2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season

2014–15 2016–17 CBA #CC0001 #EBEAD5 2015–16 Sichuan Blue Whales (1st title) Liaoning Flying Leopards 20 38 October 31, 2015 – February 5, 2016 (regular season） February 15, 2016 – March 6, 2016 (Playoffs) March 11, 2016 – March 25, 2016 (Finals) Liaoning Flying Leopards Domestic MVP Yi Jianlian CBA Most Valuable Player CHN International MVP Michael Beasley CBA Most Valuable Player USA Iran 20px Hamed Haddadi CBA Finals MVP Jonathan Gibson 42.0 USA Alan Williams 15.4 USA Jeremy Pargo 8.5 USA The 2015–16 CBA season was the 21st season of the Chinese Basketball Association. The regular season began on Saturday, October 31, 2015, with the Beijing Ducks hosting the Xinjiang Flying Tigers. The regular season ended on Friday, February 5, 2016, and the playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016. Team changes Two teams relocated ahead of the season. Name changes The Chongqing Soaring Dragons moved to Beijing and initially changed their name to Beijing BG in September 2015.http://bbs.hupu.com/13708840.html 重庆翱龙正式变更为北京控股男篮 2015-10-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20151003012744/http://bbs.hupu.com/13708840.html 2015-10-03 dead To avoid confusion with the city's soccer club from the second-tier China League One, which is also called Beijing BG or Beijing Beikong, as well as to avoid confusion with the Beijing Ducks when only the geographical names of CBA teams are used—a large number of Chinese sports websites have decided to refer to the team as the Beikong Fly Dragons (the club's official logo has always used the badly-translated English term "Fly Dragons" instead of "Soaring Dragons").CBA Teams Webpage at Hupu The practice is consistent with the way a lot of Chinese sports websites shorten the second Zhejiang team's name to Guangsha Lions and the second Jiangsu team's name to Tongxi Monkey Kings. So this means Beikong replaces Beijing as the club's "geographical" designation.http://cbachina.sports.sohu.com/english/ CBA English Webpage at Sohu 2015-10-31 2014-02-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20140209102126/http://cbachina.sports.sohu.com/english/ dead The Dongguan Leopards moved to Shenzhen and changed their name to the Shenzhen Leopards in October 2015.深圳新世纪烈豹队将正式诞生 Regular season Standings # 2015–16 CBA season Team W Games won L Games lost PCT Winning percentage Pts Points Tiebreaker Tiebreaker1Liaoning Flying Leopards 31 7 .816 69 2Xinjiang Flying Tigers 30 8 .789 68 3Sichuan Blue Whales 30 8 .789 68 4Guangdong Southern Tigers 28 10 .737 66 5Shandong Golden Stars 28 10 .737 66 6Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 27 11 .711 65 7Beijing Ducks 23 15 .605 61 8Zhejiang Golden Bulls 22 16 .579 60 9Shenzhen Leopards 19 19 .500 57 10Shanxi Brave Dragons 18 20 .474 56 11Jiangsu Dragons 18 20 .474 56 12Shanghai Sharks 18 20 .474 56 13Fujian Sturgeons 16 22 .421 54 14Qingdao Eagles 16 22 .421 54 15Beikong Fly Dragons 13 25 .342 51 16Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings 12 26 .316 50 17Jilin Northeast Tigers 10 28 .263 48 18Tianjin Gold Lions 8 30 .211 46 19Bayi Rockets 7 31 .184 45 20Foshan Long-Lions 6 32 .158 44 + Key to colors     Top 8 teams advance to the Playoffs Foreign Players Policy All teams except the Bayi Rockets can have two foreign players. The bottom 5 teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player. Rules Chart The rules for using foreign players in each game are described in this chart: # Facing other teams Facing Bayi Rockets Chinese players+ No Limit No Limit Asian players++ 4 quarters collectively+++ International players 6 quarters collectively+++ + Including players from Hong Kong and Taiwan. ++ If a team waives its right to sign an extra Asian player, it may use its 2 foreign players for 7 quarters collectively. +++ Only 1 allowed in the 4th quarter. Import Chart This is the full list of international players who competed in the CBA during the 2015-16 season. Team Player 1 Player 2 Asian Player Replaced During Season Bayi Rockets – – – – Beijing Ducks 20px USA Stephon Marbury 20px USA Randolph Morris – – Beikong Fly Dragons 20px Uruguay Esteban Batista 20px USA Dorell Wright 20px Iran Mehdi Kamrani – Foshan Long-Lions 20px USA Jerrelle Benimon 20px USA Jabari Brown – 20px USA Scotty Hopson Fujian Sturgeons 20px USA Dwight Buycks 20px USA Jeremy Tyler 20px Lebanon Fadi El Khatib 20px USA Jarrid Famous Guangdong Southern Tigers 20px USA Justin Carter 20px NGA20px USA Ike Diogu – 20px USA Will Bynum Jiangsu Dragons 20px USA MarShon Brooks 20px USA Greg Oden – 20px USA Will McDonald Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings 20px Jamaica Jerome Jordan 20px USA Von Wafer 20px Palestine Sani Sakakini 20px Canada Liam McMorrow Jilin Northeast Tigers 20px USA20px NGA Josh Akognon 20px Puerto Rico Peter John Ramos - 20px USA Marcus Williams Liaoning Flying Leopards 20px USA Lester Hudson 20px USA Shavlik Randolph – – Qingdao Eagles 20px USA Jonathan Gibson 20px USA Alan Williams – – Shandong Golden Stars 20px USA Michael Beasley 20px USA20px Ukraine Eugene Jeter – – Shanghai Sharks 20px USA Bernard James 20px USA A.J. Price - - Shanxi Brave Dragons 20px USA Jamaal Franklin 20px Haiti20px Canada Samuel Dalembert – 20px USA Yancy Gates20px USA Dominique Jones Shenzhen Leopards 20px USA Bobby Brown 20px USA Dominic McGuire – – Sichuan Blue Whales 20px USA Justin Dentmon 20px USA Mike Harris 20px Iran Hamed Haddadi – Tianjin Gold Lions 20px USA Jordan Crawford 20px USA Casper Ware – 20px USA Jason Maxiell Xinjiang Flying Tigers 20px USA20px Philippines Andray Blatche 20px USA Bryce Cotton – 20px USA Andrew Goudelock Zhejiang Golden Bulls 20px USA Charles Gaines 20px USA Willie Warren 20px Iran Samad Nikkhah Bahrami – Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 20px USA Eli Holman 20px USA Jeremy Pargo – – Statistical leaders The CBA statistical leaders list combines numbers from both regular season and playoff games. Individual statistical leaders Category Player Team GP Total AVG Points per game Jordan Crawford Tianjin Gold Lions 26 1,121 43.1 Rebounds per game Alan Williams Qingdao Eagles 35 538 15.4 Assists per game Jeremy Pargo Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 40 335 8.5 Steals per game Hu Xuefeng Jiangsu Dragons 34 110 3.2 Blocks per game Zhou Qi Xinjiang Flying Tigers 42 134 3.5 Playoffs The 2016 CBA Playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016. 2016 CBA Playoffs Bracket 2016 CBA Playoffs This is the bracket for the 2016 CBA Playoffs. bracket CBA Awards Playoffs CBA Finals MVP: Iran Hamed Haddadi (Sichuan Blue Whales)Sichuan Claims Maiden CBA Title Regular Season CBA Domestic MVP China Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers) https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2620633-michael-beasley-named-foreign-mvp-yi-jianlian-named-domestic-mvp-of-cba Michael Beasley Named International MVP, Yi Jianlian Named Domestic MVP of CBA Bleacher Report February 29, 2016 CBA International MVP USA Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars) All-Star Game CBA All-Star Game MVP USA Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars)Michael Beasley's CBA All-Star Money Was Stolen Attendances The total CBA attendance in the 2015-16 season was 1.79 billion.https://www.statista.com/statistics/827125/china-cba-live-audience-number/ The average attendance was 4,710. { class"wikitable sortable" !#!!Football club!!Average attendance - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Liaoning Flying Leopards 7,124 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Xinjiang Flying Tigers 6,874 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Sichuan Blue Whales 6,624 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Guangdong Southern Tigers 6,204 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shandong Golden Stars 6,014 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 5,754 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Beijing Ducks 5,514 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Zhejiang Golden Bulls 5,314 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shenzhen Leopards 5,034 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shanxi Brave Dragons 4,824 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Jiangsu Dragons 4,804 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Shanghai Sharks 4,674 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Fujian Sturgeons 4,514 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Qingdao Eagles 4,484 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Beikong Fly Dragons 4,264 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Jiangsu Monkey Kings 4,164 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Jilin Northeast Tigers 4,034 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Tianjin Gold Lions 3,934 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Bayi Rockets 3,844 - style"text-align:center;" _row_count Foshan Long-Lions 3,714 - } See also Chinese Basketball Association References External links CBA Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20140220023016/http://cbachina.sports.sohu.com/ 2014-02-20 CBA China - 2015-16 Standings and Stats on Basketball-Reference.com League Category:Chinese Basketball Association seasons CBA