Beijing Royal Fighters

Beijing Royal Fighters
北京紫禁勇士
Beijing Royal Fighters ; 北京紫禁勇士
Leagues	CBA
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
History	Guangzhou Free Man; (2009–2012); Chongqing Fly Dragons; (2012–2015); Beikong Fly Dragons; (2015–2019); Beijing Royal Fighters; (2019–present)
Arena	Beijing Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium
Capacity	6,000
Location	Beijing, China
Team colors	Purple, Gold, White;
Main sponsor	Nanhai Corporation; (2009–2012); Black Valley; (2012–2015); Beijing BG / Beikong; (2015–present)
Team manager	Lü Jinqing
Head coach	Stephon Marbury
Ownership	Li Chunli
Home	Away

The Beijing Royal Fighters (Chinese: 北京紫禁勇士; pinyin: Běijīng Zǐjìn Yǒngshì) are a Chinese professional men's basketball team which is based in Beijing and plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Beijing BG (known in Chinese as Beijing Beikong) is the club's corporate sponsor.

History

The franchise was founded in 2009 in Guangzhou and spent its first five seasons of existence competing in the lower levels of China's basketball league system. The team relocated to Chongqing in 2012. The club entered the CBA in the 2014–15 season as an expansion team and finished at the bottom of the league standings with a record of 4–34.

In September 2015, the club relocated again and was initially renamed Beijing BG,^[1] but to avoid confusion with the city's association football team, which is also called Beijing BG, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of the clubs are used, a large number of Chinese sports websites refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons.

Current roster

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Beijing Royal Fighters roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Age
PG	0	Trae Golden	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	33 – (1991-10-05)5 October 1991
G	1	Liu Ao	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)	25 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999
G	2	Liao Sanning	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	23 – (2001-01-29)29 January 2001
G	3	Wang Junjie	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	25 – (1999-09-05)5 September 1999
G	6	Zhang Fan	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	84.0 kg (185 lb)	28 – (1996-01-02)2 January 1996
F	7	Yu Changdong (C)	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	110 kg (243 lb)	33 – (1991-10-26)26 October 1991
F	8	Man Yicheng	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	25 – (1999-06-01)1 June 1999
C	10	Zou Yuchen	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	125 kg (276 lb)	28 – (1996-07-05)5 July 1996
F	14	Wang Shaojie	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	105 kg (231 lb)	28 – (1996-09-17)17 September 1996
F	15	Li Weihao	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	27 – (1997-07-23)23 July 1997
F	18	Luo Kaiwen	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	29 – (1995-07-18)18 July 1995
G	22	Liu Chang	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	27 – (1997-03-19)19 March 1997
C	24	Sun Siyao	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	111 kg (245 lb)	28 – (1996-09-13)13 September 1996
G	25	Ma Yong	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	26 – (1998-04-13)13 April 1998
F	30	Sun Wei	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	107 kg (236 lb)	23 – (2001-05-22)22 May 2001
F	33	Xie Chenfei	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	96 kg (212 lb)	23 – (2000-12-08)8 December 2000
C	44	Isaac Haas	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	132 kg (291 lb)	29 – (1995-10-02)2 October 1995
C	55	Sun Tonglin	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	112.8 kg (249 lb)	31 – (1992-12-23)23 December 1992