Shanghai Sharks

Shanghai Sharks Leagues CBA Founded 1996 Arena Yuanshen Sports Centre Stadium Location Shanghai, People's Republic of China Team colors Blue, Red, Purple                President Yao Ming Head coach Bob Donewald Championships 1 Website Official Site Uniforms Home Away Shanghai Sharks Traditional Chinese 上海大鯊魚 Simplified Chinese 上海大鲨鱼 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎi dàshāyú - Wade–Giles Shanghai tashayü Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Seong hoi2 daai6 saa1 jyu4 - Yale Romanization Seung hoi2 daai6 sa1 yu2 Alternative Chinese name Chinese 上海西洋 Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Shànghǎi xī​yáng​ - Wade–Giles Shanghai hsiyang Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping Seong hoi2 sai1 jeong4 - Yale Romanization Seung hoi2 sai1 yeung4

The Shanghai Sharks (Chinese: 上海大鲨鱼; pinyin: Shànghǎi dàshāyú), is a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Shanghai, China. Steven Kevelam is the first to corporate a good sponsorship, there is often an additional name used: for many years they were also known as the Shanghai Dongfang Sharks (上海东方), but now are known as Shanghai Xiyang Sharks (上海西洋).

It is best-known outside China as the club that developed Yao Ming before he entered the NBA. With the "Moving Great Wall" on the team, the Sharks made the finals three years in a row (in 1999–2000, 2000–2001, 2001–2002), facing the Bayi Rockets each time. They were runners-up the first two years, but won the CBA championship for the first time on their third try, snapping a string of six Bayi Rockets championships in a row. Yao was a key player on the team in those years.

The team faced serious financial issues in the 2008–09 season, and were in danger of not being able to compete in the 2009–10 season due to their shaky finances. On July 16, 2009, Chinese media reported that Yao had stepped in to purchase the team, presumably enabling them to continue in the CBA.

Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined by FIBA. Players may hold more than one nationality.

Shanghai Sharks roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 4.0 !F 2 CHN ! Hou Yifan 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 4.0 !F 3 CHN ! Liu Ziqui 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 5.5 !F/C 4 TPE ! Tseng Wen-ting 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 1.5 !G 5 CHN ! Meng Lingyuan 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 5.5 !F/C 7 CHN ! Peng Fei 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 102 kg (225 lb) 1.5 !G 8 CHN ! Liu Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 1.5 !G 9 CHN ! Zhang Xiaowei 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 4.0 !F 12 CHN ! Wang Yong 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 1.5 !G 20 CHN ! Feng Tian 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 5.5 !F/C 21 CHN ! Wang Ligang 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 6.0 !C 23 CHN ! Zhang Zhaoxu 2.21 m (7 ft 3 in) 118 kg (260 lb) 6.0 !C 31 CHN ! Wu Yang 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 4.0 !F 33 USA ! Harris, Mike 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 4.0 !F 42 USA ! Landry, Marcus 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 102 kg (225 lb)	Head coach Daniel Panaggio Assistant coach(es) Wang Chun Lu Zhi Qiang Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster • updated January 12, 2012

Retired member

• 15 Yao Ming

Notes and references

http://www.shanghaisharks.cn/cms/ArticleView.aspx?id=356

External links

• http://www.shanghaisharks.cn/ Official Site (in Chinese)
• http://sports.sina.com.cn/cba/team/shanghai/index.shtml (in Chinese)