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Hong Kong Eastern
Nickname	HK Eastern
Leagues	ABL (formerly) A1 Division Hong Kong East Asia Super League Philippine Basketball Association (guest team)
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Arena	Southorn Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Location	Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Team colors	Black, blue, white
Head coach	Mensur Bajramović
Ownership	Eastern Sports Club
Championships	3 Hong Kong A1 Division 2 ASEAN Basketball League
Website	easternsportsclub.com

The Eastern Sports Club (Chinese: 東方籃球隊), also known as Hong Kong Eastern (Chinese: 香港東方), is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club. The team also known as (Chinese: 東方男籃; lit. 'Eastern Men's Basketball').

Eastern competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division, and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016. It has won the Hong Kong A1 championship three times, in 1956, 2017 and 2023.

History

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In 2015, the team won Hong Kong A2 Division Championship [zh] and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship. The team became fully professional in 2016. In the same year, the club would adopt the name Hong Kong Eastern and join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

They won the 2016–17 ABL season, and finished as semifinalists for the next two seasons. They also became Hong Kong A1 Division champions in 2018. The ABL's 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is scheduled to resume in 2023 with Eastern as among its participating teams. Eastern also plans to join the Chinese Basketball Association in the future.

Hong Kong Eastern won its second A1 Division championship in 2024.

In 2024, Eastern joined the Philippine Basketball Association as a guest team for the 2024–25 Commissioner's Cup. They also simultaneously played games at the Hong Kong A1 Division Championship and the East Asia Super League.

Home arenas

• Southern Stadium (2016–present)

Season by season

*Note: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Current roster

2024-25 East Asia Super League Roster

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

Hong Kong Eastern roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 2 Ho Yin, Wong 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) F 7 Tsz Yung, Chu 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 90 kg (198 lb) G 8 Siu Wing, Chan 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) G 9 Yin Lung, Cheung 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) G 11 Yang, Glen 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 85 kg (187 lb) C 13 Yuet Yeung, Pok 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) C 19 McLaughlin, Chris 2.09 m (6 ft 10 in) F 21 Clark, Cameron 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) G 22 Lam, Kobey 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) F 23 Ka Hin, Leung 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) F 33 Ka Ho, Chan 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) G 35 Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 72 kg (159 lb) 25 – (1999-03-19)19 March 1999 F 69 Yiu Pong, Yip 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) G 80 Guinchard, Steven 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb)	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) James Chan Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import player Injured Roster Updated: September 30, 2024

2024–25 PBA Commissioner's Cup Roster

Eastern Sports Club roster

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Players	Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 0 Hayden Blankley 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 2000–07–04 West Texas A&M F/C 3 Ramon Cao 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 1997–11–04 Florida College F 6 Leung Shiu Wah 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1994–03–25 F 7 Chu Tsz Yung 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 198 lb (90 kg) 1996–06–28 G 8 Chan Siu Wing 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 165 lb (75 kg) 1992–04–26 CityU G 9 Cheung Yin Lung 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 1999–11–29 G 11 Glen Yang 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 187 lb (85 kg) 1996–08–30 Mount Royal C 13 Pok Yuet Yeung 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 2000–06–07 C 15 Zhu Hao 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 238 lb (108 kg) 1999–04–19 F 16 Adam Xu 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 206 lb (93 kg) 1993–02–16 NYU C 19 Chris McLaughlin (CI / EI) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 1992–07–30 UVic F 21 Cameron Clark  (CI / EI) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1991–09–16 Oklahoma G/F 22 Kobey Lam 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 181 lb (82 kg) 2000–03–02 Charleston G 23 Leung Ka Hin 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 2000–02–01 G 35 Sheikh Muhammad Sulaiman 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 159 lb (72 kg) 1999–03–19 G/F 80 Steven Guinchard 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 192 lb (87 kg) 1993–07–14 Emmanuel	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) Lui Ho Yin Peter Wong Ka Kit Yu Chi Kit Team manager Ho Chung Lit Lobo BJ Manalo Legend (C) Team captain (CI) Commissioner's Cup Import (GI) Governors' Cup Import (EI) EASL Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended (R) Rookie Injured

Past roster

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster

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

Hong Kong Eastern roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) G/F 8 Siu Wing, Chan (C) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) 31 – (1993-04-26)26 April 1993 G 23 Ka Hin, Leung 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 76 kg (168 lb) 24 – (2000-02-01)1 February 2000 G 22 Lam, Kobey 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) G 9 Cheung, Yin Lung 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 69 kg (152 lb) 25 – (1999-11-29)29 November 1999 G 35 Muhammad Sulaiman, Sheikh 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 71 kg (157 lb) 25 – (1999-03-03)3 March 1999 G 24 Glen, Yang 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 82 kg (181 lb) 28 – (1996-08-30)30 August 1996 F 16 Xu, Adam (C) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 31 – (1993-02-16)16 February 1993 G/F 80 Guinchard, Steven 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 31 – (1993-07-04)4 July 1993 G/F 6 Leung, Shiu Wah 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 30 – (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 G/F 0 Blankley, Hayden 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 24 – (2000-07-04)4 July 2000 F 3 Cao, Ramon 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 100 kg (220 lb) 27 – (1997-11-04)4 November 1997 F 21 Cameron Clark 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 33 – (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 F 7 Chu, Tsz Yung 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 28 – (1996-06-28)28 June 1996 F 28 De Villa, Joshua 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 97 kg (214 lb) 29 – (1995-01-11)11 January 1995 F 88 Gilbert, Dominic 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 28 – (1996-09-28)28 September 1996 C 15 Zhu, Hao 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 110 kg (243 lb) 25 – (1999-04-19)19 April 1999 C 30 Wu, Cheuk Pan 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 31 – (1993-11-23)23 November 1993 C 13 Pok, Yuet Yeung 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 84 kg (185 lb) 24 – (2000-06-07)7 June 2000 C 19 McLaughlin, Chris (WI) 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 113 kg (249 lb) 32 – (1992-07-30)30 July 1992	Head coach Mensur Bajramović Assistant coach(es) Yu Chi Kit Wong Ka Kit Team manager Lee Shu Wing Legend (C) Team captain (WI) World import Injured Roster Updated: 21 Nov 2024

Notable players

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To appear in this section a player must have either:

• Set a club record or won an individual award as a professional player.
• Played at least one official international match for his senior national team or one NBA game at any time.

Local players

• Lam Man Chun (2018–22)
• Siu Kin Fan (2018–20)
• Daniel Onwugbonu (2018–19)
• Chan Yik Lun (2018–22)
• Ng Chung Tsun (2018-22, 2024)
• Ip Chun Fung (2019–22)
• Adam Xu (2017–)
• Chu Tsz Yung (2023-)
• Chen Wan Tin (2021)
• So Sheung Ying (2017–20)
• Muhammad Sulaiman Sheikh (2019-)
• Wong Ho Yin (2023-2024)
• Cheung Yin Lung (2023-)
• Pok Yuet Yeung (2019-)
• So Chi Lok (2017–20)
• Ip Chun Kit (2016–18)
• Lee Shu Wing (2017–18)
• Lau Tsz Lai (2015–20)
• Chung Chun Sing (2016–19)
• Wu Cheuk Pan (2016–)
• Ricky Yang (2015–22)
• Leung Ka Hin (2019-)
• Leung Shiu Wah (2024-)
• Yip Yiu Pong (2024)
• Chan Ka Ho (2024)
• Cheung Pan Yin (2019–20)
• Tang Chi Hang (2015–21)
• Ma Kong San (2019, 2021)
• Chan Siu Wing (2015–)
• Lee Ki (2015–22)
• Oliver Xu (2022–2024)
• Ramon Cao (2024-)
• Zhu Hao (2024-)
• Ngan Wing Fai (2016–18)
• Poon Chi Ho (2015–17)
• Fong Shing Yee (2015–17)
• Cheng Kam Hing (2015–17)
• Wong Lut Yiu (2013–14, 2015–16)
• Lau Hoi To (2015–16)
• Heung Chun Keung (2015–16)
• Wu Kwok Fung (1992–94, 2014–15)

Imports

• Brandis Raley-Ross (2020, 2021–22)
• Brandon Costner (2019–20)
• Joseph Eriobu (2019–20)
• Joshua De Villa (2021–)
• Glen Yang (2024-)
• Kobey Lam (2024-)
• Hayden Blankley (2024-)
• Austin Veloso (2020–2024)
• Trey Kell (2019)
• T. J. Price (2019)
• Dominic Gilbert (2022–)
• Chris McLaughlin (2022–)
• Michael Holyfield (2019, 2019–20)
• O'Darien Bassett (2019, 2022–23)
• Tonny Trocha-Morelos (2022–23)
• Isaiah Eisendorf (2024)
• Cameron Clark (2024-)
• Samuel Deguara (2018–19)
• Eric Ferguson (2018)
• Trey Gilder (2018)
• Christian Standhardinger (2017–18)
• Josh Boone (2017)
• Jasonn Hannibal (2017–19)
• Tyler Lamb (2016–18)
• Steven Guinchard (2016–17, 2019–20, 2024-)
• Patrick Sullivan (2016–17)
• Marcus Elliott (2016–19)
• Ryan O'Neal Moss (2016–18)
• Chris Barnes (2015–17)
• Reggie Johnson (2014–15)
• Bryant Austin (2014–15)

Footnotes

References

1. "Hong Kong Eastern". ASEAN Basketball League. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
2. ^ 東方來季組香港史上首支全職籃球隊！. sportsroad.hk (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Hong Kong. 8 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
3. ^ "Eastern set aside HK$10 million to become first professional basketball team in Hong Kong". South China Morning Post. Hong Kong. 9 July 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2019.
4. "Hong Kong Eastern Long Lions Confirms Participation In ABL". ASEAN Basketball League. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
5. ^ "Hong Kong Eastern target ABL success to boost bid to join Chinese competition". South China Morning Post. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
6. "A1 Division Basketball 2023-2024, News, Teams, Scores, Stats, Standings, Awards - asia-basket". www.asia-basket.com. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
7. Bacnis, Justine (8 August 2024). "HK Eastern '80-percent' likely to join PBA Commissioner's Cup, says Marcial". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
8. Henson, Joaquin (29 October 2024). "Bay Area reprise in offing?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
9. Terrado, Reuben (29 November 2024). "Eastern plays PBA, HK domestic league games in hectic week". Sports Interactive Network Philippines. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
10. "Asean Basketball League season cancelled without a winner". The New Paper. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.

External links

• Official website (in Chinese)

• Eastern Sports Club (basketball)
• ASEAN Basketball League teams
• Basketball teams in Hong Kong
• Basketball teams established in 1932
• Eastern Sports Club
• 1932 establishments in Hong Kong
• Guest Philippine Basketball Association teams