One-for-one trade! Whiteside is out! Goodbye, Shanghai Sharks!

The missing person has shown up again.

"White Side" Whiteside wrote on his personal social media:No attacks, doubts, obstacles, or suppression can defeat me! Shanghai, I thank you! I've won the cup championship, the Defensive Player of the Year award, and the CBA championship!

In this year's CBA Finals, the Shanghai Sharks defeated the Guangsha Lions 4-1 to claim the second championship trophy in franchise history. However, Whiteside surprisingly missed the entire series, not even appearing at the most important award ceremony. To this day, no one can explain what exactly happened to him. Previously, head coach Lu Wei stated that he had a recurrence of a foot injury...

A trade was recently completed in the Puerto Rican league, with Whiteside being swapped for fellow former NBA center DeMarcus Cousins and sent to the Mets Metropolitanos.

This guy was born on June 13, 1989. He is a big center standing 2.13 meters tall with a 2.31-meter wingspan. He was the third pick of the second round in the 2010 draft. Over his 12-year NBA career, he was named to the All-Defensive Second Team once, led the league in rebounding once, and won the blocks title twice, among other accolades.

During last summer's offseason, Whiteside brought his talents back to China. In the 25-26 regular season, he played 32 games, averaging 11 points, 8.8 rebounds, and 1.4 blocks in 14.8 minutes per game, with a 66.7% field goal percentage. In this year's playoffs, he played 6 games, averaging 9.8 points, 7.7 rebounds, and 1.7 blocks in 17.2 minutes per game, with a 58.1% field goal percentage.

By the way, Whiteside is the first foreign DPOY in CBA history. As a player who once made a name for himself in the NBA, he still possesses strong influence in leagues outside the NBA, even as he ages.

In any case, Whiteside undoubtedly contributed to Shanghai's championship this year. Unfortunately, as mentioned above, the ending of this story is not very perfect, and his CBA career has become uncertain. Otherwise, he would have no shortage of new contracts—big foreign centers with such defensive dominance are actually rare commodities.

Good luck. Time will tell.