Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin

Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin
Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin
League	CBA
Founded	1995; 29 years ago
History	Shandong Flaming Bulls ; (1995–2003) ; Shandong Lions ; (2003–2004) ; Shandong Gold Lions ; (2004–2014) ; Shandong Golden Stars ; (2014–present)
Arena	Shandong Arena, 8,800 capacity
Location	Jinan, Shandong, China
Team colors	Red, Gold, Black ;
Main sponsor	Yongan ; (1998–2001) ; Kingston ; (2001–2014) ; Hi-Speed Group ; (2014–present)
Head coach	Aleksandar Kesar
Home	Away

The Shandong Hi-Speed Golden Stars (simplified Chinese: 山东高速金星; traditional Chinese: 山東高速金星; pinyin: Shān dōng Gāo sù Jīn xīng) or Shandong Hi-Speed or Shandong Golden Stars are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Jinan, Shandong, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. Some home games are held in the nearby city of Linyi.

The Hi-Speed Group is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a golden star. The long-time previous corporate sponsor was Kingston, literally translated into Chinese as Jinsidun, before a change was made prior to the 2014–15 CBA season.

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

Template:Shandong Golden Stars roster

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Bench 2	Inactive
C	Jason Thompson	Wu Ke	Cao Zhenhua Xu Yufeng
PF	Jia Cheng	Tao Hanlin	Jiao Hailong Donatas Motiejūnas	Li Lin
SF	Ding Yanyuhang	Li Jingyu	Liu Guancen
SG	Sui Ran	Yang Li	Li Honghan
PG	Justin Dentmon	Zhang Hui	Wen Yanxing	A. J. Price