The Zhejiang Golden Bulls, or Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Rent are a Chinese professional
basketball
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team based in
Yiwu
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in
Zhejiang
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, China. It competes in the
Chinese Basketball Association
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(CBA), in the Southern Division. Its corporate sponsor is Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank.
The team continued to be informally referred to as the Horses for quite some time, even after changing its nickname to Cyclones in 2001, largely because of the corporate sponsor during that era, Wanma (万马), whose name literally translates into English as ''ten thousand horses''. The club plays most of its home games at the Yiwu Gymnasium but occasionally hosts contests at other locations in Zhejiang Province.
During the
2020–21 Chinese Basketball Association season
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, under head coach Liu Weiwei the Golden Bulls reached the semifinals for the first time in history.CBA Roundup: Red-hot Golden Bulls book semifinal clash with Liaoning Huaxia (
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This is a list of the team's leading current Chinese and International players as well as notable former Chinese and International players.
Current Chinese national team players
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Lu Wenbo
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Duncan Reid
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(2017–present)
Current International players
Former Chinese players
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Ding Jinhui
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(2006–2016)
Former international players
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(2001–2002, 2007–2008)
* Peter Cornell (2003–2004)
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Isaac Fontaine
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(2004–2005)
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(2004–2006)
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(2011–2012)
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Eddy Curry
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(2012–2013)
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(2012–2013)
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(2013)
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(2013–2014)
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(2013)
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(2015–2016)
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(2016)
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(2016–2017)
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(2017–2018)
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(2017–2022)
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(2018–2022)
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