Shanghai Sharks tab Elijah Milsap

In their first significant player-related move of the summer, the Shanghai Sharks have brought in Elijah Milsap, a 6″6 swingman who last played for the LA Defenders in the NBA D-League. Millsap, whose brother Paul plays for Utah Jazz, will be playing his first season in Chinese basketball.

A graduate of the University of Alabama, Millsap went undrafted in the 2010 NBA draft before getting picked up firstly by the Oklahoma City Thunder and then with the LA Lakers.

 With the Defenders, he averaged 21.2 ppg (and shot close to 40% from three-point range in the process) along with 6.3 rpg and 3.2 apg, which was good enough to get him to the 2012 D-League All-Star game.