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John Terry has been urged to make a summer switch to China by former Chelsea team-mate Demba Ba. Rafael Marquez Jersey . The Blues skippers contract expires at the end of the season and the former England defender told Sky Sports News HQ last month that he was still hoping for a new deal despite no indications yet from the club.But Ba, who spent the 2013-14 season at Chelsea and signed for Shanghai Shenhua from Besiktas last summer, says he should join him in the Chinese Super League. He told The Sun newspaper: If Eden Hazard was to ring, Id tell him not to be silly and stay where he is, but if John contacts me, Id tell him, Get on the next plane over here. What are you waiting for?John is still a top player that can perform in any of Europes top leagues, so he doesnt need to come here. But, at the age of 35, he has nothing to prove to anybody anymore and if he can get one last huge contract here, it would be more than welcome to him I think.And it would be a once-in-a-lifetime experience to live in a completely different culture. Demba Ba scored 14 goals for Chelsea during the 2013-14 season Senegal international Ba has scored 10 goals in 14 appearances for Shenhua, just one of a number of Super League sides making multi-million-pound efforts to sign Europes best talent.Guangzhou Evergrande have recently signed Jackson Martinez and Paulinho, and are managed by former Chelsea boss Luiz Felipe Scolari, while Hebei China Fortune have Gervinho and Ezequiel Lavezzi.And Ba says he is enjoying life in the Far East, adding: The city is an amazing place. Whenever you walk around the new city, it makes you feel like youre in Europe to be honest.There is a false perception that China is backwards but some of the neighbourhoods here look better than in France or England. Also See: Contes Chelsea will win league Costa to Atletico almost impossible Chelsea interested in Pjanic Harris: Conte a winner Hector Moreno Jersey . A top pitching prospect, one who the ball club is pinning some of its future hopes, takes the spot of a veteran who once was viewed as a future ace but who, to this point, hasnt realized his potential and may never. Hugo Ayala Jersey . -- Pinch-runner Rajai aviss decision to steal third base just as Oakland catcher Derek Norris was throwing the ball back to the pitcher caught most everyone by surprise -- including several of his Detroit teammates.SANTA BARBARA, Calif. -- Kobe Bryant feels great, would welcome Byron Scott as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, would love to play alongside free agent Carmelo Anthony and is pleased with the moves of the teams front office so far. At least thats how the All-Star guard presented things at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday, where Bryant is hosting his annual youth basketball camp. But for anybody hoping for definitive answers, Bryant had nothing to offer. "Obviously its a hot topic of conversation in terms where everybody is going to go," he said. "Everybody is here to read tea leaves. I dont have much to tell you. I dont have any information you guys dont already know." Bryant addressed a throng of reporters during a wide-ranging conversation delayed by about an hour as he watched the end of the World Cup semifinal match between Argentina and the Netherlands elsewhere. He teased reporters asking him for his thoughts on the game. "I missed it," he deadpanned. "I was trying to rush over here to get to you fine folk. I didnt get a chance to catch the end. Who won?" His joke fooled nobody, as he had moments earlier tweeted his excitement for an Argentina-Germany final, followed shortly after by another tweet that expressed his boredom at a by-now all-too-familiar line of questions. The tweet included the hashtags "diffwritersamequestion" and "yawn." Mostly, Bryant stressed patience in waiting to see who signs where. "Its a little hard now because I think everyone is playing the waiting game to a certain extent, at least we are," he said. "You kind of want to see where the dominoes fall and then operate from there. You wind up operating in somewhat of a window. You start seeing other players going other places, players that you can use to fill out the roster, right? So you see these things happening and youre behind a bit, but its worth the wait. Edson Alvarez Jersey. " The 18-year NBA veteran didnt hide his sentiments about the possibility of playing alongside Anthony, the Knicks free agent and his two-time Olympic teammate. "I would love to play with him," Bryant said. "Weve really clicked since 2008. I would love to see that." Bryant said he would also welcome his former teammate, Scott, as his next coach. "He was my rookie mentor when I first came in the league, so I had to do things like get him doughnuts and run errands for him, things like that," he said. "Weve had a tremendously close relationship throughout the years." In terms of grading the performance of the Lakers front office this off-season, Bryant suggested that he was pleased, but that he would not be happy with another rebuilding year. "Ive never had patience; Im not going to start now," he said. "But you do what you have to do as an organization. God forbid we end up with absolutely nothing, its not for a lack of effort. Thats something I would be extremely proud of. We put forth the effort and gave it our best shot. What can you do? You just go from there and do your best and try to win." Bryant said he believed signing Anthony would go a long way to retaining unrestricted free agent Pau Gasol. "My biggest message to (Gasol) was, Make sure you enjoy this process," Bryant said. "The ball is in your court. This is your decision to make, dont feel like the weight is on your shoulders. Im sure if we got Carmelo that would help him make his decision." Bryant said he feels as though his body is in midseason form. "Physically, I feel great," he said. "I dont think about my knee when Im training, I dont think about my Achilles when Im training. I feel sharp and crisp and well just add on from there." ' ' '