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2018 Asia League Season
The 2018 Asia League season consisted of the Summer Super 8 tournament in July and the Terrific 12 tournament in September, which are organized by Asia League Limited. Summer Super 8 The Summer Super 8, which featured eight teams was held from 17 to 22 July 2018 at the Macau East Asian Games Dome in Cotai, Macau. The Guangzhou Long Lions of the Chinese Basketball Association won over the Seoul Samsung Thunders of the Korean Basketball League in the final. Group stage Knock-out stages Semifinals Third place Final The Terrific 12 The Terrific 12 tournament took place at the Studio City Event Center in Macau from 18 to 23 September. Unlike in the Super Summer 8, imports are eligible to compete in The Terrific 12. The group stage featured four groups of three with the top team advancing to the semifinal. Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Knockout stage Semifinal Third place Final Summer Super 8 Coaches' Clinic The Summer Super 8 Coaches’ Clinic was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia League Limited
The East Asia Super League (EASL) is an international basketball league featuring clubs from Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Taiwan (Chinese Taipei), Hong Kong, and Macau. From 2017 to 2019, four pre-season tournaments (the Super 8 and the Terrific 12) were organized by EASL, featuring clubs from selected professional basketball leagues in the region. With official backing from FIBA Asia, EASL has made a transition towards a full-fledged league. The first such season commenced in 2023 and feature eight teams. This was expanded to ten teams for the 2024–25 season, and expanded to eleven teams for the 2025–26 season. History The East Asia Super League was co-founded by Matt Beyer and Henry Kerins as the Asia League as a response to what the founders deem as a lack of high-level international tournaments featuring basketball clubs in the region also taking into account the population in the region, about 2 billion, which could be a potential market for a regional inter-clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhejiang Guangsha Lions
The Zhejiang Guangsha Lions () are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. Guangsha is the name of the club's corporate sponsor, but to prevent confusion with the older Zhejiang Golden Bulls, many Chinese websites refer to the team as the ''Guangsha Lions''. This is to avoid the issue of having two Zhejiang clubs on the same list when team names are shown in shortform, with Guangsha becoming the "geographical" designation, as Hangzhou seems to not be an option. Roster Notable players * Gabe Muoneke (2006–2007) * Rodney White (2007–2010, 2012) * Jin Lipeng (2008–2010, 2011–2013) * Kasib Powell (2008) * Lin Chih-chieh (2009–) * Jelani McCoy (2009) * Peter John Ramos (2009–2013) * Javaris Crittenton (2010) * Tre Kelley (2010–2011) * Rafer Alston (2011) * Dwayne Jones (2011) * Walker Russell Jr. (2011) * Wu Tai-hao (2011–201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jimmy Alapag
Jim Olmedo Alapag (born December 30, 1977) is a Filipino-American professional basketball coach and former player. He serves as the player development coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is nicknamed "The Mighty Mouse" and "The Captain". Early life and amateur career Alapag is the youngest of six siblings, and his parents are both Filipino immigrants from Leyte. He was born and raised in San Bernardino, California. He said his greatest influence in playing basketball was his father and older brother Crispin. He started playing basketball at the age of 3. In high school, he was only 4'9" in his freshman year. He almost quit basketball in his second year, but his high school coach convinced him to keep working. In his senior year at Upland High, he averaged 15 points and nine assists. He first played collegiate basketball at the University of La Verne. He then transferred to a junior college and thereafter transferred to California Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas
San Miguel Alab Pilipinas (under the corporate name Pilipinas Basketball Club, Inc. or PBCI) was a Filipino professional basketball team which played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) under the sponsorship of San Miguel Corporation. The team was owned and managed by the sports talent management firm, Virtual Playground, headed by talent agents Dondon Monteverde and Charlie Dy. Alab Pilipinas is the fourth Philippine team to play in the ABL. "Alab" is a Filipino word that translates as "blaze" in English. The team was originally known as Alab Pilipinas (2016-17 ABL season) as the fourth ABL team from the Philippines. From November 2017 to January 2018, it was known as Tanduay Alab Pilipinas, under the sponsorship of Tanduay Distillers, Inc. The team disbanded in 2020 after the ABL shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. History Six of its original players are ABL veterans who had previously played for the Champion team San Miguel in the 2013 ABL season. The team staged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Goorjian
Brian Warwick Goorjian (born 28 July 1953) is an American-Australian professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). In an NBL coaching career spanning over 20 years, Goorjian has won six championships: two with the South East Melbourne Magic, three with the Sydney Kings and one with the South Dragons. He previously served as the head coach of the Australia men's national basketball team from 2001 to 2008 and again from 2020 to 2024. In 2009, Goorjian became the head coach of the Dongguan Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and stayed with the team for six seasons. He served as an assistant coach for the Guangdong Southern Tigers from 2015 to 2016 and as a special advisor to the Shanghai Sharks from 2016 to 2018. Goorjian returned to coaching duties when he joined the Xinjiang Flying Tigers in 2018 as an assistant coach for one season. After spending a decade in the CBA, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studio City Macau
Studio City is a hotel casino resort on the Cotai Strip in Cotai, Macau. The Hollywood studio-themed leisure resort is the first in Asia to integrate television and film production facilities, retail, gaming and hotels. It is majority-owned by Melco Resorts & Entertainment and its subsidiary Studio City International Holdings Limited (SCIHL), Its two towers are connected by the world's first and highest figure-8 ferris wheel. History The project was initially developed without a casino by U.S. investment firms Silver Point Capital, Silver Point Capital LP and Oaktree Capital Management, Oaktree Capital Management LLC, with a 40 per cent interest through a joint subsidiary, New Cotai Holdings, and Hong Kong entertainment company eSun Holdings Ltd. In June 2011, Melco PBL Holdings, Melco Crown Entertainment acquired eSun's 60 per cent controlling interest. Taubman Centers had also been an early investor, originally acquiring a 25 percent interest in The Mall at Studio City, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shandong Golden Stars
Shandong Hi-Speed Kirin () is a Chinese professional basketball team based in Jinan, Shandong, competing in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Some of the team's home games are also held in the nearby city of Linyi. The club's corporate sponsor is the Hi-Speed Group, succeeding its long-time previous corporate sponsor, Kingston. History In its early years, the team was known as the Shandong Flaming Bulls (), but was renamed the Shandong Lions at the start of the 2003–04 CBA season. At the same time, the club moved its homecourt from Jinan to Yantai (six games) and Dongying (five games). For the 2004–05 CBA season, they relocated to Tai'an, but have been back in Jinan since the 2005–06 CBA season. During the 2004–05 CBA season, the freshly-rebranded Shandong Gold Lions finished in sixth place in the CBA North Division, and out of the playoffs. In the 2005–06 season, the team finished fifth, yet again out of the playoffs. The club's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fubon Braves
The Taipei Fubon Braves () are a professional basketball team that is owned by Fubon Sports & Entertainment, LLC., one of the subsidiaries under Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd. and currently plays in the Taiwanese P. League+. From 2014 to 2019, they played in the semi-pro Super Basketball League (SBL). They have also been part of the professional ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) since the 2019–20 ABL season. In the summer of 2020, when P. League+ was founded, they joined the league as one of the four founding teams and secured a three-peat from the 2020-21 season to the 2022-23 season. History 1982: Established Chien-Hong Men's Basketball Team. 1983: Won the B Division Championship of the Taiwan Provincial Chairman Cup. 1983 December: Registered as an A Division team by the Chinese Taipei Basketball Association. 1987: Owned subsequently by Tera Electronics and won the team’s first Championship in A Division. 1994: The Chinese Basketball Alliance (CBA) was founded, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xinjiang Flying Tigers
The Xinjiang Flying Tigers () 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 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. History The Xinjiang Flying Tigers joined the Chinese Basketball Association's Division 2 ahead of 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IECO Green Warriors
The IECO Green Warriors (stylized as iECO) are a Philippine basketball team. It were formed in 2018, as a selection team of players and staff from teams of the PBA Developmental League and was tasked to compete in the 2018 The Terrific 12 tournament of the Asia League. They were also an applicant team seeking to play in the ASEAN Basketball League. The team's namesake was its sponsor, IECO, an incinerator-waste management firm. History Two teams from the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) were invited to compete in The Terrific 12 tournament of the Asia Basketball League to take place from September 18 to 23, 2018 in Macau but the PBA was unable to accept the invitation due to the tournament having scheduling conflict with the 2018 PBA Governors' Cup. Only one Philippine team was sent to the tournament; a selection team from the PBA Developmental League. The Asia League decided to invite another team from the Chinese Basketball Association to fill in a berth initially i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus
The Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus is a professional basketball club in the Korean Basketball League. History Foundation and amateur era Before the professional Korean Basketball League was established in 1997, domestic basketball was an amateur sport and teams were sponsored by corporate companies or private universities. Ulsan Hyundai Mobis Phoebus traces its origins to the basketball team sponsored by Kia Motors in 1986. The team was based in Busan where Kia Motors had manufacturing operations. During the amateur era, all teams competed in the National Basketball Festival (농구대잔치). The Kia team dominated the late 1980s, despite being relatively new compared to Samsung Electronic and Hyundai's teams (now Seoul Samsung Thunders and Jeonju KCC Egis, respectively). Their roster at that time consisted of the legendary Chung-Ang University quartet: centers Han Ki-bum and Kim Yoo-taek, all-rounded shooting guard Hur Jae and record-breaking point guard Kang Dong-hee. The "Hur-D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiba Jets
Chiba Jets Funabashi () is a Japanese professional basketball team located in Funabashi, Chiba. The team joined the JBL Super League in 2005 and currently competes in the B.League, which they have won in 2021. Owned by Mixi, they have also won five Emperor's Cups. The Jets also won the East Asia Super League (EASL) in 2023–24 East Asia Super League, 2024, and an exhibition season title in 2017. The 2024 championship was won behind season MVP Yuki Togashi, who scored 20 points in the final against Seoul SK Knights. Arenas The Jets currently play in the Funabashi Arena in Funabashi, but are expected to move to the Arena Tokyo Bay, which is scheduled to open in spring 2024. Honours Domestic *B.League **Champions (1): 2020–21 **Runner-up (3): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2022–23 **Conference Champions (4): 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 ,2022–23 *Emperor's Cup **Champions (5): 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024 **Runner-up (1): 2022 Continental *East Asia Super League **Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
