The Macau Black Bears () are a
Macanese professional
basketball
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team competing in the
ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).
History
Chong Son Kung Fu was a Chinese basketball team playing in the
ASEAN Basketball League.
Based in
Nanhai District
Nanhai District (), is a District (PRC and ROC), district of Foshan, Guangdong, China. Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.
History
Establishment of Nanhai is traditionally at ...
,
Foshan
Foshan (, ), alternately romanized as Fatshan, 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 ...
,
Guangdong
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, the team plays their home games at the 4,000-seated Nanhai Gymnasium. They joined ABL from
2017–18 season as the "Nanhai Long Lions". They changed their name to Nanhai Kung Fu
to differentiate themselves from their mother team, the Guanzhou Long Lions.
After they partnered with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to their present name by November 2017.
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After the 2018 season, the team relocated to Macau to become the Macau Black Bears, in a bid to promote professional basketball in the city. The name was derived Bobo the Black Bear, an individual ]Asian black bear
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who first came to public attention in the 1980s when it was rescued from being cooked in a gourmet restaurant as a cub.
The inaugural season was led by General Manager
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Lukas Peng.
Players
Current roster
Head coaches
* Charles Dubé-Brais (2017–2018)
* Mu Jianxin (2018–2019)
* Charles Hantoumakos (2019–present)
Season-by-season record
Affiliates
* Guangzhou Loong Lions
The Guangzhou Loong Lions () are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. They play in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
History
The team was founded in November 2000 as Shaanxi Gait ...
References
External links
Macau Black Bears official website
Chongson Kung Fu web page at the ABL official website
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ASEAN Basketball League teams
Sports teams in Guangdong
Foshan
Basketball teams established in 2017
2017 establishments in China
Black Bears