Tianjin Pioneers

The Tianjin Ronggang Pioneers (simplified Chinese: 天津荣钢先行者; traditional Chinese: 天津榮鋼先行者; pinyin: Tiānjīn Rónggāng Xiānxíngzhě) or Tianjin Ronggang or Tianjin Pioneers are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Tianjin, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Ronggang Import & Export Trade Company, Ltd., is the club's corporate sponsor while its mascot is a gold lion.

Tianjin Ronggang Pioneers 天津荣钢先行者
Leagues	CBA
Founded	2007
History	Tianjin Gold Lions (2007–2019) Tianjin Pioneers (2019-present)
Arena	Dongli Gymnasium Tianjin Arena
Capacity	10,000
Location	Tianjin, China
Team colors	Blue, Red
Main sponsor	Ronggang I&E Trade
Head coach	Zhang Qingpeng
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History

Tianjin's team joined the league ahead of the 2008–09 CBA season as an expansion club, and is still seeking its first championship as of the 2015–16 CBA season.

Roster

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Tianjin Pioneers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. PG 0 Lin Ting-Chien 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb) PG 2 Javion Hamlet 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 92 kg (203 lb) PG 3 Gu Zeyu 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) 79 kg (174 lb) F 5 Lai Junhao 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 91 kg (201 lb) G 6 Wang Yifang 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 85 kg (187 lb) G 7 Li Rongpei 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 85 kg (187 lb) PF 8 Yue Hongbo 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 96 kg (212 lb) F 10 Zhang Yijiong 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) PF 12 Jiang Bowen 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 95 kg (209 lb) G/F 13 Zhang Yunmeng 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 91 kg (201 lb) G/F 15 Zheng Haoran 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) PF 16 Tian Yu 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 91 kg (201 lb) SG 17 Sun Chengxin 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) PF 19 Dang Ruibo 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 105 kg (231 lb) C/PF 21 Zheng Yurui 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 90 kg (198 lb) C/PF 23 Shi Deshuai 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) F/C 24 Li Zonglin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 99 kg (218 lb) PT/F 28 Ma Ruyi 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) C 29 Gao Shiao 2.26 m (7 ft 5 in) 120 kg (265 lb) F 31 Scottie James 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 107 kg (236 lb) F 35 Yeerpan Yeerbo 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 94 kg (207 lb) C 37 Du Bochao 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 108 kg (238 lb) G 77 Marcus LoVett Jr. 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb)	Head coach Zhang Qingpeng Assistant coach(es) Zhou Jinli Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 6, 2024

Notable players

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Criteria
To appear in this section a player must have either: Set a club record or won an individual award while at the club Played at least one official international match for their national team at any time Played at least one official NBA match at any time.

• / Hervé Lamizana (2009–2012)
• Donnell Harvey (2011–2013)
• Zaid Abbas (2013–2014)
• Sebastian Telfair (2013–2014)
• Shelden Williams (2013–2015)
• Shang Ping (2014–)
• Quincy Douby (2014)
• Dwight Buycks (2014–2015)
• Jason Maxiell (2015–2016)
• Casper Ware (2015–2016)
• Jordan Crawford (2015–)
• Tien Lei (2014–)

External links

• Tianjin Ronggang Pioneers official website
• Tianjin Pioneers on Weibo.com (in Chinese)