Bay Area Dragons reveal roster for inaugural East Asia Super League basketball season
- Ten stars from Hong Kong and mainland China announced for Brian Goorjian’s squad
- ‘We are building this team to be competitive right off the bat,’ head coach says
The Bay Area Dragons have announced a roster of 10 players from mainland China and Hong Kong ahead of the inaugural season of the East Asia Super League, with more signings to come.
Centre Duncan Reid is the stair recruit, a four-time Hong Kong A1 Division champion with South China who also played in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) with Zhejiang Golden Bulls and the Nanjing Tongxi Monkey Kings.
The Dragons have also signed China national team player Liu Chuanxing, former CBA star Song Jianhua, and ex-China University Basketball Association champion Zheng Qilong.
The club will be coached by Brian Goorjian, a six-time Australian National Basketball League champion who led the country’s men to bronze last summer in Tokyo for their first Olympic medal.
Also in the squad are former Hong Kong scoring champ Scotty Ewing, ex-NCAA Division 1 player Kobey Lam, and former Shandong stars Qiao Wenhan and Si Kun.
Rounding out the squad are Wuhan Sports University alumni Zhang Zhiyuan, and former South China and Jiangsu stars Glen Yang and Zheng Qilong.
