Locked in as a Foreign Player? Daish Tryout Shanghai Debut: Highest Scorer with Three-pointers

August 17th, the NBL pre-season games officially began, with the Shanghai Sharks invited to participate. In their first game, they lost 88-101 to the Illawarra Hawks.

Shanghai’s performance in this game was still quite good, immediately engaging in a seesaw battle with the Hawks, and the score difference never widened. It should be noted that in the practice match held between the two teams yesterday, Shanghai suffered a crushing defeat by 53 points. This time, Shanghai kept up with the score in the first half without allowing the score difference to widen, trailing by only 6 points after three quarters, but unfortunately could not hold on in the final quarter, allowing the opponents to continuously score and widen the gap, thus losing the game’s suspense.

Although Shanghai lost the game, the performance of their foreign player Daish was commendable, starting with a blazing hand, hitting consecutive three-pointers, scoring 17 points alone in the first half; however, he did not maintain his shooting touch in the second half, only making one three-pointer. He played for 22 minutes in total, shooting 8 out of 16, including 6 out of 9 from beyond the arc, scoring the highest of 22 points in the team, along with 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 block.

Daish’s performance in this game gives him a chance to become Shanghai’s foreign player for the new season. Last season, he played for the NBA G League’s Vipers, averaging 17.4 points and 7.5 rebounds per game.