Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

The Eastern basketball team (Chinese: 東方籃球隊), is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club.[1] The team also known as Chinese: 東方男籃; lit.: 'Eastern Men's Basketball' and Eastern Long Lions for sponsorship reason. The team competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division[2][3] and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016.[4]

Eastern Sports Club
NicknameEastern Long Lions
LeaguesA1 Division Hong Kong
ASEAN Basketball League
Founded1932 (1932)
ArenaSouthorn Stadium
Capacity2,000
LocationHong Kong
Head coachJordan Brady
OwnershipEastern Sports Club
ChampionshipsA1 Division Hong Kong: 1 (2018)
ASEAN Basketball League: 1 (2016)
Websitebasketball.easternlonglions.com
Eastern Long Lions basketball team
Traditional Chinese東方龍獅籃球隊
Simplified Chinese东方龙狮篮球队

History
second logo of the basketball team

Eastern basketball team is a section of Eastern Sports Club (officially known as Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited). In 2015 season the team won Hong Kong A2 Division Championship and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship.[2] The team became fully professional in 2016.[2][3] In 2016, the team also participated in ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

In the same year, the club signed a sponsorship deal with Zhong Naixiong, owner of Nenking Group.[5] Thus the club was also known as Eastern Long Lions. He also became the vice-president (Chinese: 副會長)[nb 1] of the sport club.[5] Zhong also sponsored Foshan Long Lions,[5] another basketball team based in Foshan and Guangzhou in Mainland China. In 2017, there was another short-lived "Long Lions" basketball team from Nanhai, Foshan.[7][8] Both Eastern Long Lions and Nanhai Long Lions participated in 2017–18 ABL season.

Current roster

2019–20 ASEAN Basketball League roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions roster
PlayersCoaches
Pos.No.Nat.NameHt.Wt.DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
G 0 Ng, Chung Tsun 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 23 – (1996-09-02)2 September 1996
G/F 3 Lee, Ki (C) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 32 – (1987-10-16)16 October 1987
G 5 Raley-Ross, Brandis (WI) 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) 33 – (1987-02-06)6 February 1987
G/F 6 Chan, Yik Lun 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 32 – (1987-08-15)15 August 1987
G/F 8 Siu Wing, Chan 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 28 – (1992-04-26)26 April 1992
G 11 Leung, Ka Hin Marco 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 20 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000
G 13 Pok, Yuet Yeung 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 20 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000
F/C 14 Tang, Chi Hang 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 28 – (1992-01-21)21 January 1992
F 16 Xu, Adam 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 27 – (1993-02-16)16 February 1993
F 22 Eriobu, Joseph 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 28 – (1992-02-12)12 February 1992
G/F 24 Siu, Kin Fan Jon 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 24 – (1996-03-14)14 March 1996
G/F 28 Guinchard, Steven 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 26 – (1993-07-04)4 July 1993
C 33 Costner, Brandon (WI) 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 107 kg (236 lb) 32 – (1987-07-21)21 July 1987
C 55 Holyfield, Michael (WI) 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 119 kg (262 lb) 27 – (1992-11-18)18 November 1992
G 88 Lau, Tsz Lai 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 29 – (1990-11-04)4 November 1990
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • David Kenah
  • Yu Chi Kit
  • Wong Ka Kit, Thomas
Strength & conditioning coach(es)
  • William Lo
Team manager
  • Lee Shu Wing
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (WI) World import
  • Injured
Updated: 18 January 2020

Notable players
To appear in this section a player must have either:
  • Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
  • Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Footnotes
  1. Chinese: 會長 means leader of the club, while Chinese: 副 means vice- However, there were other positions such as Chinese: 主席; lit.: 'Chairman' and 4 vice-chairmen.[6]

References
  1. "Hong Kong Eastern". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. 東方來季組香港史上首支全職籃球隊！. sportsroad.hk (in Chinese). Hong Kong. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  3. "Eastern set aside HK$10 million to become first professional basketball team in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  4. "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions Confirms Participation In ABL". ASEAN Basketball League. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  5. 白武士鍾乃雄HK足球有價值 [White knight Zhong Naixiong: HK football has its value]. Oriental Daily News (in Chinese). Hong Kong: Oriental Press Group. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  6. 關於東方龍獅 [About Eastern Long Lions] (in Chinese). Eastern Sports Club. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  7. Li, Matthew (17 October 2017). ABL季前發布會 東方男籃球衣曝光 [ABL pre-season press conference Eastern Men's Basketball unveils their shirts]. U Power (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
  8. Li, Matthew (21 November 2017). ABL添澳門元素 功夫小子「搣走」南海「牽手」忠信 [ABL add Macau elements: "Kung Fu" drop "Nanhai" and add "Chong Son" to their name]. U Power (in Chinese). Retrieved 7 January 2019.
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