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2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season

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The 2015–16 CBA season was the 21st season of the Chinese Basketball Association. The regular season began on Saturday, October 31, 2015, with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. The regular season ended on Friday, February 5, 2016, and the playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016.

CBA
Season2015–16
DurationOctober 31, 2015 – February 5, 2016 (regular season）
February 15, 2016 – March 6, 2016 (Playoffs)
March 11, 2016 – March 25, 2016 (Finals)
Games played38
Teams20
Regular season
Top seedLiaoning Flying Leopards
Finals
ChampionsSichuan Blue Whales (1st title)
  Runners-upLiaoning Flying Leopards
Finals MVPIran Hamed Haddadi
Awards
Domestic MVPChina Yi Jianlian
International MVPUnited States Michael Beasley
Statistical leaders
Points United States Jonathan Gibson 42.0
Rebounds United States Alan Williams 15.4
Assists United States Jeremy Pargo 8.5

Team changes

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Two teams relocated ahead of the season.

Name changes

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  • The Chongqing Soaring Dragons moved to Beijing and initially changed their name to Beijing BG in September 2015.[1] To avoid confusion with the city's soccer club from the second-tier China League One, which is also called Beijing BG or Beijing Beikong, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of CBA teams are used—a large number of Chinese sports websites have decided to refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons (the club's official logo has always used the badly-translated English term "Fly Dragons" instead of "Soaring Dragons").[2] The practice is consistent with the way a lot of Chinese sports websites shorten the second Zhejiang team's name to Guangsha Lions and the second Jiangsu team's name to Tongxi Monkey Kings. So this means Beikong replaces Beijing as the club's "geographical" designation.[3]
  • The Dongguan Leopards moved to Shenzhen and changed their name to the Shenzhen Leopards in October 2015.[4]

Regular season

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Standings

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# 2015–16 CBA season
Team W L PCT Pts Tiebreaker
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 31 7 .816 69
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 30 8 .789 68
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 30 8 .789 68
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 28 10 .737 66
5 Shandong Golden Stars 28 10 .737 66
6 Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 27 11 .711 65
7 Beijing Ducks 23 15 .605 61
8 Zhejiang Golden Bulls 22 16 .579 60
9 Shenzhen Leopards 19 19 .500 57
10 Shanxi Brave Dragons 18 20 .474 56
11 Jiangsu Dragons 18 20 .474 56
12 Shanghai Sharks 18 20 .474 56
13 Fujian Sturgeons 16 22 .421 54
14 Qingdao Eagles 16 22 .421 54
15 Beikong Fly Dragons 13 25 .342 51
16 Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings 12 26 .316 50
17 Jilin Northeast Tigers 10 28 .263 48
18 Tianjin Gold Lions 8 30 .211 46
19 Bayi Rockets 7 31 .184 45
20 Foshan Long-Lions 6 32 .158 44
Key to colors
     Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs

Foreign Players Policy

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All teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players. The bottom 5 teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player.

Rules Chart

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The rules for using foreign players in each game are described in this chart:

# Facing other teams Facing Bayi Rockets
Chinese players No Limit No Limit
Asian players 4 quarters collectively
International players 6 quarters collectively

Including players from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

If a team waives its right to sign an extra Asian player, it may use its 2 foreign players for 7 quarters collectively.

Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter.

Import Chart

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This is the full list of international players who competed in the CBA during the 2015-16 season.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Asian Player Replaced During Season
Bayi Rockets – – – –
Beijing Ducks   Stephon Marbury   Randolph Morris – –
Beikong Fly Dragons   Esteban Batista   Dorell Wright   Mehdi Kamrani –
Foshan Long-Lions   Jerrelle Benimon   Jabari Brown –   Scotty Hopson
Fujian Sturgeons   Dwight Buycks   Jeremy Tyler   Fadi El Khatib   Jarrid Famous
Guangdong Southern Tigers   Justin Carter    Ike Diogu –   Will Bynum
Jiangsu Dragons   MarShon Brooks   Greg Oden –   Will McDonald
Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings   Jerome Jordan   Von Wafer   Sani Sakakini   Liam McMorrow
Jilin Northeast Tigers    Josh Akognon   Peter John Ramos -   Marcus Williams
Liaoning Flying Leopards   Lester Hudson   Shavlik Randolph – –
Qingdao Eagles   Jonathan Gibson   Alan Williams – –
Shandong Golden Stars   Michael Beasley    Eugene Jeter – –
Shanghai Sharks   Bernard James   A.J. Price - -
Shanxi Brave Dragons   Jamaal Franklin    Samuel Dalembert –   Yancy Gates
  Dominique Jones
Shenzhen Leopards   Bobby Brown   Dominic McGuire – –
Sichuan Blue Whales   Justin Dentmon   Mike Harris   Hamed Haddadi –
Tianjin Gold Lions   Jordan Crawford   Casper Ware –   Jason Maxiell
Xinjiang Flying Tigers    Andray Blatche   Bryce Cotton –   Andrew Goudelock
Zhejiang Golden Bulls   Charles Gaines   Willie Warren   Samad Nikkhah Bahrami –
Zhejiang Guangsha Lions   Eli Holman   Jeremy Pargo – –

Statistical Leaders

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The CBA statistical leaders list combines numbers from both regular season and playoff games.

Individual statistical leaders

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Category Player Team GP Total AVG
Points per game Jordan Crawford Tianjin Gold Lions 26 1,121 43.1
Rebounds per game Alan Williams Qingdao Eagles 35 538 15.4
Assists per game Jeremy Pargo Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 40 335 8.5
Steals per game Hu Xuefeng Jiangsu Dragons 34 110 3.2
Blocks per game Zhou Qi Xinjiang Flying Tigers 42 134 3.5

Playoffs

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The 2016 CBA Playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016.

Main article: 2016 CBA Playoffs

Bracket

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This section is transcluded from 2016 CBA Playoffs. (edit | history)

This is the bracket for the 2016 CBA Playoffs.

Quarterfinals
Best of 5 		Semifinals
Best of 5 		Finals
Best of 7
         
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 3
8 Zhejiang Golden Bulls 0
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 3
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 1
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
5 Shandong Golden Stars 0
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 1
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 4
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 3
7 Beijing Ducks 1
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 0
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 3
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 3
6 Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 0
  • Bold Series winner
  • Italics Team with home-court advantage

CBA Awards

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Playoffs

  Hamed Haddadi (Sichuan Blue Whales)[5]

Regular Season

  Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers)[6]
  Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars)[6]

All-Star Game

  • CBA All-Star Game MVP
  Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars)[7]

Attendances

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The total CBA attendance in the 2015-16 season was 1.79 billion.[8]

# Football club Average attendance
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 7,124
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 6,874
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 6,624
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 6,204
5 Shandong Golden Stars 6,014
6 Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 5,754
7 Beijing Ducks 5,514
8 Zhejiang Golden Bulls 5,314
9 Shenzhen Leopards 5,034
10 Shanxi Brave Dragons 4,824
11 Jiangsu Dragons 4,804
12 Shanghai Sharks 4,674
13 Fujian Sturgeons 4,514
14 Qingdao Eagles 4,484
15 Beikong Fly Dragons 4,264
16 Jiangsu Monkey Kings 4,164
17 Jilin Northeast Tigers 4,034
18 Tianjin Gold Lions 3,934
19 Bayi Rockets 3,844
20 Foshan Long-Lions 3,714

See also

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Chinese Basketball Association

References

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  1. ^ "重庆翱龙正式变更为北京控股男篮". Archived from the original on 2015-10-03. Retrieved 2015-10-10.
  2. ^ CBA Teams Webpage at Hupu
  3. ^ "CBA English Webpage at Sohu". Archived from the original on 2014-02-09. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
  4. ^ 深圳新世纪烈豹队将正式诞生
  5. ^ Sichuan Claims Maiden CBA Title
  6. ^ a b "Michael Beasley Named International MVP, Yi Jianlian Named Domestic MVP of CBA". Bleacher Report. February 29, 2016.
  7. ^ Michael Beasley's CBA All-Star Money Was Stolen
  8. ^ https://www.statista.com/statistics/827125/china-cba-live-audience-number/
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