The Beijing Olympians or Beijing Aoshen Olympians or Beijing Aoshen ( simplified Chinese : 北京奥神 ; traditional Chinese : 北京奧神 ; pinyin : běi jīng ào shén ) was a Chinese professional men's basketball team that formerly played in the Chinese Basketball Association and the West Coast Pro Basketball League . They have also played in the American Basketball Association . Some sources refer to them (slightly ungrammatically) as the Beijing Olympicians . They should not be confused with the Beijing Ducks , which is a different team based in Beijing .
18-510: In the 2003–04 season, they finished 7th out of 12 teams in the CBA regular season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the Jiangsu Dragons . They were disqualified from play for the 2004–05 season (see below), and although it was intended that they would return for the 2005–06 season, negotiations to rejoin the league broke down at the end of June 2005. The Beijing Olympians joined
36-971: A Chinese professional basketball team in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association , based in Nanjing , Jiangsu . In the 2004–05 season, the Jiangsu Dragons finished in last place in the South Division. Tristan Wells lead the team in points and defeated the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the quarter-finals and the Yunnan Bulls in the semi-finals, but lost to the Guangdong Southern Tigers in
54-633: A senior in the 1976–77 season. He earned 10 Metro Conference scoring records and had an average of 38.1 points per game. He was named to the Nebraska All-Star State Team at least twice in the 1970s and was also The World-Herald athlete of the year in 1977. McGee accepted a basketball scholarship from the University of Michigan . He became the first player in Michigan Wolverines men's basketball history to lead
72-727: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mike McGee (basketball) Michael Ray McGee (born July 29, 1959) is an American professional basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won two NBA championships as a player with the Los Angeles Lakers . McGee was born in Tyler, Texas . He then moved to Omaha, Nebraska , where he played high school basketball at Omaha North High School . He averaged 38 points per game and scored 916 total points as
90-711: The Continental Basketball Association , and relocated to Thousand Oaks . For the 2007–08 season, the team moved again, this time to Singapore . In 2008–09, the team moved back to California , this time to Don Bosco Technical Institute in Rosemead . The Beijing Olympians was officially disbanded on 4 December 2013. The announcement did not come as a surprise after the club's owner, a Chinese real estate tycoon and billionaire named Li Su ( simplified Chinese : 李苏 ; traditional Chinese : 李蘇 ; pinyin : lǐ sū ; often referred to in
108-575: The CBA. Meanwhile, the original Beijing Aoshen team was formed in 1997 as the Beijing Aosheng ( simplified Chinese : 北京奥胜 ; traditional Chinese : 北京奧勝 ; pinyin : běi jīng ào shèng ), and in 1998 won the "B" league championship to win promotion to the CBA. Soon after that they represented China in the Asian club championship , changing their name to Aoshen at the start of that competition, which they won (some Chinese media reports at
126-508: The Finals. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. To appear in this section a player must have either: This article about a basketball team in China
144-628: The Hawks. On December 14, 1987, he was traded to the Sacramento Kings , in exchange for a 1991 second round draft choice (#30- Rodney Monroe ) and a 1995 second round pick (#42- Donnie Boyce ). On October 31, 1988, he was traded to the New York Nets , in exchange for a 1991 second round draft choice (#31- Randy Brown ) and a 1996 second round pick (#37- Jeff McInnis ). On March 25, 1990, he signed as an unrestricted free agent with
162-606: The Olympians' place; that team turned out to be the Yunnan Bulls . While under suspension from the CBA, Aoshen played a seven-game tour in Taiwan against each team of the SBL , sweeping all seven games. It was intended that the Olympians would return to the CBA for the 2005–06 season, as the CBA expanded from 14 teams to 16, but negotiations broke down and the league only expanded to 15 teams. As "Beijing Aoshen Olympian", they joined
180-646: The Western media as Winston Li), suddenly died in mid September due to acute myocardial infarction ( Chinese : 急性心梗 ; pinyin : jí xìng xīn gěng ) at the age of 55. For two seasons (1999–2000 and 2000–01) they were known as the Vanguard Aoshen ( simplified Chinese : 前卫奥神 ; traditional Chinese : 前衛奧神 ; pinyin : qián wèi ào shén ); this team represented a merger between Vanguard ( simplified Chinese : 前卫万燕 ; traditional Chinese : 前衛萬燕 ; pinyin : qián wèi wàn yàn ) and
198-487: The first ever female head coach in the CBA, but she was fired after only five games and replaced by Mike McGee , a former player of the Los Angeles Lakers , who then became the first ever foreign head coach in the CBA. Aoshen finished fourth and lost in the semi-finals to the Bayi Rockets . The following season, they merged with Vanguard, but struggled and finished sixth. In 2000–01 they continued to struggle: Ma Jian
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#1732798432904216-780: The new American Basketball Association for the 2005–06 season and played in the Spencer Haywood Division of the Red Conference. In their inaugural season in the ABA they played their home games in Maywood , California rather than Beijing . In 2006–07, the team moved to the Felix Events Center at Azusa Pacific University , former home of the SoCal Legends , who switched their affiliation to
234-581: The new American Basketball Association for the 2005–06 season. After the 2008–09 ABA season, it was announced that the Olympians would play in the West Coast Pro Basketball League for the 2009 season. Since the WCPBL was a spring basketball league, they continued playing in the winter based ABA. Jiangsu Dragons Jiangsu Dragons Kentier ( Chinese : 江蘇龍肯帝亞 ), also known as Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Kentier , are
252-510: The team in scoring four consecutive years. He did so with 531 points (19.7 points per game) in the 1977–78 season, 511 points (18.9 points per game) in the 1978–79 season, 665 points (22.2 points per game) in the 1979–80 season, and 732 points (24.4 points per game) in the 1980–81 season. He was a four-year starter, graduated as the school's all-time leading scorer and had a career average of 21.4 points per game, while ranking among Michigan's career leaders in several statistical categories. McGee
270-513: The then-existing Beijing Aoshen team. Occasionally the name Qianwei Aoshen was used instead (here, the word qianwei for "vanguard" is transliterated rather than translated). After that, however, the team used the Beijing Aoshen name once again. The Vanguard team had a long history. It was founded in the 1950s and had some success over the years. The team played in the first CBA season in 1995–96, but finished last out of 12 teams and left
288-402: The time incorrectly gave their name as the "北京奥盛"). The newly promoted Beijing Aoshen then made their CBA debut in the 1998–99 season. A key player on the team was Ma Jian ( simplified Chinese : 马健 ; traditional Chinese : 馬健 ; pinyin : mǎ jiàn ). In an unprecedented move, they hired a female head coach, Li Xin ( Chinese : 李昕 ; pinyin : lǐ xīn ), who thus became
306-481: Was dropped from the team in mid-season and they finished seventh. So far, they have never equaled their first-year performance. On May 17, 2004, the Beijing Olympians were suspended from the CBA for a year for refusing to release Sun Yue to the national under-20 team. On May 25, 2004 the CBA announced that the winner of the 2004 Chinese Basketball League (CBL) season would be promoted to the CBA to take
324-526: Was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers , in the first round (18th overall) of the 1981 NBA draft . He won two NBA championships with the Lakers in 1982 and 1985 . On June 16, 1986, he was traded along with the rights to power forward Ken Barlow to the Atlanta Hawks , in exchange for the rights to small forward Billy Thompson and shooting guard Ron Kellogg . He was a reserve player with
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