Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

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Eastern Sports Club
Eastern Sports Club logo
NicknameEastern Long Lions
LeaguesA1 Division Hong Kong
ASEAN Basketball League
Founded1932; 90 years ago (1932)
ArenaSouthorn Stadium
Capacity2,000
LocationHong Kong
Head coachŽeljko Pavličević
OwnershipEastern Sports Club
ChampionshipsA1 Division Hong Kong: 1 (2018)
ASEAN Basketball League: 1 (2016)
Websitebasketball.easternlonglions.com
Eastern Long Lions basketball team
Traditional Chinese東方龍獅籃球隊
Simplified Chinese东方龙狮篮球队

The Eastern basketball team (Chinese: 東方籃球隊), is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club.[1] The team also known as Chinese: 東方男籃; lit. 'Eastern Men's Basketball' and Eastern Long Lions for sponsorship reason. The team competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division[2][3] and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016.[4]

History[]

second logo of the basketball team

Eastern basketball team is a section of Eastern Sports Club (officially known as Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited). In 2015 season the team won  [zh] and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship.[2] The team became fully professional in 2016.[2][3] In 2016, the team also participated in ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

In the same year, the club signed a sponsorship deal with Zhong Naixiong, owner of Nenking Group.[5] Thus the club was also known as Eastern Long Lions. He also became the vice-president (Chinese: 副會長)[nb 1] of the sport club.[5] Zhong also sponsored Foshan Long Lions,[5] another basketball team based in Foshan and Guangzhou in Mainland China. In 2017, there was another short-lived "Long Lions" basketball team from Nanhai, Foshan.[7][8] Both Eastern Long Lions and Nanhai Long Lions participated in 2017–18 ABL season.

Current roster[]

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster[]

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From
G 0 Hong Kong 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 25 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996
G 1 Hong Kong 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 73 kg (161 lb) 21 – (2000-10-08)8 October 2000
G/F 3 Hong Kong 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 34 – (1987-10-16)16 October 1987
G 5 United States Raley-Ross, Brandis (WI) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 34 – (1987-02-06)6 February 1987
G/F 6 Hong Kong 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 34 – (1987-08-15)15 August 1987
G/F 8 Hong Kong Siu Wing, Chan (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 29 – (1992-04-26)26 April 1992
G 10 Hong Kong 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 23 – (1998-07-28)28 July 1998
G 11 Hong Kong 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 21 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000
F 16 Hong Kong United States  (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 28 – (1993-02-16)16 February 1993
F 24 Hong Kong 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 19 – (2002-03-08)8 March 2002
F 28 Hong Kong Philippines 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 27 – (1995-01-11)11 January 1995
G 27 Hong Kong Philippines 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 74 kg (163 lb) 25 – (1996-09-26)26 September 1996
G 35 Hong Kong 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 22 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999
C 30 Hong Kong 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993
C 13 Hong Kong 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 21 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Hong Kong Yu Chi Kit
  • Hong Kong Wong Ka Kit, Thomas
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • Hong Kong Lam Man Chun
Team manager
  • Hong Kong Lee Shu Wing
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (WI) World import
  • Injured Injured
Updated: 12 Sep 2021

Notable players[]

To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
  • Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Local players[]

Import players[]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Chinese: 會長 means leader of the club, while Chinese: 副 means vice- However, there were other positions such as Chinese: 主席; lit. 'Chairman' and 4 vice-chairmen.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ a b c 東方來季組香港史上首支全職籃球隊！. sportsroad.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Eastern set aside HK$10 million to become first professional basketball team in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post (in en-hk). Hong Kong. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  4. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions Confirms Participation In ABL". ASEAN Basketball League. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. ^ a b c 白武士鍾乃雄HK足球有價值 [White knight Zhong Naixiong: HK football has its value]. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong: Oriental Press Group. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. ^ 關於東方龍獅 [About Eastern Long Lions] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Eastern Sports Club. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. ^ Li, Matthew (17 October 2017). ABL季前發布會 東方男籃球衣曝光 [ABL pre-season press conference Eastern Men's Basketball unveils their shirts]. U Power (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. ^ Li, Matthew (21 November 2017). ABL添澳門元素 功夫小子「搣走」南海「牽手」忠信 [ABL add Macau elements: "Kung Fu" drop "Nanhai" and add "Chong Son" to their name]. U Power (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 7 January 2019.

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