What does Gilbert Arenas, three-time NBA All-Star, do before CBA games in Shanghai? Watch YouTube, of course. We know this thanks to Donald Mahoney of the video series Donnie Does. "I watched you on YouTube before I got here," Arenas tells Donnie in the tunnel before a Sharks home game. "You're funny as shit." "How you liking Shanghai?" "It's fun." "Let's grab a beer sometime." ...

Less than a week after Tracy McGrady drilled a game-winner on the road against Liaoning, this season's other big import from the NBA, Gilbert Arenas, showed everyone he has some clutch bones in him as well. With the clock winding down and the Shanghai Sharks down 94-93 in Nanjing, on the home court of the Jiangsu Dragons, Arenas made his move, which you can watch in the video above. ...

On Tuesday, Gilbert Arenas played his first game since November 24 -- when he pulled up lame after just six minutes in Beijing -- and it was apparent he wasn't completely healthy. He limped to the bench in the first half, fueling the same questions that reporters asked last month: is he physically fit to compete? Arenas would come back in the second half, but his skills, sadly, remained conspicuously absent ...

Qu Shitao, a student at Donghua University of Science and Technology in Jiangxi province, lost his right leg when he was three years old, but that hasn't stopped him from playing the sport he loves. When fellow students first saw him hit the outdoor courts, they weren't sure how to react. Go easy on him, right? But Qu, with his trademark spinning layup -- pivoting on his crutch, which he upgraded to a metal ...

Saturday night’s CBA season opener brought out the stars. The world’s best badminton player, Lin Dan, and probably best female diver, Wu Minxia, were in attendance. Li Ning threw the ceremonial jump ball. Shanghai Sharks owner Yao Ming was in the stands. But the biggest attraction was on the floor, in the form of former Dream Teamers Stephon Marbury and Gilbert Arenas — two of only three Team USA Basketball ...

Before Beijing and Shanghai tipped off the 2012-13 Chinese Basketball Association season last night, there was a 30-minute pre-game ceremony in which players and coaches from last year's championship-winning team -- that would be the Beijing Ducks, if you're just joining in -- received medals, awards, and a championship banner. All that was normal. Then there was music in the form of Chinese folk rock, half ...

After a series of false starts, three-time NBA All-Star Gilbert Arenas finally signed with the CBA's Shanghai Sharks. Even though he's been practicing with the team for a week, he was only officially unveiled on Monday. Reports NiuBBall's Jon Pastuszek, he has a one-year deal worth about $700,000 with an option for a second year if both team and player desires. Though the deal was expected to go through sin ...