Macau Black Bears
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The Macau Black Bears (simplified Chinese: 澳门黑熊篮球俱乐部; traditional Chinese: 澳門黑熊籃球俱樂部; pinyin: Àomén Hēi Xióng Lánqiú Jùlèbù) are a Macanese professional basketball team competing in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).
History
Chong Son Kung Fu was a Chinese basketball team playing in the ASEAN Basketball League. Based in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong, the team plays their home games at the 4,000-seated Nanhai Gymnasium. They joined ABL from 2017–18 season as the "Nanhai Long Lions". They changed their name to Nanhai Kung Fu to differentiate themselves from their mother team, the Guanzhou Long Lions. After they partnered with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to their present name by November 2017.
After the 2018 season, the team relocated to Macau to become the Macau Black Bears, in a bid to promote professional basketball in the city. The name was derived Bobo the Black Bear, an individual Asian black bear who first came to public attention in the 1980s when it was rescued from being cooked in a gourmet restaurant as a cub.
The inaugural season was led by General Manager Lukas Peng.
Il propietario della squadra è Lai Iat Meng, un uomo d'affari di Macao. L'allenatore della squadra è Kevin Garnett, ex giocatore della NBA.
I Black Bears giocano le partite casalinghe al Venetian Arena, un'arena con una capacità di 15.000 posti.
I colori della squadra sono il nero e l'oro.
I Black Bears sono una delle squadre più giovani della CBA, ma sono già riusciti a raggiungere un certo successo. Nella stagione 2018-19, hanno raggiunto i playoff, dove hanno perso contro i Guangdong Southern Tigers.
I Black Bears sono una squadra in crescita e hanno il potenziale per diventare una delle migliori squadre della CBA.
Ecco alcuni dei giocatori più importanti dei Macau Black Bears:
* Kevin Garnett
* Stephon Marbury
* Yao Ming
* Yi Jianlian
* Zhou Qi