Yu Shulong (born February 19, 1990 in

Jilin, China Jilin (; alternately romanized as Kirin or Chilin) is one of the three provinces of Northeast China. Its capital and largest city is Changchun. Jilin borders North Korea (Rasŏn, North Hamgyong, Ryanggang and Chagang) and Russia (Prim ...

) is a former Chinese professional

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player. He is also a former member of the

Chinese national basketball team The China men's national basketball team (nickname ''Team Dragon'') represents the People's Republic of China in international basketball tournaments. The national team is governed by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Based on the numb ...

Professional career

Yu debuted for the Jilin Northeast Tigers in the 2009–10 CBA season. He averaged 11.3 points, 2.5 rebounds, and 2.4 assists per game in 31 games for the Tigers.Yu Shulong
at asia-basket.com He was named to the Northern Rookie All-Star Team at the All-Star weekend Rookie Challenge, where he scored a team high 18 points. On October 31, 2014 he was signed by the

Sichuan Blue Whales The Sichuan Jinqiang Blue Whales (sometimes spelled Whale) (四川金强蓝鲸), also known as Sichuan Jinqiang or Sichuan Jinrong Industry, are a professional basketball team based in Wenjiang District, Chengdu, Sichuan, China, which plays in th ...

. During his second season with Sichuan, he'd help the Blue Whales earn their first ever CBA Finals championship.

Chinese national team

Yu is also a member of the

. After competing for the junior national team at various levels of competition, he was named to the senior team for the first time at the

2010 FIBA World Championship The 2010 FIBA World Championship was the 16th FIBA World Championship, the international basketball world championship contested by the men's national teams. The tournament ran from 28 August to 12 September 2010. It was co-organised by the Inte ...

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References

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