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The former Liaoning men s basketball player returns to the NBA; Dhakari beat Carlton 35+17; Faye joins Shenzhen

7:00pm, 20 September 2025【Basketball】

There are also fans who remember Sharif Cooper, a young foreign aid who once played for the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team. He played 7 games for the team in the CBA playoffs in the 23-24 season. He was able to score 11.6 points, 2.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists in 14 minutes per game, and performed very well. After the season, the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team also used the priority contract renewal rights for Cooper, but because Cooper always wanted to return to the NBA, he did not renew his contract with the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team. Just a few days ago, Cooper's persistence paid off. According to his agency's official announcement, Cooper has signed a two-way contract with the Wizards, and he is expected to represent the Wizards in the new season.

After signing Cooper on the Wizards, Ferge sent his blessings on social media as a former teammate. In fact, Cooper was able to play in the CBA at that time, which was also related to Ferge. Before the 23-24 season's playoffs started, Ferg suffered some injuries, which affected his condition. In order to be able to perform well in the playoffs, Liaoning Men's Basketball Team signed Cooper as a foreign aid to put out the fire. After arriving at the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team, Cooper started from the playoffs and scored 9 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the first game. Then Cooper's performance got better and better. In the first finals with the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team, he scored 22 points, 6 rebounds and 9 assists in a single game. After Ferge completely recovered, Cooper also completed his mission and did not play in the next three finals. The third final of the NBL League has ended. Hong Kong Taurus was 11 points behind in the beginning, and with its outstanding lineup depth, it finally reversed and defeated Changsha Yongsheng and won the match point with a big score of 2-1, only one final victory away from winning the championship again. In this game, the big foreign aid Dakari Johnson, who won bravely in Changsha, performed very well. He made 10 of 15 shots and 15 of 17 free throws while playing for 37 minutes, and scored 35 points, 17 rebounds and 3 assists, completely defeating the big foreign aid Carlton who faced him (6 points, 4 rebounds, and 5 fouls left the court). However, with the decline in physical fitness and the fact that Hong Kong Taurus has been strictly guarding him, Dhakari also lacks reliable helpers, and the offensive efficiency in the second half of the game has dropped significantly. Although

did not help the team win, Dhakari's performance was already very outstanding and was fully recognized by the fans. According to the news revealed by the media, Dhakari has completed the signing of Zhejiang Men's Basketball Team and will return to the CBA to represent Zhejiang Men's Basketball Team in the new season. As for Changsha's victory over another foreign aid, Wells, although his performance in the last game was excellent, his performance in this game was very average: the data of 23 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists seemed OK, but he only made 6 of 19 shots in terms of shooting, and his shooting percentage was very low. Not only that, Wells' problems in handling the ball are also quite obvious, with 8 mistakes in the whole game, which is very inappropriate. The Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has completed a contract renewal with Wells, and he will continue to represent the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team in the new season.

The big foreign aid Faye, who played for the Shanxi Men's Basketball Team last season, has attracted the interest of several CBA teams this offseason. Just a few days ago, media person "The City of Jiangnan" revealed that Faye is in contact with a southern team. An insider later revealed that this team is the Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team. Not only that, Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team and Faye did not just have contact. The communication between the two sides was very smooth and the intention to join had reached. Faye is an inside defensive player. He came to the CBA for the first time last season to play for the Shanxi Men's Basketball Team. He averaged 7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.5 blocks per game in the regular season. He averaged 4.7 points, 3.7 rebounds per game in the playoffs. After the end of the season, Shanxi Men's Basketball Team was a little dissatisfied with Faye's offensive performance, and did not renew his contract, nor did they use the right to renew him first. The Shenzhen Men's Basketball Team signed Faye mainly because it attracted his defense and frame protection ability, and hoped that he could help the team in these two aspects.