Jiangsu Dragons Kentier ( Chinese : 江蘇龍肯帝亞 ), also known as Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Kentier , are a Chinese professional basketball team in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association , based in Nanjing , Jiangsu .
16-993: 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 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
32-479: A 3–1 quarter-final series. After this season, they qualified for the playoffs for another three consecutive seasons, but was never able to advance beyond the first round. In the 2007–08 season , the Flying Tigers signed the former NBA player Mengke Bateer , who brought the team to the second place in regular season. However, a Flying Tigers player, Sou Song Cun, also known as Guan Xiuchang, was found to have
48-471: A foreign nationality but registered as a domestic player. The league punished the Flying Tigers by treating every game that Sou Song Cun played as a loss for the Flying Tigers. As a result, the Flying Tigers dropped to eleventh place, and missed the playoffs. After the disappointing season, head coach Jiang Xingquan promoted several young players from the youth team to the first team, including Shirelijan Muxtar and Kyranbek Makhan , who would go on to become
64-540: A key piece of the championship contending roster, the team struggled to find a replacement through the season and ended the season in ninth place, missing the playoffs. The next season , Xinjiang signed championship coach Li Qiuping and all-star forward Li Gen and lost to Sichuan Blue Whales 3–0 in the semi-finals. In the 2016–17 season , the Flying Tigers signed Bulgarian guard Darius Adams . The star-filled roster of Andray Blatche, Darius Adams, Zhou Qi, Li Gen, Shirelijan Muxtar, and Kyranbek Makhan triumphed through
80-569: A player must have either: This article about a basketball team in China is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Xinjiang Flying Tigers The Xinjiang Flying Tigers ( Chinese : 新疆广汇飞虎 ) is a professional basketball team based in Ürümqi , Xinjiang , China. The team plays its home games at the Urumqi Olympic Sports Center , which has a capacity for 12,000 spectators. The club joined
96-558: Is described in this chart: + Including players from Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei. ++ If teams waive their rights to sign the extra Asian player, they may use foreign players for 7 quarters collectively. +++ Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter. The regular season began on Saturday, November 1, 2014 with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Guangdong Southern Tigers . The regular season ended on February 1, 2015. The 2015 CBA Playoffs began on Friday, February 6, 2015. The season champion
112-484: The 1999–2000 CBA season , as the first step in the league's plans to expand into the country's western interior. The Flying Tigers won their Division 2 season undefeated and advanced to the Division 1B. Two years later, the Flying Tigers won the 2001–02 season of Division 1B and advanced to Division 1A. In their first Division 1A season, the Flying Tigers managed to advance to the playoffs, but lost to Beijing Ducks in
128-501: The 2012–13 season . They reached the Grand Finals the next season with a relatively low-key roster, despite losing to Beijing Ducks 4–2. Before the 2014–15 season , Xinjiang signed Zhou Qi to build a team around him. Surrounding Zhou Qi, the Flying Tigers signed former NBA stars Andray Blatche and Jordan Crawford . However, Crawford left the team after a few games into the season for medical reasons and refused to return. Losing
144-728: The Beijing National Indoor Stadium in Beijing. The regular season ended on Sunday, February 1, 2015, and the playoffs began on Friday, February 6, 2015. All teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players while the bottom four teams from the previous season, as well as the Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings and Chongqing Fly Dragons , have an additional right to sign an extra Asian player. The rule of using players in each game
160-637: The Chinese Basketball Association Division 2 in the 1999–2000 CBA season , advanced to Division 1A in the 2002–03 season , and had three consecutive Grand Finals appearances in the 2008–09 , 2009–10 and 2010–11 seasons. The Flying Tigers won their first Championship in the 2016–17 CBA season , defeating Guangdong Southern Tigers 4–0 in the finals. The Xinjiang Flying Tigers joined the Chinese Basketball Association 's Division 2 ahead of
176-811: The CBA, becoming the league's 19th and 20th teams. Two clubs also altered or changed their mascots, with the Foshan Dralions opting to be called the Foshan Long-Lions in English, while the Shandong Gold Lions became the Shandong Golden Stars . The regular season began on Saturday, November 1, 2014 with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Guangdong Southern Tigers . The 2015 CBA All-Star Game was played on January 18, 2015, at
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#1732788022277192-651: The FMVP award. After winning the championship, Zhou Qi went to the NBA and joined the Houston Rockets . Losing the all-star center, Xinjiang finished the season with a 3–1 loss to Guangdong Southern Tigers in the quarter-finals. The next season , the team changed the head coach mid-season, signing another championship coach, the Xinjiang native Adiljan Suleyman . The team also changed the foreign players four times during
208-488: The club and Zhou Qi. However, the decision was overturned two weeks later and the club returned back to the league. Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA -sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed. 2014%E2%80%9315 Chinese Basketball Association season The 2014–15 CBA season was the 20th Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) season. The Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings and Chongqing Fly Dragons were "promoted" to
224-477: The most iconic players of the franchise. Together with Bateer and Jiang, they created the first golden era of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. Bateer became the first player to win three consecutive CBA MVPs, and the team made it to three consecutive CBA Grand Finals. However, in each of the Grand Finals series, Xinjiang lost to the Guangdong Southern Tigers . The Flying Tigers started its rebuild in
240-404: The season, finishing in first place in the regular season. In the playoffs, Xinjiang defeated Shandong Kingston Lions 3–0 in the quarter-finals and Liaoning Flying Leopards 4–1 in the semi-finals. In the Grand Finals, the Flying Tigers defeated their long-time rival Guangdong Southern Tigers in a dominating 4–0 series to win the first ever championship in the franchise's history. Darius Adams won
256-463: The season, trying Al Jefferson , Nick Minnerath , Hamed Haddadi , and Darius Adams, and finally settled with Jarnell Stokes and Kay Felder at the start of the playoffs. The team reached the Grand Finals, where they lost to Guangdong Southern Tigers 4–0. In March 2023, the Xinjiang Flying Tigers withdrew from the CBA in protest against a penalty that would have banned the club from signing new players for one year, following contract disputes between
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