Shenzhen Leopards

Shenzhen Leopards
Shenzhen Leopards
Simplified Chinese	深圳领航者
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shēnzhèn Xīnshìjì Lièbào
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	sam1 zan3 san1 sai3 gei2 lit6 paau3

Shenzhen Leopards
Shenzhen Leopards
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Leagues	CBA
Founded	2003; 21 years ago
History	Dongguan New Century Leopards; (2003–2015); Shenzhen New Century Leopards; (2015–2019); Shenzhen Aviators; (2019–present)
Arena	Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre
Capacity	18,000
Location	Longgang, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Team colors	Navy blue, White;
Head coach	Li Qun
Championships	None
Home	Away

The Shenzhen Aviators (Chinese: 深圳领航者) are a professional basketball team which plays in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. New Century is the club's corporate sponsor.

The team is based in Longgang District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, and plays its home games at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre.

History

The club was founded in 2003 as Dongguan New Century Leopards and was initially located in Dongguan, Guangdong. After twelve seasons, the team relocated to nearby Shenzhen in 2015. Success came early in their existence for the Leopards, as they were the runners-up in the 2004 Chinese Basketball League (CBL) championship, and were promoted to the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) for the 2005–06 season.

In its first season in the CBA in 2005–06, Dongguan finished in seventh and last place in the South Division, and was out of the playoffs. The team would soon battle its way to respectability, however, becoming somewhat regular participants in the CBA's postseason over the ensuing years.

In July 2011, NBA point guard Jeremy Lin played for the team at the ABA Club Championship, and was named the MVP of the tournament.^[2]

On December 26, 2013, Bobby Brown scored a franchise-record 74 points in a game against Sichuan Blue Whales.^[3]

Current roster

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Shenzhen Aviators roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	16	Xiang Li (basketball)	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
G/F	3	Meng Duo	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94.6 kg (209 lb)
C	9	Li Muhao	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	108 kg (238 lb)
G	33	Liu Chunqing	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	78 kg (172 lb)
F	77	Lu Yiwen	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	95.5 kg (211 lb)
F	13	Qiu Biao	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	101.3 kg (223 lb)
F	11	Shen Zijie	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	25	Rong Zifeng	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	78 kg (172 lb)
F	35	Wang Yuyao	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G	6	Yang Linyi	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
G	8	Yu Dehao	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	89.9 kg (198 lb)
F/C	7	Zhang Kai	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	101.6 kg (224 lb)
G	10	Bai Haotian	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	92 kg (203 lb)
F	12	Gu Quan	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	96.7 kg (213 lb)
F	1	Guo Xiaopeng	1.99 m (6 ft 6 in)	84.4 kg (186 lb)
G	20	He ZhongMian	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	97 kg (214 lb)
F	14	Han Yufeng	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
G	5	Dwight Buycks	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
F/C	0	Jared Sullinger	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	127 kg (280 lb)