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 ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. 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 (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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r Tracy McGrady 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

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All-Star Tracy McGrady 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 Hamed Haddadi, 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 (basketball), Shan Tao (2000–2001) * Torraye Braggs (2006–2007) * Chris Williams (basketball), Chris Williams (2008–2010) * Amal McCaskill (2009) * Sabah Khoury (2009–2010) * Dee Brown (basketball, born 1984), Dee Brown (2010–2011) * Li Gen (basketball), Li Gen (2010–2012) * Ivan Johnson (basketball), Ivan Johnson (2011) * Xue Yuyang (2011–2014) * Olumide Oyedeji (2011–2012) * D.J. Mbenga (2012) * Tracy McGrady (2012–2013)
(#1 retired by Qingdao) * Chris Daniels (basketball), Chris Daniels (2012–2013) * Josh Selby (2013) * Peter John Ramos (2013–2014) * Josh Akognon (2013–2014) * Justin Dentmon (2014–2015) * Hamed Haddadi (2014–2015) * Mike Harris (basketball), Mike Harris (2014–2015) * Jonathan Gibson (basketball), Jonathan Gibson (2015–2016,2017–2019) * Alan Williams (basketball), Alan Williams (2015–2016) * Su Wei (basketball), Su Wei (2016–2018) * Loukas Mavrokefalidis (2016–2017) * Terrence Jones (2017) * Maciej Lampe (2017–2018) * James Mays (2018) * Darius Adams (2019–2021) * Zhao TailongShenzhen beats Qingdao, Ningbo suffers 9th straight defeat
China Internet Information Center, 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