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	Aleksandar Kesar
Uniforms
Home Away

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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Shandong Golden Stars roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 1 Sui Ran 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) G 3 Eugene Jeter 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) G 4 Zhang Hui 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) G 5 Chen Shih-nian 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 76 kg (168 lb) F 6 Michael Beasley 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) G 7 Li Honghan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) F 8 Li Jingyu 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) F 9 Liu Guancen 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 84 kg (185 lb) F 10 Li Lin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) C 11 Cao Zhenhua 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 110 kg (243 lb) F 12 Diao Chenghao 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) F/C 14 Sun Chunpeng 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 84 kg (185 lb) C 15 Wu Ke (C) 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) G 19 Yang Li 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) C 20 Tao Hanlin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) G 21 Xu Jiahan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) F 23 Ding Yanyuhang 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) C 77 Xu Yufeng 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb)	Head coach Aleksandar Kesar Assistant coach(es) Ju Weisong Yang Wenhai Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 20 January 2016

Depth chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Bench	Inactive
C	Tao Hanlin	Wu Ke	Cao Zhenhua	Xu Yufeng
PF	Michael Beasley (IN)	Li Lin	Sun Chunpeng
SF	Ding Yanyuhang	Li Jingyu	Diao Chenghao	Liu Guancen
SG	Sui Ran	Yang Li	Li Honghan
PG	Eugene Jeter	Chen Shih-nian	Xu Jiahan	Zhang Hui

Notable players

Current

• Ding Yanyuhang (2011-)
• Eugene "Pooh" Jeter (2012-)
• Chen Shih-nian (2014-)
• Michael Beasley (2015-2016)

Former

• Gong Xiaobin
• Ji Minshang
• Ju Weisong
• Mack Tuck(2004-2005,2006-2009)
• Joel Jones(2005-2006)
• Hervé Lamizana(2006-2008)
• Priest Lauderdale(2008)
• Shan Tao(2008-2009)
• Samaki Walker(2009)
• Andre Emmett(2009-2010)
• Stromile Swift(2009-2010)
• Rodney White(2010-2011)
• Alan Anderson(2011-2012)
• Othello Hunter(2011-2012)
• Zaid Abbaas(2012-2013)
• Jackson Vroman(2012-2013)
• Donnell Harvey(2013-2014)
• Miroslav Raduljica(2014)
• Earl Clark(2014-2015)

External links

• Club official website (Chinese)
• Team profile at Sports.Sina.com.cn (Chinese)