Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin

Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin 山东高速麒麟俱乐部
League	CBA
Founded	1995; 27 years ago (1995)
History	Shandong Flaming Bulls (1995–2003) Shandong Lions (2003–2004) Shandong Gold Lions (2004–2014) Shandong Golden Stars (2014–2019) Shandong Heroes (2019–2021) Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin (2021–present)
Arena	Shandong Arena
Capacity	8,800
Location	Jinan, Shandong, China
Main sponsor	Hi-Speed Group
Head coach	Gong Luming
Home Away

Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin (Chinese: 山东高速麒麟俱乐部) is a Chinese professional basketball team based in Jinan, Shandong, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Some home games are held in the nearby city of Linyi.

The Hi-Speed Group is the club's corporate sponsor. The long-time previous corporate sponsor was Kingston.

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[]

Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 0 Lester Hudson 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 93 kg (205 lb) PG 1 Gao Shiyan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) SF 2 Ding Yanyuhang 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 99 kg (218 lb) SF 5 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) SG 7 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) SF 8 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) SF 10 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) SG 11 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) C 15 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) PF 16 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) PG 17 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) G 20 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 129 kg (284 lb) SF 21 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 92 kg (203 lb) PG 22 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 77 kg (170 lb) PF 23 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) PG 24 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) PF 33 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) SF 35 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 91 kg (201 lb) SG 44 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb)	Head coach Gong Luming Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 30 December 2021

External links[]

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