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The Chinese Basketball Association (simplified Chinese: 中国男子篮球职业联赛; traditional Chinese: 中國男子籃球職業聯賽; pinyin: Zhōngguó Nánzǐ Lánqiú Zhíyè Liánsài), often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in China.
The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this initialism is often used even in Chinese. There is also a Women's Chinese Basketball Association (WCBA) for women.
The CBA should also not be confused with the National Basketball League (NBL), which is a professional "Division 2" minor league.
A few Chinese CBA players, such as Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming, Mengke Bateer, Yi Jianlian, Leo Chen, and Sun Yue, have also played in the NBA. Conversely, a limited number of foreign players are allowed for each CBA team. Notable players include NBA All-Stars Stephon Marbury, Steve Francis, Gilbert Arenas, Tracy McGrady, Al Harrington and Metta World Peace, as well as NBA players who were CBA All-Stars Kenyon Martin, J. R. Smith, Aaron Brooks, and Shavlik Randolph.
The league began play in 1994. However, the CBA as the name of a league should not be confused with the "Americans to play in the CBA. Today, the regulating body for basketball in China is the Chinese Basketball Management Center (simplified Chinese: 国家体育总局篮球管理中心; traditional Chinese: 國家體育總局籃球管理中心; pinyin: Guójiā Tǐyù Zǒngjú Lánqiú Guǎnlǐ Zhōngxīn).
Other Chinese basketball leagues include the National Basketball League (NBL), the Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA) and the Chinese High School Basketball League (CHBL) [2]. At one time there was a league called the Chinese New Basketball Alliance (CNBA) [3], one of whose teams was the Beijing Sea Lions, but it lasted only one season (1996–97) [4].
For a full list of teams, see Category:Chinese Basketball Association teams.
The full name of each team usually consists of three parts, in the following order:
This can sometimes lead to confusion about what name to use in English because many variants may be seen. Team names are usually abbreviated (in Chinese or English), so that either the corporate sponsor name or the nickname is used interchangeably (rarely both). Also, the nickname can sometimes be translated into English in more than one way; also the corporate sponsor name can change frequently over time.
Changes in nickname are rare, but occasionally happen, as when the Shandong team changed their nickname from the "Flaming Bulls" to the "Lions".
In previous years, the title of the league itself was available for corporate naming sponsorship. In 1999–2000 and 2000–2001 it was known as the "Hilton League", in 2001–2002 and 2002–2003 it was the "Motorola League", and in 2003–2004 it was sponsored by China Unicom. However, this corporate league title was not always used in the news media, and this sponsorship practice was discontinued at the start of the 2004–2005 season. [5]
Current Teams Defunct Teams
In 2005, the league unveiled the "Mou Zuoyun Cup" (simplified Chinese: 牟作云杯; traditional Chinese: 牟作雲杯; pinyin: Móu Zuòyún Bēi), which was awarded for the first time to the winning team in the finals. Mou Zuoyun (born 1913) was a member of the Chinese men's national basketball team at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and later served as a coach and a pioneer in building Chinese basketball. [6]
Imports that lasted more than one season in the CBA:
New York City, United States, American Civil War, Hawaii, Western United States
Hong Kong, Beijing, Macau, Shanghai, Taiwan
United States, China, Bayi Rockets, Shanghai Sharks, Xinjiang Flying Tigers
Guangdong Southern Tigers, Milwaukee Bucks, Chinese Basketball Association, Dallas Mavericks, Washington Wizards
Chinese Basketball Association, New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, Beijing Ducks, 2005 NBA draft
Chinese Basketball Association, FIBA Asia Championship, 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, Iran national basketball team, Phoenix Suns
Xinjiang Flying Tigers, Guangdong Southern Tigers, Argentina, Dongguan, Jiangsu Dragons
Beijing Ducks, Guangdong Southern Tigers, Beijing, Dongguan, Xinjiang Flying Tigers