Qingdao DoubleStar

Qingdao DoubleStar
League	CBA
Founded	2003
History	Qingdao Eagles (2003–present)
Arena	Guoxin Gymnasium, 12,500 capacity
Location	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Team colors	Blue, White
Main sponsor	DoubleStar
Head coach	Gong Xiaobin
Retired numbers	1 (1)
Uniforms
Home Away

The Qingdao DoubleStar Eagles (青岛双星雄鹰) or Qingdao DoubleStar or Qingdao Eagles are a professional basketball team which is based in Qingdao, Shandong, China, and plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. DoubleStar is the club's corporate sponsor and its 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 2015, 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

Current roster

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Qingdao DoubleStar roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 1 Liu Wei 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 94 kg (207 lb) F 3 Zhang Yaosheng 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) G 5 Meng Lingyuan 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 90 kg (198 lb) F 6 Zhang Pinyu 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 76 kg (168 lb) F 7 Chen Kai 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb) F 8 Sun Yitao 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 9 Luo Xudong (C) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 81 kg (179 lb) C 10 Yang Genglin 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) C 11 Wu Yang 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 110 kg (243 lb) F 12 Guo Jinlin 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F 14 Tian Jiafu 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 105 kg (231 lb) C 15 Alan Williams 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 120 kg (265 lb) G 17 Sun Jie 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 87 kg (192 lb) C 21 Song Kangming 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 115 kg (254 lb) F 32 Wang Qingming 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) F 45 Tang Hai 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 88 kg (194 lb)	Head coach Gong Xiaobin Assistant coach(es) Wang Han Liu Mingtao Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: November 14, 2015

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) [Number 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)
• Alan Williams (2015-2016)

External links

• Qingdao DoubleStar site

References