New Hong Kong Golden Bulls side to play in China’s National Basketball League, will have home games in city
A basketball club based in Hong Kong has launched a new side to compete in mainland China’s domestic set-up, and plans to play its home games in the city.
Hong Kong Golden Bulls, who are connected to local A1 Division team Golden Bulls Hon Friends, will join the second tier National Basketball League this season, with Southorn Stadium in Wan Chai as their home base.
Leung Shiu-wah and Ricky Yang, two Hong Kong squad players who moved to Golden Bulls Hon Friends last year, are among those who will form part of the new team, which will be lead by Liu Te, a former head coach of Chinese Basketball Association teams Tianjin Pioneers and Nanjing Monkey Kings.
Currently training in Beijing, the Golden Bulls began try outs for players in April and a source told the Post the team planned to return to Hong Kong this month ahead of the start of the season in July.
Joining Leung and Yang on the roster will be a host of mainland Chinese players, plus Maltese professional Samuel Deguara, a centre, and Lin Bingsheng, who won the T1 League Finals in Taiwan with New Taipei CTBC DEA.
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