The Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Eagle Club, also known as Qingdao Daily Fresh or Qingdao Eagles are a Chinese professional
basketball
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team which is based in
Qingdao
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,
Shandong
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Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...
. The club plays in the North Division of the
Chinese Basketball Association
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(CBA). Conson DoubleStar is the club's
corporate sponsor, and the team's mascot is an
eagle
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. In the 2012–13 season,
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Tracy McGrady
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played for the club. After the season, McGrady's jersey number was retired by Qingdao.
History
Qingdao received a great deal of attention from various media outlets around the world when former
NBA
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All-Star Tracy McGrady
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signed for the
2012–13 CBA season
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with Qingdao. Despite McGrady averaging 25 points per game, the team was unable to qualify for the CBA Playoffs. In the
2014–15 CBA season, thanks to the extra addition of
Hamed Haddadi
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, Qingdao received their first playoff appearance with the third-best record in the league, going as far as the semi-final round before being swept by the
Liaoning Flying Leopards
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. In 2015, Qingdao retired McGrady's jersey number 1.
Players
Current roster
Notable players
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Shan Tao (2000–2001)
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Torraye Braggs
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(2006–2007)
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Chris Williams (2008–2010)
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Amal McCaskill
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(2009)
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Sabah Khoury
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(2009–2010)
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Dee Brown (2010–2011)
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Li Gen (2010–2012)
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Ivan Johnson (2011)
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Xue Yuyang
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(2011–2014)
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Olumide Oyedeji
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Professional career
Oyedeji played at the 1999 and 2000 Nike Hoop Summits. He was select ...
(2011–2012)
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D.J. Mbenga (2012)
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Tracy McGrady
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(2012–2013)
(#1 retired by Qingdao)
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Chris Daniels (2012–2013)
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Josh Selby
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(2013)
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Peter John Ramos
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(2013–2014)
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Josh Akognon
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(2013–2014)
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Justin Dentmon
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(2014–2015)
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Hamed Haddadi
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(2014–2015)
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Mike Harris
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(2014–2015)
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Jonathan Gibson (2015–2016,2017–2019)
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Alan Williams (2015–2016)
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Su Wei (2016–2018)
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Loukas Mavrokefalidis
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(2016–2017)
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Terrence Jones
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High school career
Jones was ranked t ...
(2017)
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Maciej Lampe
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Professional career
Originally from Łódź, Poland, Lampe grew up in Stockholm, Swede ...
(2017–2018)
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James Mays
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(2018)
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Darius Adams
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Professi ...
(2019–2021)
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Zhao TailongShenzhen beats Qingdao, Ningbo suffers 9th straight defeat
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, 6 November 2021. Accessed 8 November 2021. (2019–present)
* Dakari Johnson
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(2019–present)
Retired numbers
Basketball Hall of Famers
References
External links
Qingdao DoubleStar site
Team profile
Official weibo
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Chinese Basketball Association teams
Sport in Qingdao
2003 establishments in China
Basketball teams established in 2003