Zhejiang Golden Bulls

Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Zhejiang Golden Bulls
Division	Southern Division
League	CBA
Founded	1995
History	Zhejiang Squirrels; (1995–99); Zhejiang Whirlwinds; (1999–2000); Zhejiang Horses; (2000–01); Zhejiang Cyclones; (2001–2009); Zhejiang Golden Bulls; (2009–present)
Arena	Yiwu Gymnasium
Location	Yiwu, Zhejiang, China
Team colours	Crimson, gold, and white;
Head coach	Wang Shilong
Website	ZJCZBC.com

The Zhejiang Golden Bulls are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Yiwu, Zhejiang, China. It competes in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), in the Southern Division. Its corporate sponsor is Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank.

The team continued to be informally referred to as the Horses for quite some time, even after changing its nickname to Cyclones in 2001, largely because of the corporate sponsor during that era, Wanma (万马), whose name literally translates into English as ten thousand horses. The club plays most of its home games at the Yiwu Gymnasium but occasionally hosts contests at other locations in Zhejiang Province.

During the 2020–21 Chinese Basketball Association season, under head coach Liu Weiwei the Golden Bulls reached the semifinals for the first time in history.^[1] Two years later, in 2022–23, the Golden Bulls reached the CBA Finals for the first time and lost to the Liaoning Flying Leopards.

The Golden Bulls competed in the 2023 FIBA Intercontinental Cup Singapore as the representative team from Asia, as they were selected by the CBA. They finished in third place, becoming the first Chinese team to finish on the podium in the tournament.^[2]

Past achievements


season	Regular Season (Win/Loss)	Win rate	Playoffs (win/loss)	Win rate	Season (win/loss)	Win rate	Average score	Average points conceded
95-96	11 / 12	47.83 %	1 / 3	25 %	11 / 15	42.31 %	71	76.46
96-97	10 / 15	40 %	3 / 3	50 %	10 / 18	35.71 %	68.82	75.14
97-98	9 / 19	32.14 %	6 / 0	100 %	9 / 19	32.14 %	70.39	78.21
98-99	10 / 12	45.45 %	0 / 2	0 %	10 / 14	41.67 %	101.62	109.21
99-00	13 / 14	48.15 %	5 / 1	83.33 %	13 / 15	46.43 %	99.21	101.14
00-01	12 / 15	44.44 %	5 / 1	83.33 %	12 / 16	42.86 %	103.79	105.14
01-02	15 / 11	57.69 %	2 / 3	40 %	15 / 14	51.72 %	106.24	106.48
02-03	14 / 12	53.85 %	0 / 3	0 %	14 / 15	48.28 %	106.48	110.79
03-04	9 / 16	36 %	3 / 3	50 %	9 / 19	32.14 %	96.32	104.79
04-05	11 / 27	28.95 %	0 / 0	0 %	11 / 27	28.95 %	88.61	96.47
05-06	14 / 25	35.9 %	0 / 0	0 %	17 / 25	40.48 %	97.88	99.76
06-07	20 / 11	64.52 %	1 / 3	25 %	20 / 14	58.82 %	93.47	91.62
07-08	12 / 18	40 %	0 / 0	0 %	12 / 18	40 %	94.9	96.97
08-09	14 / 31	31.11 %	0 / 0	0 %	19 / 31	38 %	100	106
09-10	14 / 18	43.75 %	0 / 0	0 %	14 / 18	43.75 %	98.66	101.5
10-11	19 / 13	59.38 %	0 / 3	0 %	19 / 16	54.29 %	96.46	94.23
11-12	15 / 17	46.88 %	0 / 0	0 %	15 / 17	46.88 %	100.19	101.66
12-13	16 / 16	50 %	0 / 3	0 %	16 / 19	45.71 %	108.63	110.09
13-14	13 / 17	43.33 %	0 / 3	0 %	13 / 20	39.39 %	109.52	109.48
14-15	7 / 20	25.93 %	4 / 7	36.36 %	11 / 27	28.95 %	116.05	122.89
15-16	17 / 11	60.71 %	5 / 8	38.46 %	22 / 19	53.66 %	107.88	109.85

Honours

Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)

Runners-up: 2022–23

FIBA Intercontinental Cup

Bronze medal: 2023

Name progression

Zhejiang Zhongxin Hangshou Squirrels: (1995–99)
Zhejiang Whirlwinds: (1999–00)
Zhejiang Horses: (2000–01)
Zhejiang Wanma Cyclones: (2001–2009)
Zhejiang Golden Bulls: (since 2009)

Roster

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Zhejiang Golden Bulls roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
G	0	Wang Yilin	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	81 kg (179 lb)
SG	2	Kobi Simmons	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	6	Cheng Shuipeng	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	90 kg (198 lb)
G/F	8	Lu Wenbo	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
PF/C	10	Liu Zeyi	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	103 kg (227 lb)
C	11	Yu Jiahao	2.21 m (7 ft 3 in)	130 kg (287 lb)
F	13	Zhang Hongshao	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)	93 kg (205 lb)
G	15	Wang Yibo	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G/F	20	Zhou Yishan	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
G/F	25	Wang Zilu	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
C	30	Damian Jones	2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)	111 kg (245 lb)
PG	32	Gabe York	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	86 kg (190 lb)
G	33	Wu Qian	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
C	34	Liu Shuangyu	2.18 m (7 ft 2 in)	106 kg (234 lb)
PF	35	Paris Bass	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	91 kg (201 lb)

Head coach

Wang Shilong

Assistant coach(es)

Ju Peng

Legend

(C) Team captain
Injured

Roster

Updated: 20 September 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.

This is a list of the team's leading current Chinese and International players as well as notable former Chinese and International players.