Jilin Northeast Tigers

Jilin Northeast Tigers
Jilin Northeast Tigers
League	CBA
Founded	1956
History	Jilin Northeast Tigers ; (1956–present)
Arena	Changchun Gymnasium, 4,299 capacity
Location	Changchun, Jilin, China
Team colors	Red, gold, White;
Head coach	Juan Antonio Orenga
Ownership	Kenneth Huang

The Jilin Tonggang Northeast Tigers (吉林通钢东北虎) or Jilin Tonggang or Jilin Northeast Tigers are a professional basketball team based in Changchun, Jilin, China, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Tonggang Group is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a Siberian tiger.

History

The team was founded in 1956 but became a professional club in 1998. It was known as Jilin Henghe (吉林恒和) in the 2000–01 CBA season, Jilin Jiliang (吉林吉粮) in the 2001–02 CBA season, and Jilin Yiqi (吉林一汽) in the 2002–03 CBA season. The multiple name changes reflect the annual turnover in corporate sponsorship that characterized this era.

During the 2004–05 CBA season, the Jilin Northeast Tigers finished in fourth place in the CBA's North Division, but lost in the Quarter-Finals of the CBA Playoffs to the defending champions, the South Division's Guangdong Southern Tigers.

In the 2005–06 CBA season, they posted the same finish, and ultimately suffered exactly the same fate. This was the third year in a row, in fact, that the Northeast Tigers were eliminated from the CBA Playoffs by the Southern Tigers.

Roster

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Jilin Northeast Tigers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G	1	Liu Tianyi	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
G	3	Fu Bowen	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
C	4	Li An	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	5	Cui Jinming	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
F	6	Chai Changyi	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	92 kg (203 lb)
F	7	Kong Degao	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (154 lb)
F	9	Zhu Entong	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
G	11	Jiang Weize	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	70 kg (154 lb)
F/C	12	Zhong Cheng	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	120 kg (265 lb)
G	13	Jiang Yuxing	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
F	14	Zhang Biao (C)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
F	15	Xia Yubo	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	89 kg (196 lb)
F	21	Guo Jinlin	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
F/C	32	Eli Holman	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	118 kg (260 lb)
F	33	Geng Mingyang	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
F	36	Dai Huaibo	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
F/C	44	Lian Ming	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	107 kg (236 lb)
G	55	Dominique Jones	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	98 kg (216 lb)

Head coach

Wang Han

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 22 March 2020

Notable players

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

Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

Current

Cui Jinmin (2013–)
Dominique Jones (2018–)

Former

Sun Jun (1994–2005)
Xue Yuyang (2001–2003)
David Vanterpool (1997–1999)
Roderick Gregoire (2000–2006)
Marcus Session (2004)
Babacar Camara (2005–2008)
Leon Rodgers (2008–2010, 2013)
Dewarick Spencer (2012–2013)
Denzel Bowles (2013–2015)
Michel Madanly (2014–2015)
Marcus Williams (2015–2016)
Peter John Ramos (2015–2016)
Josh Akognon (2015–2016)
Bob Donewald, Jr. (Head coach, 2016–2017)
Jabari Brown (2016–2017)
Malcolm Thomas (2016–2017)
Mehdi Kamrani (2016–2017)
Von Wafer (2018–2019)
Carl Landry (2018–2019)
Maciej Lampe (2018–2019)

External links

Official website (in Chinese)
Team profile (in Chinese)