The Guangzhou Loong Lions () are a Chinese professional

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team based in

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. They play in the Southern Division of the

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(CBA).

History

The team was founded in November 2000 as Shaanxi Gaitianli Kylins by the Xi'an Dongsheng Group. In August 2001, they won the "B" league championship, and were promoted to the CBA. In the 2004–05 season, the Shaanxi Kylins finished in fifth place in the North Division, and were out of the playoffs. In 2005–06, they finished sixth, and were once again out of the playoffs. The team was scheduled to participate in the 2008 season of the

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(IBL). They were replaced by the Shanxi Brave Dragons. In 2010, the Shaanxi Kylins moved from

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...

, and renamed themselves the Foshan Dralions. The club opted to start rendering its English name as "Long-Lions" rather than "Dralions" before the start of the 2014–15 season. In 2016, the Foshan Long-Lions moved from Foshan to

, and renamed themselves the Guangzhou Long-Lions. In 2017, the Nanhai Long-Lions were founded as the affiliate team. The team has also competed in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Their youth squad currently competes in The Asian Tournament.

Players

Current roster

Notable players

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* Jeremy Lin

Games against NBA teams

On 2 October 2017, the team played a pre-season game with the

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at the Capital One Arena, which made them the second CBA club to play against the

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Honours

Seri Mutiara Cup 2016 Champion Seri Mutiara Cup 2017 (6th place)

References

External links

Official website

Guangzhou Loong Lions on Weibo.com
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