He's back! Little Yi Jianlian! About to debut in his CBA career.

What a pity, just missed by a little.

96-100, Shanxi team lost narrowly to Shanghai team at home.

Shanxi team stats as follows:

Shanghai team stats as follows:

36-year-old "White Side" Whiteside, as usual in this game, played the role of a pillar, continuing strong output on both offense and defense, playing about 23 minutes as a substitute, shooting 10-for-8 efficiently contributing 17 points, 12 rebounds (4 offensive rebounds), 2 assists, 3 blocks, Shanxi team had no way to handle him.

Don't look at this guy's muscular physique like a rough player, but he can actually use shooting to punish opponents, who can stand that?

The old Ferrari is still a Ferrari, the NBA two-time blocks champion & one-time rebounds champion truly lives up to the name.

Speaking of the next game Shanxi team vs Shanghai team, there will be a chance to see the Chinese potential interior line battle Whiteside.

Yes, Dan Houran is back, about to start his CBA career debut, wearing jersey number 15.

Dan Houran was born on April 20, 2005, a forward/center close to 2.10 meters tall, with extremely explosive dynamic talent known as "Little Yi Jianlian", the type who would dunk rather than layup, before this season played for Seattle University in NCAA, appeared in 33 games total, averaging 15.3 minutes per game scoring 5.8 points 2.7 rebounds, shooting percentage 59.2%.

In the 2023 U19 World Cup, Dan Houran represented the Chinese men's basketball team, averaging 11.9 minutes per game scoring 4.9 points 3 rebounds 1.1 blocks, shooting percentage as high as 68.4%, at that time left a deep impression on the outside world due to his soaring and diving playing style.

If Dan Houran can add to his offensive skill package especially shooting ability, then he is truly promising for the future, and also has hope to enter the adult national team later, his style fits well with the current small-ball era world trend, but may not adapt to the relatively slow-paced CBA nowadays.

By the way, Shanxi team also has another Chinese super rookie namely Zhang Boyuan, who originally also qualified to play in CBA this season, but he chose to go to a US high school to play, already holds many offers from famous universities and will appear in NCAA next season, predicted to be selected by Thunder at pick 60 in the second round of the 2027 draft.