Ningbo Rockets

The Ningbo Rockets (Chinese: 宁波火箭; pinyin: Níngbō Huǒjiàn), or Ningbo Fubang Rockets (Chinese: 宁波富邦火箭; pinyin: Níngbō Fùbāng Huǒjiàn), competing as Ningbo Yongxing Securities (Chinese: 宁波甬兴证券; pinyin: Níngbō Yǒngxīng Zhèngquàn), are a professional basketball team based in Ningbo, Zhejiang. They are currently competing in the Chinese Basketball Association. The team are derived from the dissolved Bayi Rockets.

Ningbo Rockets 宁波富邦火箭
League	CBA
Founded	2021; 4 years ago (2021)
History	Ningbo Rockets (2021–present)
Arena	Youngor Arena, 5,000 capacity
Location	Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
Team colors	White, Blue
Main sponsor	Ningbo Yongxing Securities (2021–Present)
Head coach	Pero Cameron
Ownership	Ningbo Fubang Holdings (2021–Present)
Home Away Third

Ningbo Rockets
Chinese	宁波富邦火箭
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Níngbō Fùbāng Huǒjiàn

History

Early in 2006, the Bayi Fubang basketball team were established as a joint venture between Ningbo Fubang Holdings and the Bayi Rockets.^[1] In 2018, the two owners parted ways due to military reform for Bayi Rockets' military backgrounds. The Bayi Rockets were able to participate in the CBA league as a special guest team, while Ningbo Fubang Holdings retained a spot for its own team in the league.^[2] After the Bayi Rockets dissolved and quit the league in 2020, Ningbo Fubang applied for acquisition of the team, but was not approved.^[3]

In 2021, the Ningbo Rockets was founded by Ningbo Fubang Holdings as a new club, but the company claimed its connections with the Bayi Rockets.^[4] Li Ke, former player of the Bayi Rockets, was appointed as the head coach.

In their debut season, the 2021-22 CBA season, the team only succeeded in scoring 3 wins in 38 games in the regular season and were unable to make the playoffs,^[5] followed by 4 wins in 42 games in the 2022-23 CBA season.^[6]

Players

Current roster

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2023–24 Ningbo Rockets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age C 0 Nicholas Rakocevic 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in) 103 kg (227 lb) PT/F 1 Wang Fanyi 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 98 kg (216 lb) PG 2 Jordan Howard 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 85 kg (187 lb) PG 3 Lin Juntao 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 81 kg (179 lb) SF 4 Ronald March 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 77 kg (170 lb) G 5 Arslan 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) G 6 Wang Junjie 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) SG 7 Ma Yong 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 86 kg (190 lb) F 8 Man Yicheng 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) F 9 Xu Yuzhuo 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F 10 Ning Hongyu 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 92 kg (203 lb) SG 11 Zhang Yutong 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) 70 kg (154 lb) PF/C 12 Qu Honglin 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 108 kg (238 lb) G/F 15 Zhao Jianshu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) SF 16 Luo Kaiwen 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) G 17 Zhao Junfeng 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) 83 kg (183 lb) G 19 Sun Xu 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 89 kg (196 lb) C 20 Ma Xinxin 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) 110 kg (243 lb) SF 21 Mangok Mathiang 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 102 kg (225 lb) SF 22 Fu Yongkang 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 111 kg (245 lb) G 24 Liu Zhiheng 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 88 kg (194 lb) F 28 Zhang Zuming 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 95 kg (209 lb) G/F 31 Li Jiashuo 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 100 kg (220 lb) C 32 Yuan Zhenliang 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) 112 kg (247 lb) C 45 Chang Lin 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 122 kg (269 lb) G 99 Wang Zirui 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 87 kg (192 lb)	Head coach Pero Cameron Assistant coach(es) Li Ke Jovan Gorec Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: 12 December 2024