Chinese CBA 2012-13 season

[CKR13]

Wang Zhelin just stole the ball from Stephon Marbury and went full steam in transition. In nimble foot, evaded Zhu Yanxi to finish a running layup and draw the foul on Zhu.

[CKR13]

Wang Zhelin despite his herculean performance of 22 points and 24 rebounds, Fujian lost to Beijing. While Li Xiaoxu had a great all around game of 29 points and 18 rebounds alongside 5 assists to help Liaoning beat Foshan.

[reamily]

Chinese players are good base on their respective performance in their mother teams..its just that still some of them had a hard time to convert it to good international play just like other asian teams..

[sinobball]

Season predictions:
1. Guangdong
2. Beijing
3-4. Xinjiang, Dongguan
5-8. Zhejiang Lions, Shandong, Liaoning, Zhejiang Bulls

So I successfully predicted all 8 playoff teams. Not bad. Though I think at this point I would predict the orders slightly differently.

[Khalid80]

This is a nice article that talks about how the foreign players at Shandong (Eugune "Pooh" Jeter, Zaid Abbas, and Jackson Vroman) have all managed to help their team end up in 2nd place during the regular season of the CBA this year.

Note: I didn't know Eugene's sister was the U.S Olympic Medalist Carmelita Jeter!

http://www.niubball.com/2013/02/pooh...bas-interview/

[CKR13]

I'm rooting for the underdogs in the 2013 CBA Finals, which is Shandong. Guangdong are heavy favorites.

[Khalid80]

Guangdong has some formidable players like:
Yi Jianlian, Ike Diogu, Donald Sloan, Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu

Shandong on the other hand has:
Zaid Abbas, Jackson Vroman, Pooh Jeter and the young talented Ran Sui and Ding Yanyuhang

I wouldn't be surprised if the series goes to 5 games but I think the experience of the Chinese NT players on Guangdong will be a major advantage for them in these finals.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/colu/p/newsid/55113/arti.html

[CKR13]

I am interested to see on how Shandong and its players will respond to game 2. Game 1 saw the likes of Ding Yanyuhang, Sui Ran and Wu Ke struggle as opposed to Guangdong's seasoned players like Zhu Fangyu and Wang Shipeng who contributed when Yi Jianlian was being hounded by Abbas and Vroman. Experience trumped inexperience in game 1. For the second game, Shandong is in a disadvantage as games 2 and 3 are in Guangdong.

[CKR13]

Guangdong takes a 2-0 lead over Shandong as Yi Jianlian and Ike Diogu went on a rampant scoring in the paint. Both finished with double doubles.

[CKR13]

Guangdong holds a commanding 3-0 lead and has a chance to sweep the series next game.

[DarknessFalls]

[CKR13]

Shandong can charge that to experience. Congratulations to Yi Jianlian and Guangdong.