Zhao Tailong (, born January 4, 1990) is a Chinese

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player who has spent his entire playing career with the

Fujian Sturgeons Fujian SBS Xunxing Sturgeons (Simplified Chinese: 福建SBS浔兴鲟) or Fujian Xunxing or Fujian SBS are a Chinese professional men's basketball team in the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian. The "SBS" reflects c ...

of the

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. He started out his playing career with the Sturgeons back in 2007 under their junior squad before officially being promoted into the team's professional roster sometime around the 2011-12 CBA season. During his first season as a professional, Zhao would be named a CBA All-Star for the Southern All-Stars team; he has since been named a CBA All-Star multiple times throughout his career. Because of that distinction, Zhao is considered to be a star player for Fujian alongside

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, who was previously drafted by the

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in the 2016 NBA draft. He had also previously participated in both the

2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...

and the

2015 FIBA Asia Championship The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship was the 28th and last edition of the FIBA Asia Championship in men's basketball in Asia. It was organised by FIBA Asia. At the FIBA Asia Congress held in Doha, Qatar, the Central Board awarded the hosting rights to ...

, with the latter event having a national team that had most of its roster be 23 or younger entering the event. The team had won the gold medal throughout that time, with Zhao having participation with the team as well. For Zhao's first two seasons with Fujian, he was able to start for every game with the team while also managing to improve on his point production and other major statistics between his first professional season and his second. However, during his third season, his production started to slip up a bit, due in part to him starting in less games with the Sturgeons with an injury he'd display sometime in the 2013-14 CBA season. Zhao's production would continue to slip under his next two seasons, even with him gaining more of a starting role again when compared to this third season in the CBA. He is currently projected to returning as a full-time starter again, with Zhao not only trying to help the team out in gaining more victories in the process, but also get back to the level he was at earlier on to the point of being on the Chinese national team.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhao, Tailong 1990 births Living people Basketball players at the 2014 Asian Games Basketball players at the 2018 Asian Games Basketball players from Changchun Chinese men's basketball players Fujian Sturgeons players Shooting guards Small forwards Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games medalists in basketball