China, but he won’t be playing in the same uniform. (Photo: Osports) Quincy Douby is returning to play basketball in a country that will be quite familiar. To the...
View ArticleMonday Morning Jianbing
Starting your day right with China’s favorite street breakfast and a bunch of links… J.R. Smith, fresh off a season in the CBA with Zhejiang Chouzhou that could be described nicely as “tumultuous,”...
View ArticleThe definitive NiuBBall.com CBA preview
Moreso than ever, the Chinese Basketball Association has become quite difficult to predict pre-season. It’s hard to predict first of all because we generally stink at predictions, but more importantly...
View ArticleMcGrady decides to play in All-Star Game
With his status for next season up in the air, Tracy McGrady’s legion of fans in China will get to watch their favorite player one more time in the CBA All-Star Game after the regular season ends this...
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