Shanghai Sharks

	Shanghai Sharks
Traditional Chinese	上海大鯊魚
Simplified Chinese	上海大鲨鱼
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shànghǎi dàshāyú
Wade–Giles	Shanghai tashayü
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Seong hoi2 daai6 saa1 jyu4
Yale Romanization	Seung hoi2 daai6 sa1 yu2
Alternative Chinese name
Chinese	上海西洋
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shànghǎi xīyáng
Wade–Giles	Shanghai hsiyang
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Seong hoi2 sai1 jeong4
Yale Romanization	Seung hoi2 sai1 yeung4

Shanghai Sharks
Shanghai Sharks
	Shanghai Sharks logo
Leagues	CBA
Founded	1996
History	Shanghai Sharks; (1996–present)
Arena	Pudong Yuanshen Gymnasium
Capacity	5,000
Location	Shanghai, People's Republic of China
Team colors	Blue, Orange, White;
President	Yao Ming
Head coach	Wang Yong
Championships	1
Website	Official Site
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Shanghai Sharks (Chinese: 上海大鲨鱼; pinyin: Shànghǎi dàshāyú), are a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Shanghai, China.^[2]

It is best known outside China as the club that developed Yao Ming before he entered the National Basketball Association. 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.^[3]

Roster

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Shanghai Sharks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Ht.	Wt.
C	0	Bernard James	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	109 kg (240 lb)
F	1	Cai Liang	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
G	2	Lee Hsueh-lin	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
G	3	Reng Pengpeng	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	78 kg (172 lb)
G	5	Yang Chin-min	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
G	7	Feng Qi	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
F	9	Ju Peng	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
G	10	Liu Xiaoyu	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (154 lb)
C	11	Wu Guanxi	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	123 kg (271 lb)
G	12	Lu Wei	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	14	Wang Zezhong	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
G	21	A. J. Price	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
F	22	Zhai Yi	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
C	23	Zhang Zhaoxu (C)	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
G	24	Ge Yang	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
C	25	Wang Tong	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
F	35	Fan Chenglin	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
F/C	76	Tseng Wen-ting	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	97 kg (214 lb)