The Zhejiang Golden Bulls, or Zhejiang Chouzhou Golden Rent are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Yiwu in Zhejiang, China. It competes in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), in the Southern Division. Its corporate sponsor is Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank.
The team continued to be informally referred to as the Horses for quite some time, even after changing its nickname to Cyclones in 2001, largely because of the corporate sponsor during that era, Wanma (万马), whose name literally translates into English as ten thousand horses. The club plays most of its home games at the Yiwu Gymnasium but occasionally hosts contests at other locations in Zhejiang Province.
During the 2020–21 Chinese Basketball Association season, under head coach Liu Weiwei the Golden Bulls reached the semifinals for the first time in history.[1] Two years later, in 2022–23, the Golden Bulls reached the CBA Finals for the first time and lost to the Liaoning Flying Leopards.
The Golden Bulls competed in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore as the representative team from Asia, as they were selected by the CBA. They finished in third place, becoming the first Chinese team to finish on the podium in the tournament.[2]
Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)
Bronze medal: 2023Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.
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This is a list of the team's leading current Chinese and International players as well as notable former Chinese and International players.
Lu Wenbo[1] (2017–present) Wu Qian[1] (2012–present)
Duncan Reid (2017–present)
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Liz Cambage
Maurice Ndour God Shammgod (2001–2002, 2007–2008) Peter Cornell (2003–2004) Isaac Fontaine (2004–2005) Soumaila Samake (2004–2006) Curtis Millage (2005–2006) Kevin Freeman (2006–2007) Kirk Snyder (2008–2009) Marcus Williams (2009–2010) Andre Brown (2009–2010) Josh Boone (2010–2012) Denzel Bowles (2012–2013) Mike James (2010) J.R. Smith (2011–2012) Eddy Curry (2012–2013) Quincy Douby (2012–2013) Jerel McNeal (2013) Dewarick Spencer (2013) Ivan Johnson (2013–2014) Mike Harris (2013) Brittney Griner (2013–2014) Errick McCollum (2014–2015) Chris Johnson (2014) Willie Warren (2015–2016) Charles Gaines (2016)
Samad Nikkhah Bahrami (2015–2016)
Cady Lalanne (2016) Lorenzo Brown (2016–2017) Jarnell Stokes (2017–2018) Sonny Weems (2017–2022) Arinze Onuaku (2018–2022) Erick Green (2021–2022)