Qingdao Eagles

Qingdao Eagles 青岛双星雄鹰
Qingdao Eagles 青岛双星雄鹰 logo
League	CBA
Founded	2003
History	Qingdao Eagles (2003–present)
Arena	Guoxin Gymnasium
Capacity	12,500
Location	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Team colors	Blue, White
Main sponsor	DoubleStar
Head coach	Gong Xiaobin
Retired numbers	1 (#1)
Home Away

The Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles (simplified Chinese: 青岛双星雄鹰; traditional Chinese: 青島雙星雄鷹; pinyin: qīng dǎo shuāng xīng xióng yīng) or Qingdao DoubleStar or Qingdao Eagles are a Chinese professional basketball team which is based in Qingdao, Shandong. The club plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). DoubleStar is the club's corporate sponsor, and the team's mascot is an eagle.

History

Qingdao received a great deal of attention from various media outlets around the world when former National Basketball Association All-Star Tracy McGrady spent the 2012–13 CBA season as a member of the team, but despite strong individual efforts, "T-Mac" was unable to help the club qualify for that year's CBA Playoffs. In the 2014–15 CBA season, thanks to the extra addition of Hamed Haddadi, Qingdao received their first playoff appearance with the third-best record in the league, going as far as the semi-final round before being swept by the Liaoning Flying Leopards.

Players

Notable players

• Shan Tao (2000–2001)
• Wang Lei (2000–2001)
• Torraye Braggs (2006–2007)
• Chris Williams (2008–2010)
• Amal McCaskill (2009)
• Sabah Khoury (2009–2010)
• Dee Brown (2010–2011)
• Ivan Johnson (2011)
• Xue Yuyang (2011–2014)
• Olumide Oyedeji (2011–2012)
• D.J. Mbenga (2012)
• Tracy McGrady (2012–2013)
  (#1 retired by Qingdao)
• Chris Daniels (2012–2013)
• Josh Selby (2013)
• Peter John Ramos (2013–2014)
• Josh Akognon (2013–2014)
• Justin Dentmon (2014–2015)
• Hamed Haddadi (2014–2015)
• Mike Harris (2014–2015)
• Jonathan Gibson (2015–2016,2017–present)
• Alan Williams (2015–2016)
• Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2016–2017)
• Terrence Jones (2017–present)

External links

• Qingdao DoubleStar site