Beijing Ducks

Beijing Ducks
Chinese	北京金隅鸭
Transcriptions
Mandarin
- Hanyu Pinyin	Běijīng Jīnyú Yā
- Wade–Giles	Pei3 ching1 Chin1yü4 ya1
Cantonese (Yue)
- Jyutping	Baak1 ging1 Gam1 jyu4 aap4
- Yale Romanization	Bei3 jing1 Jin1 yu4 ya1

Beijing Ducks
Beijing Ducks
League	CBA
Arena	Shougang Gymnasium
Based in	Beijing, China
Team colors	black, steel blue, white
Head coach	Min Lulei

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Beijing Jinyu Ducks (北京金隅鸭) or Beijing Ducks or Beijing Jinyu is a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Beijing. They were formerly known as the Beijing Shougang Ducks (北京首钢) or Beijing Shougang; the name change was likely due to a change of corporate sponsorship. They should not be confused with the Beijing Olympians, which is a different team.

During at least part of the 2003–2004 season, it seems they were known as Beijing Wanfeng Aote (北京万丰奥特); again, this seems to have had something to do with corporate sponsorship.

The team's corporate sponsor is presumably Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. (北京金隅集团有限责任公司), the largest construction material conglomerate in China.

In the 2004–2005 season, the Beijing Ducks finished in second place in the North Division, but lost in the quarter-finals to the South Division's Bayi Rockets.

Notable players include Mengke Bateer.

In 2008, the team visited the United States, training at Marquette University and the Milwaukee School of Engineering in Wisconsin, as well as visiting Philadelphia, Madison, WI and Eugene, OR.^[1]

[edit] Current Roster

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined by FIBA. Players may hold more than one nationality.

Beijing Ducks roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Nat.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
4.0 !F	0	CHN !	Chang Lin	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
1.5 !G	3	USA !	Marbury, Stephon	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
1.5 !G	6	TPE !	Lee Hsueh-lin	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)
1.5 !G	7	CHN !	Xie Libin	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
1.5 !G	8	CHN !	Fang Shuo	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
1.5 !G	9	CHN !	Wang Xiaohui	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
6.0 !C	10	CHN !	Han Chongkai	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	96 kg (212 lb)
2.5 !G/F	12	CHN !	Chen Lei	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
6.0 !C	13	CHN !	Zhu Yanxi	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
4.0 !F	20	CHN !	Zhai Xiaochuan	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
1.5 !G	21	CHN !	Chen Shidong	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	70 kg (154 lb)
4.0 !F	25	CHN !	Yin Tianren	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
1.5 !G	31	CHN !	Men Wei	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
5.5 !F/C	32	USA !	Morris, Randolph	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	125 kg (276 lb)
4.0 !F	51	CHN !	Ji Zhe	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	110 kg (243 lb)
6.0 !C	55	CHN !	Sun Mingming	2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)	170 kg (375 lb)