Shandong Heroes

Shandong Heroes 山东王者
League	CBA
Founded	1995
History	Shandong Flaming Bulls (1995–2003) Shandong Lions (2003–2004) Shandong Gold Lions (2004–2014) Shandong Golden Stars (2014–2019) Shandong Heroes (2019–present)
Arena	Shandong Arena
Capacity	8,800
Location	Jinan, Shandong, China
Main sponsor	Hi-Speed Group
Head coach	Gong Xiaobin (巩晓彬)
Home Away

The Shandong Heroes (simplified Chinese: 山东王者; traditional Chinese: 山東王者; pinyin: Shāndōng Wángzhě) are 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 Heroes roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 0 Jiao Hailong 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) G 1 Sui Ran (C) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 96 kg (212 lb) G/F 2 Ding Yanyuhang 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 93 kg (205 lb) G 3 Ty Lawson 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 4 Zhang Hui 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 75 kg (165 lb) G/F 7 Li Honghan 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 75 kg (165 lb) G 9 Zhang Qingpeng 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) PF 10 Li Lin 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) F/C 15 Wu Ke 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 114 kg (251 lb) PG 17 Wen Yanxing 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) F/C 20 Tao Hanlin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) G 24 Wang Ruheng 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) 91 kg (201 lb) G/F 27 Zhang Chunjun 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 94 kg (207 lb) F/C 32 Jia Cheng 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 106 kg (234 lb) C 34 Zhu Rongzhen 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 106 kg (234 lb) G — Andrew Goudelock 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb)	Head coach Gong Xiaobin Assistant coach(es) Ju Weisong Tomislav Tomovic Mikalauskas Virginijus Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 16 December 2017

Depth chart

External links

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