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	Manuel Husson
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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 Ronggang roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 1 Tien Lei 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 105 kg (231 lb) G 3 Qin Peng 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) F 4 Tian Ye 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) C 5 Xu Lei 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 105 kg (231 lb) G 6 Chen Zhuo 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 70 kg (154 lb) G 7 Wang Yingliang 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) G/F 9 Zhang Zhihan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) F 11 Zhang Nan 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) C 13 Zhang Ji (C) 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F 14 Meng Xianglong 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 90 kg (198 lb) F 15 Li Rongpei 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) F 20 Shang Ping 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) F 21 Zhang Xiaoyang 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F 23 Shi Deshuai 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F 24 Gao Senbao 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 81 kg (179 lb) C 30 Yu Gang 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) 109 kg (240 lb) G - Taylor Rochestie 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 88 kg (194 lb) C 45 Cole Aldrich 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 115 kg (254 lb)	Head coach Manuel Hussein Assistant coach(es) Zhang Jian Yu Junqiang Michael Winsor Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: July 4, 2016

Notable players

• / 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