The Anhui Wenyi Oriental Dragons Basketball Club, commonly known as simply the Anhui Oriental Dragons, (simplified Chinese: 安徽文一东方龙; traditional Chinese: 安徽文壹東方龍; pinyin: ān huī wén yī dōng fāng lóng) are a Chinese professional basketball club based in Hefei, Anhui.[1] The team plays in the National Basketball League. Founded in 2013, Wenyi won its first NBL championship in 2016.[citation needed]
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| Leagues | National Basketball League | |
| Founded | December 9, 2013 | |
| Arena | Anhui Provincial Gymnasium | |
| Capacity | 6,300 | |
| Location | Hefei, Anhui, China | |
| President | Zhou Wensuo | |
| General manager | Zhou Wensuo | |
| Head coach | Xu Changsuo | |
| Ownership | Anhui Wenyi Investment Holding Group | |
| Championships | 1 (2016) | |
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The owner of the team is Anhui Wenyi Investment Holding Group.[citation needed]
Honours edit
- National Basketball League[1]
- Winners (1): 2016
- Runners-up (2): 2015, 2017
Players edit
Current imports edit
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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Notable players edit
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.
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To appear in this section a player must have either:
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Darnell Jackson (2015)[2]- Manny Harris (2016)[3]
- Chris Singleton (2016)[4]
- Jonathan Gibson (2017)[5]
- Bernard James (2017)[6]
- Chris Johnson (2017)[7]
- DeQuan Jones (2018–present)[8]
- Jameel Warney (2018–present)[8]
- Dakari Johnson (2019)
References edit
- ^ a b Club profile at Asia-Basket.com
- ^ "Yesilgiresun may tab Darnell Jackson, ex Anhui". Eurobasket. November 5, 2015. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Manny Harris Plays in Chinese NBL". Texas Legends. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Chris Singleton signs with Anhui Wenyi". Sportando. May 31, 2016. Retrieved August 1, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jonathan Gibson inks with Anhui". Sportando. May 8, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Anhui lands Bernard James, ex Limoges". Eurobasket. August 3, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ "Chris Johnson landed by Anhui". Court-Side. May 17, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
- ^ a b "DeQuan Jones, Jameel Warney sign with Chinese NBL team Anhui". Sportando. May 5, 2018. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.