Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin

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.

Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin 山东高速麒麟俱乐部
League	CBA
Founded	1995 (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	Qiu Biao

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 (山东火牛), but was renamed 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.

Players

Current roster

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Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 0 Liu Ye 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) PG 1 Gao Shiyan 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) SF 3 Marial Shayok 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) PG 4 Zhang Hui 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) SG 5 Zhao Shihao 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb) SF 6 Ai Ze 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 91 kg (201 lb) SG 7 Liu Yi 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) SF 8 Hou Peizuo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 88 kg (194 lb) F 9 Chen Jiuzhang 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 78 kg (172 lb) SF 10 Qiao Wenhan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 93 kg (205 lb) SF 11 Zou Yunxuan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) SG 12 Ma Zhenjun 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb) PF 17 Jiao Hailong 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 103 kg (227 lb) C 20 Tao Hanlin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 129 kg (284 lb) PF 23 Jia Cheng 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 106 kg (234 lb) C 25 Zhang Xinyu 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) SF 30 He Siyu 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) PF 33 Troy Gillenwater 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) SG 44 Chen Peidong 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb)	Head coach Ding Wei Assistant coach(es) Manuel Povia Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 24 December 2023

External links

• Club official website (in Chinese)
• Team profile at Sports.Sina.com.cn (in Chinese)
• Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin on Weibo.com (in Chinese)