Jilin Northeast Tigers

Jilin Northeast Tigers
Jilin Northeast Tigers
League	CBA
Founded	1956; 68 years ago
History	Jilin Northeast Tigers ; (1956–present)
Arena	Changchun Gymnasium, 10,000 capacity
Location	Changchun, Jilin, China
Team colors	Red, Gold, White;
Head coach	Gao Junchao
Ownership	Kenneth Huang

The Jilin Northeast Tigers (吉林东北虎) or Jilin Tonggang, Jilin Tonggang Northeast Tigers (吉林通钢东北虎) or Jiutai Rural Commercial Bank are a professional basketball team based in Changchun, Jilin, China, which plays in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association. The Tonggang Group is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a Siberian tiger.

History[edit]

The team was founded in 1956 but became a professional club in 1998. It was known as Jilin Henghe (吉林恒和) in the 2000–01 CBA season, Jilin Jiliang (吉林吉粮) in the 2001–02 CBA season, and Jilin Yiqi (吉林一汽) in the 2002–03 CBA season. The multiple name changes reflect the annual turnover in corporate sponsorship that characterized this era.

During the 2004–05 CBA season, the Jilin Northeast Tigers finished in fourth place in the CBA's North Division, but lost in the Quarter-Finals of the CBA Playoffs to the defending champions, the South Division's Guangdong Southern Tigers.

In the 2005–06 CBA season, they posted the same finish, and ultimately suffered exactly the same fate. This was the third year in a row, in fact, that the Northeast Tigers were eliminated from the CBA Playoffs by the Southern Tigers.

Roster[edit]

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Jilin Northeast Tigers roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	0	Wang Zixu	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
G/F	1	Liu Tianyi	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	87 kg (192 lb)
SG	3	Fu Bowen	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	77 kg (170 lb)
PF	4	Li An	2.09 m (6 ft 10 in)	118 kg (260 lb)
G	5	Cui Jinming	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
PF	6	Zhao Yanman	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)	101 kg (223 lb)
SF	7	Kong Degao	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (159 lb)
G	11	Jiang Weize	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (159 lb)
F/C	12	Zhong Cheng	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	124 kg (273 lb)
G	13	Jiang Yuxing	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
C	15	Peng Sen'ao	2.14 m (7 ft 0 in)	101 kg (223 lb)
PF	21	Wu Changze	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	102 kg (225 lb)
PF/C	31	Nick Rakocevic	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
C	34	Zhang Bin	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)	122 kg (269 lb)
F	36	Dai Huaibo	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)	98 kg (216 lb)
G	77	QJ Peterson	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)

Head coach

Gao Junchao

Assistant coach(es)

Cui Wanjun

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 9 October 2023

Notable players[edit]

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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.

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