Shandong Golden Stars

Shandong Golden Stars
League CBA
Founded 1995
History Shandong Flaming Bulls (1995-03)
Shandong Lions
(2003-04)
Shandong Gold Lions
(2004-14)
Shandong Golden Stars (2014-present)
Arena Shandong Arena, 8,800 capacity
Location Jinan, Shandong, China
Team colors Red, Gold, Black
              
Head coach Serbia Aleksandar Kesar
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The Shandong Hi-Speed Golden Stars (simplified Chinese: 山东高速金星; traditional Chinese: 山東高速金星; pinyin: Shāndōng Gāosù Jīnxīng) or Shandong Hi-Speed or Shandong Golden Stars are a professional basketball team based in Jinan, Shandong, China, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. Some home games are held in the nearby city of Linyi.

The Hi-Speed Group is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a golden star. The long-time previous corporate sponsor was Kingston, literally translated into Chinese as Jinsidun, before a change was made prior to the 2014–15 CBA season.

History

In its early years, the team was known as the Shandong Flaming Bulls (Chinese: 山东火牛), but became the Shandong Lions at the start of the 2003–04 CBA season. At the same time the club moved its homecourt from Jinan to Yantai (six games) and Dongying (five games). For the 2004–05 CBA season, they relocated to Tai'an, but have been back in Jinan since the 2005–06 CBA season.

During the 2004–05 CBA season, the freshly-rebranded Shandong Gold Lions finished in sixth place in the CBA North Division, and out of the playoffs. In the 2005–06 season, the team finished fifth, yet again out of the playoffs.

The club's most successful campaign so far has been the 2012–13 CBA season, when it advanced to the CBA Finals, but got swept in the best-of-seven championship series in just four games by the Guangdong Southern Tigers.

Roster

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Players Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 1 China Sui Ran 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb)
G 3 Ukraine Eugene Jeter 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb)
G 4 China Zhang Hui 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
G 5 Chinese Taipei Chen Shih-nian 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 76 kg (168 lb)
G 7 China Li Honghan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb)
F 8 China Li Jingyu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
F 9 China Liu Guancen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
F 10 China Li Lin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
C 11 China Cao Zhenhua 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb)
F 12 China Diao Chenghao 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb)
F/C 14 China Sun Chunpeng 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 84 kg (185 lb)
C 15 China Wu Ke (C) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb)
G 19 China Yang Li 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb)
C 20 China Tao Hanlin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb)
G 21 China Xu Jiahan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb)
F 23 China Ding Yanyuhang 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb)
C 77 China Xu Yufeng 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb)
Head coach
  • Serbia Aleksandar Kesar
Assistant coach(es)
  • China Ju Weisong
  • China Yang Wenhai
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Injured

Roster
Updated: 20 January 2016

Depth chart

Pos. Starter Bench Bench Inactive
C Cao Zhenhua Wu Ke Xu Yufeng
PF Jason Thompson Li Lin Sun Chunpeng
SF Ding Yanyuhang Li Jingyu Diao Chenghao Liu Guancen
SG Zhang Hui Yang Li Zhai Yi
PG Sui Ran Norris Cole

Notable players

Current

Former

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