Chinese Basketball Association (2025-2026)
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Chinese Basketball Association 2025-26
Cup Winner: Shanghai Sharks
Coach of the Year: Wei Lu
All-Star Game: South - North 161-147
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Chinese Basketball Association Final: Shanghai Sharks - Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 103-82 Guangsha L.: Barry Brown Jr. 33, Jinqiu Hu 20, Nelson Lin 5, Junlong Zhu 3, Rayjon Tucker 17, Jiaren Zhao 2, Xiao Wu 0, Josh Carlton 2, Yanhao Zhao 0, Xinquan Cui 0, Junwei Xu 0, Ruoyu Su 0 Cup Final: Shanghai Sharks - Shanxi Loongs 114-94 Shanghai S.: Kenneth Lofton Jr. 25, Zheng Liu 24, Liyongwei Xie 18, Hassan Whiteside 14, Kyle Fogg 8, Zhelin Wang 6, Pengfei Yan 6, Brandon Goodwin 5, Diancheng Ma 4, Lijia Liu 3, Tangwen Yuan 1, Xiaolong Cui 0 All-Star Game: South - North 161-147 Standings 2025-26
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Average Height: 198.9 cm (6'6.4'')
Average Age: 28.5
 Shanghai Won the Champion-Jun 5, 2026
After a 24-year wait and 8,813 days apart, Shanghai men's basketball team has finally lifted the CBA's Supreme Championship Trophy once again! In the 2026 CBA Finals, Shanghai defeated Zhejiang Guangsha 4-1 to claim the 2025–26 CBA title. This marks Shanghai's second championship in franchise historytheir first coming 24 years ago in 2002. On April 19, 2002, Shanghai secured victory in Game 4, defeating Bayi with a 3-1 series win. Looking back 24 years to the 2001–02 season, Shanghai ended Bayi's eight consecutive championships, becoming the second team in CBA history to win the title. That was also Yao Ming's final year playing in the CBA; he entered the NBA as the number one draft pick that summer. Afterward, Shanghai fell into a prolonged period of struggle. This year's team marked only the third time in franchise history they reached the CBA Finals. By defeating defending champions Guangsha, Shanghai became the fifth team in CBA history to win at least two titlesjoining Guangdong (11 titles), Bayi (8), Liaoning (4), and Beijing (3). Shanghai made history by becoming the first team in CBA history to achieve a double crown in a single season! On February 12, they defeated Shanxi in the CBA Club Cup final to successfully defend their title. Just three and a half months later, Lu Wei's squad stood atop the CBA. Since the CBA Club Cup has been held only twiceand both times Shanghai wonit is now the first team ever to capture both the regular-season championship and the Club Cup in the same season. From the Club Cup to the regular season title, then through the playoffs, Shanghai delivered an outstanding performance throughout the entire year, fully deserving of their glory. The numbers speak for themselves. Shanghai finished the regular season on a 23-game winning streak, matching the longest single-season streak in franchise history. They were also the only team in the league to go undefeated at home during the regular season. Over 42 games, Shanghai ranked first in the league in points per game (100.1), rebounds (42.9), assists (24.1), three-point shooting percentage (39.3%), offensive efficiency (126.1 points per 100 possessions), and defensive efficiency (105.8 points allowed per 100 possessions). In the playoffs, although their unbeaten home record was broken (losing Game 2 of the semifinals to Beijing), Lu Wei's team lost just one road game. This year's Shanghai team truly demonstrated exceptional competitiveness, highlighted by sweeping Shanxi 2-0 in the quarterfinals and eliminating Beijing 3-1 in the semifinals. Three playoff moments stand out vividly and reflect Shanghai's strength. The first came in Game 4 of the semifinals: after trailing by as many as 20 points, Shanghai erupted with a 39-11 run in the third quarter, stunning Beijing and completing a comeback. The second was Game 2 of the finals, when Goodwin Brandon (188-SG-1995, college: FGCU) stole the ball from Brown Jr. Barry (190-SF-1996, college: Kansas St.) and hit a game-winning three-pointer in the closing seconds. The third was Game 3 of the finals, where Shanghai crushed Guangsha by 33 points on the road, completely extinguishing the defending champions' morale and confidence. This is a glorious moment for Shanghai men's basketball. After 24 years, they have returned to the top. Their performance this season was remarkable: 38 wins and 4 losses in the regular season, 9 wins and 2 losses in the playoffs, plus a perfect 6-0 record in the Club Cuptotaling 53 wins and 6 losses across the entire season. Asia-Basket.com All-Chinese CBA Awards 2026-Jun 9, 2026
 Barry Brown Jr, American small forward from the runner-up team finalist team Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, was named the Player of the Year at the Chinese Basketball Association.
He graduated from the Kansas State seven years ago.
Brown Jr received multiple other awards, was voted the Defensive Player of the Year, Import Player of the Year, Forward of the Year, and was selected to the First Team, Imports Team and Defensive Team.
His best performance made his team reach the finals but they unfortunately were defeated by Shanghai Sharks 1 to 4.
Brown Jr conducted his way to the second position in averaging a commendable almost 25 points per game.
He also averaged over 4 assists per game in the league.
Brown Jr has totalled 21 games of 20 or more points on the year and recorded 30 or more points in 11 games.
His 50 points against Shanghai Sharks were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
9 out of the top 10 highest scorers in the league are alumni of US colleges.
The standout American shooting guard Brandon Goodwin was selected as the Finals MVP of the championship-winning Shanghai Sharks.
He Is the FGCU alumni from 2018.
Goodwin collected multiple other honors, was chosen to the First Team and Imports Team and Defensive Team.
With Goodwin's excellent performance, the Shanghai Sharks achieved the best record of the season in the league, finishing with an impressive 38 to 4 in the regular season.
His excellent performance assisted his team in beating the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 4 to 1 in the final series.
Goodwin registered almost 18 points per game that season in the league.
He led the CBA in assists per game with over 7.
Goodwin has totalled 21 games of 20 or more points on the year and had 30 or more points in 5 games.
He recorded double-doubles in 9 games during the event.
Goodwin's 34 points against the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
Among many awards he was selected to the Latinbasket Puerto Rican All-Imports Team in 2024.
He was also selected to the Latinbasket All-Puerto Rican Second Team in 2024.
Goodwin was selected as the Asia-Basket All-FIBA Asia Cup Honorable Mention in 2025.
Terquavion Smith, 23-year old American guard from the Shenzhen Leopards, was honored as the Guard of the Year of Chinese Basketball Association.
He Is ex NC State from 2023.
Smith received multiple other awards, was named to the First Team and Imports Team and Defensive Team.
He was the Player of the Week honoree three times during the 25 26 campaign.
With finesse and precision, Smith claimed the third position in points per game, delivering a stellar over 24 points per game average.
Smith also logged over 6 rebounds per game over the season in the league.
He has totalled 29 games of 20 or more points on the year and registered 30 or more points in 12 games.
Smith notched double-doubles in 7 games at the event.
His 45 points against Shougang Beijing Ducks were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
9 out of the top 10 highest scorers in the league are alumni of US colleges.
Jinqiu Hu, center from the Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, earned the Center of the Year at the Chinese Basketball Association.
He collected multiple other honors, earned a spot in the First Team and Domestic Players Team.
Hu's best performance made his team reach the finals but they unfortunately were defeated by Shanghai Sharks 1 to 4.
He averaged almost 17 points and over 6 rebounds per game in the league.
Hu has totalled 18 games of 20 or more points on the year and recorded 30 or more points in 3 games.
He registered double-doubles in 4 games at the event.
Hu's 32 points against Tianjin Pioneers were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
Jordan Mickey, 31-year old American power forward from the Qingdao Eagles, was voted to the First Team of Chinese Basketball Association.
He Is alumni of the Louisiana State from 2015.
Mickey received multiple other awards, was selected to the Imports Team and Defensive Team.
He had over 19 points per game that season in the league.
Mickey led the CBA in rebounds per game with over 11.
He has totalled 22 games of 20 or more points on the year and recorded 30 or more points in 5 games.
Mickey logged double-doubles in 26 games at the event.
His 36 points against the Guangdong Southern Tigers were the most he scored in the 25 26 season.
Among many awards Mickey's team won the Italian Supercup for two years in a row (2023 and 2024).
He was also selected as the Eurobasket All-VTB League Defensive Player of the Year back in 2022.
Mickey was selected to the Eurobasket All-VTB First Team for three consecutive years between 2019 and 2022.
He was also selected to the Eurobasket VTB All-Imports Team for three consecutive years between 2019 and 2022.
Mickey was selected as the Eurobasket All-Italian Serie A Honorable Mention back in 2023.
Player of the Year:  Finals MVP:  Defensive Player of the Year: Domestic Player of the Year:  Import Player of the Year: Guard of the Year: Forward of the Year: Center of the Year: Coach of the Year:  Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA First Team 2026  Brown Jr.  Smith  Goodwin  Hu  Mickey First Team Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA Second Team 2026  Queen  Tucker  Lofton Jr.  Whiteside  Chriss Second Team Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA Third Team 2026  Weatherspoon  He  Diallo  Wang  Wang Third Team  Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA Honorable Mention 2026  Sumner  German  Wigginton  Simpson  Zhang  Zhou  Sampson  Wilson Honorable Mention  Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA All-Domestic Players Team 2026 He Hu Wang  Li Zhang All-Domestic Players Team Hongquan Li (198-G-25) of Shanghai S. Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA All-Imports Team 2026 Brown Jr. Smith Goodwin Mickey Whiteside All-Imports Team Asia-Basket.com Chinese CBA All-Defensive Team 2026 Brown Jr. Smith Goodwin Mickey Whiteside All-Defensive Team *The awards were created by Asia-basket.com staff based on the stats (if available), teams' performance and players' performance.
It very often required deeper research and collecting various data about the players and their teams. Shanghai claim back-to-back CBA Cup titles-Feb 12, 2026
Shanghai Sharks - Shanxi Zhongyu 114-94 Shanghai Sharks defended their CBA Cup title. They stormed past Shanxi Zhongyu en route to the back-to-back titles. Lofton Jr. Kenneth (201-F-2002, college: La Tech) stepped up with 25 points, while Zheng Liu (192-SG-1990) contributed 24 points for the winners. Shanghai sank 27 points in the first period to gain a 12-point lead. They erupted for 34 points in the second stanza to accumulate a 61-32 halftime advantage. Shanxi slowed their opponents down in the second half. They narrowed the gap but could not avoid the loss. Guy Kyle (188-PG-1997, college: Virginia) tossed in 22 points, while Diallo Hamidou (198-SF-1998, college: Kentucky) added 19 points and 10 boards in the loss. South Outshoot North to Win the 2026 CBA All-Star Game as Xu Jie Takes MVP-Mar 10, 2026
The South All-Stars lit up the Xishi Basketball Center for a 161-147 win over the North to claim the 2026 Chinese Basketball Association All-Star Game, with Guangdong guard Jie Xu (181-PG-2000) crowning a banner weekend by being named Most Valuable Player. The marquee game on March 8 unfolded as a shooting exhibition. The two sides traded baskets early in a defense-optional first quarter before turning it into a three-point shootout, the South carrying a narrow 85-82 lead into halftime. The game tilted decisively early in the third, when the South opened on a 9-0 burst built on a flurry of triples and stretched the gap to as many as 17. The North refused to fold, tightening up defensively in the fourth and clawing back to within two, but Jie Xu and fellow Guangdong guard Mingxuan Hu (191-PG-1998) answered with three straight three-pointers to slam the door. Xu, the All-Star Game's overall top vote-getter, was sensational, drilling seven threes on his way to 35 points with four rebounds and six assists to earn the MVP nod. His Guangdong teammate Xu Xin (226-C-2003) added 27 points and seven rebounds. For the North, import Diallo led all scorers with 41 points, Hao Fu (208-C-1997) chipped in 25 and Rui Zhao (188-G-2005) 17, while Shandong's import Chris came off the bench for 24, most of them on a series of crowd-pleasing alley-oop dunks. The single-event finals at halftime produced their own highlights. Mingxuan Hu won the Three-Point Contest in dramatic fashion, tying Xirelijiang Muhetaer on 22 in the final before catching fire in a tiebreaker hitting 13 of 15 in 30 seconds to reclaim the crown five years after his last. Nanjing Tongxi rookie Jiang He) took the Skills Challenge with a quickest time of 59.8 seconds, and wild-card entrant Zhang Dingyan won the Slam Dunk Contest with three perfect-scoring dunks, including a leap over 2.26-meter Guangzhou center Xu Xin the fourth straight year a grassroots player has won the dunk title. The weekend had opened on March 7 with the Rising Stars Challenge, in which the CBA youngsters beat a collegiate select team 94-76 behind MVP Jiazheng Chen (194-F-2006)'s 26 points. Chinese League All-Star Game 2026-Mar 10, 2026
All-Star MVP: Jie Xu (181-PG-2000) of Guangdong STChinese League All-Star Game south team 2026  Xu He Hu  Guo  Pang South All-Star Team Jie Xu (181-PG-2000) of Guangdong ST Xining He (195-SG-1997) of Shenzhen L. Jinqiu Hu (211-C-1997) of Guangsha L. Haowen Guo (201-G/F-2000) of Nanjing MK Zhenglin Pang (183-G-1971) of Jiangsu D. Zhenlin Zhang (206-SF-1999) of Shanghai S. Yang Zou (198-F-2000) of Fujian S. Haoran Wang (205-F-2004) of Shenzhen L. Xu Xin (226-C-2003) of Guangzhou LLHead Coach: Bo Wang Coach Assistant: Wei Lu Chinese League All-Star Game north team 2026  Zhao  Liao  Qi  Fanbo  Fu North All-Star Team Rui Zhao (195-SG-1996) of Beijing D. Sanning Liao (189-G-2001) of Beijing RF Lin Qi (200-SF-1999) of Xinjiang FT Zeng Fanbo (211-C/F-2003) of Beijing D. Hao Fu (208-C-1997) of Liaoning FL Qi Zhou (217-C-1996) of Beijing D. Jiwei Zhao (184-PG-1995) of Liaoning FL Shiyan Gao (186-PG-1996) of Shandong H. Marquese Chriss (206-PF-1997) of Shandong H. Hamidou Diallo (198-SF-1998) of Shanxi L. Benson Lin (193-G-1999) of Tianjin P. Angjun Duan (193-G-2003) of Qingdao E.Head Coach: Biao Qiu Coach Assistant: Weiwei Liu 3-Point Shootout Winner Mingxuan Hu (191-PG-1998) of Guangdong STSkills Challenge Contest Winner Jiang He of Nanjing MKSlam Dunk Contest Winner Zhang Dingyan (Guest) |
