Kyranbek Makhan (born September 27, 1992) is a Chinese basketball player of Kyrgyz origin who plays in the

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position for

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and the

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of the

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(CBA). He is an elite three point shooter and perimeter defender. Kyranbek played with the

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for 11 years and was an important part of their three consecutive Grand Finals from

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and their first championship in the 2016–17 season. He is widely regarded as one of the most iconic players of the

, along with

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and Xu Guochong. He was part of the Chinese squad for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

Career

Kyranbek was promoted to the first team of

and debuted in

in the 2008–09 season. He was an important part of the team's three consecutive trips to the Grand Finals in the 2008-09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 seasons, serving as an elite perimeter defender for the team. Through the seasons, he also became an elite three point shooter. In the 2016–17 season, Kyranbek started 40 of the 50 regular season games he played, averaging 24.1 minutes, 8.1 points, and 2.6 rebounds per game. He played an important role in the first CBA championship for the

franchise. Notably, his stats were on par with the regular season MVP

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during their direct face-off in the

position in the Quarter-Finals. After the 2019–20 season, Kyranbek was traded by

for 8 million CNY to

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and signed a 3+1 regular (type-C) contract with the latter team, with the last year being a team option. His salary averages 7.5 million CNY (1.1 million USD) a year, the max value for non-max contracts.

Name

Kyranbek Makan is a Kyrgyz person born in

Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...

, China. There are several alternative spellings to his name. Kyranbek is the direct transliteration of his first name from his native

Kyrgyz language Kyrgyz (; autonym: , tr. ''Kyrgyz tili'', ) is a Turkic language of the Kipchak branch spoken in Central Asia. Kyrgyz is the official language of Kyrgyzstan and a significant minority language in the Kizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in X ...

. Alternatively, some sources indirectly transliterated his name via

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(可兰白克) as Kelanbaike. His

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's direct translation from Kyrgyz is Makhan. The indirect transliteration via

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(马坎) is Makan. Therefore, alternative spellings of his full name include: * Kyranbek Makhan, and * Kelanbaike Makan. Some sources might incorrectly mingle these two as Kyranbek Makan or Kelanbaike Makhan. Notebly, some sources rendered his first name as Korambek. This form is not an alternative spelling, but simply wrong since it has no traceable route of indirect transliteration. As a Kyrgyz name, Kyranbek Makhan uses the

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, alt ...

system and consists of the given (first) name Kyranbek and the patronym (father's name) Makhan. Therefore, Makhan is the name of Kyranbek's late father. In general, it is not acceptable to refer to him using only Makhan, even in a context which usually requires a

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(last name). One should always refer to him using the full name Kyranbek Makhan or simply his first name Kyranbek.

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at Eurobasket.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Makhan, Kyranbek 1992 births Living people Chinese men's basketball players Small forwards Ethnic Kyrgyz people (individuals) 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup players Sportspeople from Xinjiang Chinese people of Kyrgyzstani descent Shanghai Sharks players Xinjiang Flying Tigers players