In 2009, the most important sports-related event took place in the sports history in Shanghai- Yao Ming purchased the Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club and became the owner of the Shanghai Maxxis Mens´ Basketball Team
Christmas 2009, and every Shanghai Sharks player received a box of choclate as a christmas gift from the club. For basketball fans in Beijing, that Christmas gift was an exicting match.
Yao Ming watched last game in Beijing through the glass window through the VIP room, but there´s no such VIP at Tianjin Gymnasium, so Yao Ming had to watch the game with the spectators.In fact, Yao doesn´t like flaunting himself for showing off, especially in public. But he wants to be with his team.
"The past few years since we last won the championship, we´ve been neck and neck with Bayi. Neither team has been able to open up the score. It´s always been like this." "The Bayi team used to be the team we model ourselves after. Gradually they became our biggest obstacle towwards winning a CBA title."
Owens was the last person to join the Shanghai team. He come from the Colorado. In addition to analysing basketball skills and strategies, Owens was also a poet, he published a book of poetry- Desert Alien.
Part 6- Fighting back from the brink
It was the 2009-2010 semi-finals between the Sharks and defending champions- The Southern Tigers. With two games at home with the Tigers, then two at home from the Sharks. The Sharks had not been doing well for years since Yang Ming´s departure, and early lost two games of the series. Most people thought the Sharks were doom.
