The Qingdao Guoxin Haitian Eagle Club, also known as Qingdao Daily Fresh or Qingdao Eagles are a Chinese professional

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team which is based in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

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. The club plays in the North Division of the

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(CBA). Conson DoubleStar is the club's corporate sponsor, and the team's mascot is an

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. In the 2012–13 season,

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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 All-Star

signed for the

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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

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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. In 2015, Qingdao retired McGrady's jersey number 1.

Players

Current roster

Notable players

* Shan Tao (2000–2001) * Torraye Braggs (2006–2007) * Chris Williams (2008–2010) *

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(2009) *

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(2009–2010) * Dee Brown (2010–2011) * Li Gen (2010–2012) *

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(2011) * Xue Yuyang (2011–2014) *

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(2011–2012) *

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(2012) *

(2012–2013)
(#1 retired by Qingdao) * Chris Daniels (2012–2013) *

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(2013) * Peter John Ramos (2013–2014) * Josh Akognon (2013–2014) *

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(2014–2015) *

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(2014–2015) * Jonathan Gibson (2015–2016,2017–2019) * Alan Williams (2015–2016) * Su Wei (2016–2018) * Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2016–2017) *

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(2017) * Maciej Lampe (2017–2018) *

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(2018) *

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(2019–2021) * Zhao TailongShenzhen beats Qingdao, Ningbo suffers 9th straight defeat

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, 6 November 2021. Accessed 8 November 2021. (2019–present) * Dakari Johnson (2019–present)

Retired numbers

Basketball Hall of Famers

References

External links

Qingdao DoubleStar siteTeam profile

Official weibo
{{CBA Chinese Basketball Association teams Sport in Qingdao 2003 establishments in China Basketball teams established in 2003