Tianjin Pioneers

Tianjin Ronggang Pioneers
天津荣钢先行者
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
Home	Away

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.

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.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
PG	0	Lin Ting-Chien	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
F	1	Lin Han	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)	92 kg (203 lb)
PG	2	Wang Xu	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	81 kg (179 lb)
PG	3	Gu Zeyu	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	79 kg (174 lb)
PG	4	Su Yu	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	80 kg (176 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)
PG	10	Javion Hamlet	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)	88 kg (194 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)
PF	19	Dang Ruibo	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	105 kg (231 lb)
SF	21	Lyu Anyu	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	84 kg (185 lb)
PG	22	Taylor Rochestie	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
F/C	23	Du Bochao	2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)	100 kg (220 lb)
F/C	24	Li Zonglin	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)	99 kg (218 lb)
C	29	Gao Shiao	2.25 m (7 ft 5 in)	106 kg (234 lb)
F	31	Scottie James	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	107 kg (236 lb)
G	39	Chen Jialin	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)	91 kg (201 lb)

Head coach

Zhang Qingpeng

Assistant coach(es)

Xu Qiang

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: October 9, 2023

Notable players

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

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.