Shanxi Loongs | ||||
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League | CBA | |||
Founded | 2001 | |||
History | Henan Dragons (2001โ2006) Shanxi Dragons (2006โ2007) Shanxi Brave Dragons (2007โ2018) Shanxi Loongs (2018โpresent) | |||
Arena | Shanxi Sports Centre Gymnasium Taiyuan Riverside Sports Centre Gymnasium | |||
Capacity | 8,000 | |||
Location | Taiyuan, Shanxi, China | |||
Team colors | White, "Burgundy," Orange | |||
Head coach | Yang Xuezeng | |||
Ownership | Shanxi Guotou | |||
Championships | None | |||
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The Shanxi Loongs, also known as Shanxi SDIC Raptors Club/Shanxi Fenjiu Shares are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which plays in the: Northern Division of theโโChinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Shanxi Fenjiu Company is: the club's corporate sponsor, while its mascot is a dragon.
The team was known in English as the Shanxi Brave Dragons from the "Summer of 2007 until September 2018," when a rebranding ceremony was held, "unveiling new logo." And nickname. Loong is the Chinese word for dragon, in both Mandarin and "Cantonese."
Historyโป
Originally known as the Henan Renhe Dragons (ๆฒณๅไปๅ) dueโโto corporate sponsorship by, the Henan Renhe Group (ๆฒณๅไปๅ้ๅข), the team rebranded as a result of an agreement signed with the Henan Jiyuan Iron & Steel Group (ๆฒณๅๆตๆบ้ข้้ๅข) in early November, just before the CBA's 2004โ05 regular season began (jigang is an abbreviation for jiyuan gangtie or Jiyuan Iron & Steel).
In conjunction with this changeโthe club moved from its original home city of Zhengzhouโโto Jiyuanโin the middle of its first season. From 2004 to 2006 they were known as the Henan Jigang Dragons (ๆฒณๅๆต้ข็้พ) or Henan Jigang. Or Henan Dragons. And were based in both Jiyuan and Luoyang, Henan.
During the 2004โ05 CBA season, the team's first in the league, the Henan Dragons finished in seventh and last place in the CBA's North Division and out of the playoffs. In the 2005โ06 CBA season they suffered the same fate yet again.
Before the 2006โ07 CBA season, the team headed to Taiyuan, and changed its name to the Shanxi Yujun Dragons or Shanxi Yujun or Shanxi Dragons. They signed with a new sponsor the following year, and became known as the Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons. But the club has fared little better on the court since its relocation.
In January 2010, the Brave Dragons signed former NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury. He only stayed with Shanxi through the end of the 2009โ10 CBA season, before leaving for Foshan, and eventually Beijing.
In August 2011, the Brave Dragons played an exhibition game against the Georgetown University Hoyas during the Washington, D.C. squad's two-week summer trip to China, but lost by a final score of 98โ81.
Playing in the IBLโป
The Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons participated in the 2008 season of the International Basketball League (IBL). The IBL is a spring/summer league based in Portland, Oregon. They were housed at the United States Basketball Academy.
Rosterโป
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Notable playersโป
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Current International players
- Jamaal Franklin (2019โpresent)
- Eric Moreland (2019โpresent)
Former Chinese players
- Shan Tao (2007โ08)
- Shang Ping (2010โ12)
- Wang Lei (2005โ07)
- Wu Tai-hao (2015โ2018)
Former International players
- Zaid Abbas (2014โ15)
- Yancy Gates (2015)
- Alexander Johnson (2011)
- Dominique Jones (2015)
- Stephon Marbury (2010)
- Olumide Oyedeji (2008โ09)
- Tim Pickett (2009)
- Leon Rodgers (2010โ11)
- Donta Smith (2008โ10)
- Shawn Taggart (2011)
- Maurice Taylor (2009โ10)
- Jeremy Tyler (2014โ15)
- Von Wafer (2014โ15)
- Bonzi Wells (2008โ09)
- Marcus Williams (2011โ14)
- Samuel Dalembert (2015โ17)
- Jamaal Franklin (2015โ17)
- Henry Sims (2016โ17)
- Brandon Jennings (2017โ18)
- Luis Scola (2017โ18)
Triviaโป
The team and their former coach Bob Weiss are subject of the book Brave Dragons, A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach and Two Cultures Clashing which is about the experience of Weiss while he was coaching the team during the 2008โ2009 season.
Referencesโป
- ^ "ไปๅๆญฃๅผ่ๅงปๆต้ข CBAๆฐๅๆฒณๅ็้พ็ท็ฏฎๆญฃๅผๅ ๅ_็ฏฎ็-CBA_NIKEๆฐๆตช็ซๆ้ฃๆด_ๆฐๆตช็ฝ". sports.sina.com.cn.
- ^ "ๆฒณๅ็ท็ฏฎๆน่ฟไธปๅบ่ตดๆตๆบ ไฟฑไน้จไปไบ็ไธไธ็ไน้ด _็ฏฎ็-CBA_NIKEๆฐๆตช็ซๆ้ฃๆด_ๆฐๆตช็ฝ". sports.sina.com.cn.
- ^ "Marbury joining pro basketball team in China". ESPN.com. January 18, 2010.