Beijing Olympians

Now-defunct Chinese professional basketball team The Beijing Olympians or Beijing Aoshen Olympians or Beijing Aoshen (simplified Chinese: 北京奥神; traditional Chinese: 北京奧神; pinyin: běi jīng ào shén) was a Chinese professional men's basketball team that formerly played in the Chinese Basketball Association and the West Coast Pro Basketball League. They have also played in the American Basketball Association. Some sources refer to them (slightly ungrammatically) as the Beijing Olympicians. They should not be confused with the Beijing Ducks, which is a different team based in Beijing. In the 2003–04 season, they finished 7th out of 12 teams in the CBA regular season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the Jiangsu Dragons. They were disqualified from play for the 2004–05 season (see below), and although it was intended that they would return for the 2005–06 season, negotiations to rejoin the league broke down at the end of June 2005. The Beijing Olympians joined the new American Basketball Association for the 2005–06 season and played in the Spencer Haywood Division of the Red Conference. In their inaugural season in the ABA they played their home ga