Sun Jun (, born June 22, 1969, in

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) is a retired Chinese professional

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player who later served as a coach and general manager for the Jilin Northeast Tigers, as well as an assistant

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with the Chinese national team. Standing 1.98 meters (6'6") tall, he played at the

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position.

CBA career

Sun Jun spent his entire playing career with the Jilin Northeast Tigers and helped the team gain membership in the

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(CBA) in 1998. He set the league record by scoring 70 points in 139–94 win over the Jinan Army squad on December 17, 2000, a mark which stood for nearly a decade until it was broken in March 2010. Sun was an eight-time CBA All-Star, won the CBA regular season MVP award in 1999 and 2003, and led the league in scoring in 1999, 2001, and 2003.

National team career

Sun was selected to join the Chinese national youth team in 1986 and was a member of the senior squad between 1989 and 2003. He helped China win gold at the 1994 Asian Games and 1998 Asian Games, as well as achieve qualification for the

1994 FIBA World Championship The 1994 FIBA World Championship was the 12th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship for men's national teams. The tournament was hosted by Canada from August 4 to 14, 1994. The tournament was held at SkyDome ...

, and

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, and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...

Coaching career

After serving as a player-coach with the Jilin Northeast Tigers for several years, Sun eventually became the club's

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and

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. After an ownership shake-up pushed him out in 2007,Rocky start in China’s rudimentary basketball league
/ref> he moved to the national team as an assistant coach, before eventually returning to fill various roles in Jilin's front office.

Career statistics

CBA statistics

Regular season and Playoffs combined

References

External links

Sun Jun
at olympedia.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Sun, Jun 1969 births Living people Jilin Northeast Tigers players Small forwards Basketball players from Changchun Chinese men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for China Basketball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in basketball Asian Games gold medalists for China Basketball players at the 1994 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 1994 FIBA World Championship players 20th-century Chinese sportsmen