The Beijing Bucks are a
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
** List of ethnic groups in China, people of ...
professional men's
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
club based in
Beijing
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Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...
, playing in the
National Basketball League (China)
The National Basketball League () is a professional basketball minor league in China, called Chinese Basketball League (CBL) before 2006. It is commonly known as the NBL, and this name (spelled out in letters) is often used even in Chinese.
NBL ...
(NBL). Since 2018 the team has been owned by the
CITIC Guoan Group
CITIC Guoan Group Co., Ltd. is a Chinese company. The company itself was founded by CITIC Group (who currently owns a 20.95% stake). CITIC Guoan Group is the largest shareholder of CITIC Guoan Information Industry, CITIC Guoan Wine and Global ...
.
Current roster
Notable players
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Devonte Upson
Zwencyl DeVonte Upson (born March 23, 1993) is an American basketball player for Hapoel Haifa in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. He plays the center position. He played college basketball for Trinidad State College and Southeastern Louisi ...
(born 1993)
References
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Sport in Beijing
Basketball teams in China