Shotsuey!’s CBA 2014-2015 season awards (+ some words on the CBA’s status).

So, yeah.
Turns out this blog is still alive and well, even after the end of the season. Quite clearly, its activity will be slowing down considerably during this off-season, and you all are aware of how long a CBA off-season is. Nevertheless, it’s certainly been a long month of absence for me, during which other aspects of my life have been temporarily taking a huge amount of my daily time. Back to our main subject, though, as the CBA season has crowned a not-so-new champion in Beijing’s team, the Ducks, and Stephon Marbury has captured Finals MVP honors once again. Anyone surprised?

CBA Playoffs: a match-up breakdown, part 2.

Now that we’ve analyzed the match-ups involving seeds number 1, 2, 7 and 8, let’s move on to the 2 remaining quarter-final bouts, Qingdao-Shanxi and Beijing-Jilin.

CBA Power Rankings, half-season edition (part 1)

We’ve finally turned the page. The first half of this regular season is in the books and some sentences have already been handed out. There basically is a chunk of 8 teams far behind, among which some have already given up. That, in itself, probably isn’t a surprise, as isn’t unheard of to see so many import changes. Most of those newcomers, however, aren’t competing for a playoff spot; how much personal success will be a priority in their half-season in the CBA?

CBA Power Rankings, week 4 (part 1)

This might not be an extra-verbose edition of my power rankings. I’ve just watched Fujian lose to a Beasley-less Shanghai side that didn’t exactly work its tail off to win, and really the Sturgeons’ pessimist attitude left me speechless.