The Eastern basketball team (), is a professional men's basketball team of the

Eastern Sports Club Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited, also known as Eastern Sports Club (), is a Hong Kong professional sports club whose football section competes in the Hong Kong Premier League, the top flight of Hong Kong football. The ...

. The team also known as and Hong Kong Eastern for sponsorship reason. The team competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division and the

ASEAN Basketball League The ASEAN Basketball League (ABL) is a professional men's basketball league in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong/Macau, which includes six teams from Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam), one tea ...

since 2016.

History

Eastern basketball team is a section of

(officially known as Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited). In 2015 season the team won and promoted to 2016

Hong Kong A1 Division Championship Hong Kong A1 Division Championship (), abbreviated as HKA1 and A1 Division, is the top division of men's basketball league in Hong Kong. Current clubs A total of ten teams contested in the 2021 season: * Eagles (飛鷹) * Eastern (東方) * ...

. The team became fully professional in 2016. In the same year, the club would adopt the name Hong Kong Eastern and join the

(ABL). They won the 2016–17 ABL season, and finished as semifinalists for the next two seasons. They also became Hong Kong A1 Division champions in 2018. The ABL's 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the

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. It is scheduled to resume in 2023 with Eastern as among its participating teams. Eastern also plans to join the

Chinese Basketball Association The Chinese Basketball Association (), often abbreviated as the CBA, is the first-tier professional men's basketball league in China. The league is commonly known by fans as the CBA, and this acronym is even used in Chinese on a regular basis ...

in the future.

Current roster

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster

Notable players

:To appear in this section a player must have either: * Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player. * Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Local players

Lam Man Chun Lam or LAM may refer to: Organizations * Laguna Art Museum, California, US * Lam Eng Rubber, a Malaysian manufacturer * Lam Research, American semiconductor equipment company * LAM Mozambique Airlines, flag carrier airline of Mozambique * Librarie ...

(2018–21) * Siu Kin Fan Jon (2018–20) * Daniel Onwugbonu (2018–19) *

Chan Yik Lun Chan may refer to: Places *Chan (commune), Cambodia *Chan Lake, by Chan Lake Territorial Park in Northwest Territories, Canada People *Chan (surname), romanization of various Chinese surnames (including 陳, 曾, 詹, 戰, and 田) * Chan Caldwe ...

(2018–) * Ng Chung Tsun (2018–) * Ip Chun Fung (2019-) * Adam Xu (2017–) *

Chen Wan Tin Chen may refer to: People * Chen (surname) (陳 / 陈), a common Chinese surname * Chen (singer) (born 1992), member of the South Korean-Chinese boy band EXO * Chen Chen (born 1989), Chinese-American poet * (), a Hebrew first name or surname: ...

(2021-) * So Sheung Ying (2017–20) *

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(2019-) *

Pok Yuet Yeung POK, PoK, or Pok may refer to: * Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the name used by India for the portion of Kashmir under Pakistani administration * Pantoate kinase or PoK, an enzyme * P.O.K. (''Podosfairikes Omades Kentrou''), a former coalition of foot ...

(2019-) * So Chi Lok Jolin (2017–20) * Ip Chun Kit (2016–18) *

Lee Shu Wing Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

(2017–18) *

Lau Tsz Lai Lau or LAU may refer to: People * Lau (surname) * Liu (劉/刘), a common Chinese family name transliterated Lau in Cantonese and Hokkien * Lau clan, one of the Saraswat Brahmin clans of Punjab * LAU (musician): Laura Fares Places * Lebanese ...

(2015–20) *

Chung Chun Sing Chung may refer to: Surnames * Chung (surname) * Jeong (surname), Korean surname * Zhong (surname), or Chung, Chinese surname * Cheung, or Chung, Cantonese surname Geography * Chung, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran ...

(2016–19) *

Wu Cheuk Pan Wu may refer to: States and regions on modern China's territory *Wu (state) (; och, *, italic=yes, links=no), a kingdom during the Spring and Autumn Period 771–476 BCE ** Suzhou or Wu (), its eponymous capital ** Wu County (), a former county ...

(2016–) *

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(2015–) * Leung Ka Hin Marco (2019-) *

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(2019-20) *

Tang Chi Hang Tang or TANG most often refers to: * Tang dynasty * Tang (drink mix) Tang or TANG may also refer to: Chinese states and dynasties * Jin (Chinese state) (11th century – 376 BC), a state during the Spring and Autumn period, called Tang (唐) ...

(2015–21) * Ma Kong San Jeff (2019, 2021) *

Chan Siu Wing Chan Siu Wing (), born April 26, 1993, is a Hong Kong professional basketball player. He currently plays for the Eastern of the FIBA Asia Champions Cup, ASEAN Basketball League and the Hong Kong A1 Division Championship. He represented Hong Ko ...

(2015–) * Lee Ki (2015–) *

Oliver Xu Oliver may refer to: Arts, entertainment and literature Books * ''Oliver the Western Engine'', volume 24 in ''The Railway Series'' by Rev. W. Awdry * '' Oliver Twist'', a novel by Charles Dickens Fictional characters * Ariadne Oliver ...

(2022-) * Ngan Wing Fai (2016-18) * Poon Chi Ho (2015–17) *

Fong Shing Yee Fong may refer to: *the Bulu tribe of the Beti–Pahuin people of Cameroon *various Chinese surnames **the Hong Kong Government Cantonese romanization of the surname Fāng () **the Taishanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Kuàng () **a M ...

(2015–17) * Cheng Kam Hing (2015–17) * Wong Lut Yiu (2013-14, 2015–16) * Lau Hoi To (2015–16) * Heung Chun Keung (2015–16) * Wu Kwok Fung (1992–94, 2014–15)

Import players

* Brandis Raley-Ross (2019–20, 2021–22) *

Brandon Costner Brandon Jay Costner (born July 21, 1987) is an American professional basketball player, currently a free agent. He most recently played for Puerto Rican teams Grises de Humacao and Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional. He played ...

(2019–20) *

Joseph Eriobu Joseph Emmanuel Arinze Eriobu Jr. (born February 12, 1992) is a Filipino-Nigerian basketball player. Eriobu was a long-time player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). He was drafted 4th overall by the Mahindra Floodbuster in the 201 ...

(2019–20) * Joshua De Villa (2021-) * Austin Veloso (2020-) *

Trey Kell George Earl "Trey" Kell III (born April 5, 1996) is an American-born naturalized Syrian professional basketball player for the Adelaide 36ers of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL). He has previously played in Canada, Bosnia, Poland a ...

(2019) * T. J. Price (2019) * Dominic Gilbert (2022-) * Chris Mclaughlin (2022-) * Michael Holyfield (2019, 2019–20) * O’Darien Bassett (2019, 2022-) * Tonny Trocha-Morelos (2022-) * Samuel Deguara (2018–19) * Eric Ferguson (2018) *

Trey Gilder George "Trey" Gilder III (born January 24, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for Indios de Mayagüez of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN). He played college basketball for McNeese State, Tyler Junior College and Northwester ...

(2018) * Christian Standhardinger (2017–18) * Josh Boone (2017) * Jasonn Hannibal (2017–19) *

Tyler Lamb Tyler Lamb (born May 16, 1991) is a Thai-American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for UCLA and Long Beach State. Tyler began his professional career in his mother's homeland, Thailand. Early life Lamb was born in We ...

(2016–18) * Steven Guinchard (2016–17, 2019–20) * Patrick Sullivan (2016–17) * Marcus Elliott (2016–19) * Ryan O’Neal Moss (2016–18) * Chris Barnes (2015–17) * Reggie Johnson (2014–15) * Bryant Austin (2014–15)

Footnotes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Eastern Sports Club (basketball) ASEAN Basketball League teams Basketball teams in Hong Kong Basketball teams established in 1932 Eastern Sports Club 1932 establishments in Hong Kong