Qingdao Eagles

The Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Eagle Club, also known as Qingdao Daily Fresh or Qingdao Eagles are a Chinese professional basketball team which is based in Qingdao, Shandong. The club plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Conson DoubleStar is the club's corporate sponsor, and the team's mascot is an eagle. In the 2012–13 season, Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady played for the club. After the season, McGrady's jersey number was retired by Qingdao.

Qingdao Eagles
League	CBA
Founded	2003; 20 years ago (2003)
History	Qingdao Eagles (2003–present)
Arena	Conson Gymnasium
Capacity	12,500
Location	Qingdao, Shandong, China
Team colors	Red, White, Sky Blue
Head coach	Liu Weiwei
Ownership	Conson (90%), DoubleStar (10%)
Retired numbers	1 (1)
Home Away

History

Qingdao received a great deal of attention from various media outlets around the world when former NBA All-Star Tracy McGrady signed for the 2012–13 CBA season with Qingdao.^[1] Despite McGrady averaging 25 points per game, the team was unable to qualify for the CBA Playoffs.^[2][3] In the 2014–15 CBA season, thanks to the extra addition of Hamed Haddadi, Qingdao received their first playoff appearance with the third-best record in the league, going as far as the semi-final round before being swept by the Liaoning Flying Leopards. In 2015, Qingdao retired McGrady's jersey number 1.^[4]

Players

Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.

Qingdao Conson DoubleStar Eagles roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 2   Wang Ruize 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) PG 3   Xi Yimin 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 75 kg (165 lb) PG 5   Jaylen Adams 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) G 7   Yang Jinmeng 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) G 10   Eugene German 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) SG 11   Hong Zhonghua 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 91 kg (201 lb) G 13   Liu Jiaxin 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 74 kg (163 lb) F 14   Zhao Jiayi 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 98 kg (216 lb) C 16   Cao Song 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 102 kg (225 lb) SG 17   Guo Binfeng 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 85 kg (187 lb) PF 21   Sun Haiqing 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) G 22   Wang Hong 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 73 kg (161 lb) SF 25   Zhang Yang 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 85 kg (187 lb) C 26   Duop Reath 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 108 kg (238 lb) PF 27   Lu Junhu 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 92 kg (203 lb) F 28   Zhang Zuming 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) PF 33   Shao Yinglun 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 91 kg (201 lb) F/C 36   Ji Zhuo 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 102 kg (225 lb)	Head coach   Liu Weiwei Assistant coach(es)   Li Guang   Liu Mingtao Legend (C) Team captain   Injured Roster Updated: December 16, 2022

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club. Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time. Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

•   Shan Tao (2000–2001)
•   Torraye Braggs (2006–2007)
•   Chris Williams (2008–2010)
•   Amal McCaskill (2009)
•   Sabah Khoury (2009–2010)
•   Dee Brown (2010–2011)
•   Li Gen (2010–2012)
•   Ivan Johnson (2011)
•   Xue Yuyang (2011–2014)
•    Olumide Oyedeji (2011–2012)
•    D.J. Mbenga (2012)
•   Tracy McGrady (2012–2013)
  (#1 retired by Qingdao)
•   Chris Daniels (2012–2013)
•   Josh Selby (2013)
•   Peter John Ramos (2013–2014)
•    Josh Akognon (2013–2014)
•   Justin Dentmon (2014–2015)
•   Hamed Haddadi (2014–2015)
•   Mike Harris (2014–2015)
•   Jonathan Gibson (2015–2016,2017–2019)
•   Alan Williams (2015–2016)
•   Su Wei (2016–2018)
•   Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2016–2017)
•   Terrence Jones (2017)
•   Maciej Lampe (2017–2018)
•    James Mays (2018)
•   Darius Adams^[5] (2019–2021)
•   Zhao Tailong^[6] (2019–present)
•   Dakari Johnson (2019–present)

Retired numbers

 

Basketball Hall of Famer Tracy McGrady was the first ever Qindao player to get his number retired

Qingdao Eagles retired numbers
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Year retired
1	Tracy McGrady	G/F	2012–2013	2015^[4]

Basketball Hall of Famers

Qingdao Eagles Hall of Famers^[7]^[8]
No.	Name	Position	Tenure	Inducted
1	Tracy McGrady	G/F	2012–2013	2017^[9]

References

1. Zimmerna, Kevin (9 October 2012). "Tracy McGrady signs one-year deal in China". SB Nation.
2. "CBA: Season 2012–2013". Asia-basket.com. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
3. "Qingdao Double Star Eagles Statistics 2012–13". Basketball.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
4. Austin Ngaruiya (8 October 2015). "A Brief Explanation Why Tracy McGrady Got His Number Retired In China". Uproxx.com. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
5. CBA Roundup: Red-hot Golden Bulls book semifinal clash with Liaoning Huaxia (Xinhua News Agency), 19 April 2021. Accessed 8 November 2021.
6. Shenzhen beats Qingdao, Ningbo suffers 9th straight defeat China Internet Information Center, 6 November 2021. Accessed 8 November 2021.
7. "Hall of Famers". CBS Interactive. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Retrieved February 14, 2015.
8. 2015–16 Media Guide, p. 149
9. "Tracy McGrady, Bill Self, Rebecca Lobo and Muffet McGraw Headline Class". Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Official Website. Retrieved 29 April 2017.

External links

• Team profile (in Chinese)
• Official weibo (in Chinese)