Shenzhen Leopards

The Shenzhen New Century Liebao Club, also known as Shenzhen Marco Polo or Shenzhen Leopards (previously Shenzhen Aviators), are a Chinese professional basketball team which plays in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and The Asian Tournament. New Century is the club's corporate sponsor. The team is based in Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, and plays its home games at Shenzhen Gymnasium.

Shenzhen Leopards
Leagues	CBA The Asian Tournament
Founded	2003; 22 years ago (2003)
History	Dongguan New Century Leopards (2003–2015) Shenzhen New Century Leopards (2015–2019) Shenzhen Aviators (2019–2021) Shenzhen Leopards (2021–present)
Arena	Shenzhen Gymnasium
Capacity	18,000[1]
Location	Shenzhen Sports Center, 2006 Sungang Xi Road, Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Team colors	White, Red, Gold
Head coach	Zhou Peng (周鹏)
Championships	None
Home Away

Shenzhen Leopards
Traditional Chinese	深圳烈豹
Simplified Chinese	深圳烈豹
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shēnzhèn Liè Bào

History

The club was founded in 2003 as Dongguan New Century Leopards and was initially located in Dongguan, Guangdong. After twelve seasons, the team relocated to nearby Shenzhen in 2015. Success came early in their existence for the Leopards, as they were the runners-up in the 2004 Chinese Basketball League (CBL) championship, and were promoted to the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) for the 2005–06 season.

In its first season in the CBA in 2005–06, Dongguan finished in seventh and last place in the South Division, and was out of the playoffs. The team would soon battle its way to respectability, however, becoming somewhat regular participants in the CBA's postseason over the ensuing years.

In July 2011, NBA point guard Jeremy Lin played for the team at the ABA Club Championship, and was named the MVP of the tournament.^[2]

On December 26, 2013, Bobby Brown scored a franchise-record 74 points in a game against Sichuan Blue Whales.^[3]

In 2024, the club moved to Shenzhen Gymnasium.

Current roster

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Shenzhen Leopards roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. SG 0 Markell Johnson 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 86 kg (190 lb) SF 1 Wu Zihan 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 89 kg (196 lb) SF 2 Lu Pengyu 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) 83 kg (183 lb) G/F 3 He Xining 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) SG 4 Liu Changjiang 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (176 lb) G 5 Sun Haoqin 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 84 kg (185 lb) PG 8 Rong Zifeng 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 82 kg (181 lb) F 9 Zhou Peng 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 104 kg (229 lb) PG 10 Bai Haotian 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 87 kg (192 lb) F 12 Gu Quan 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 98 kg (216 lb) C 15 Hu Xiaolong 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) 117 kg (258 lb) SG 17 Ma Mingkun 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 95 kg (209 lb) SF 18 Zou Yunxuan 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) 86 kg (190 lb) G 19 Feng Xin 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 75 kg (165 lb) C 21 Li Muhao 2.18 m (7 ft 2 in) 120 kg (265 lb) SF 23 Sonny Weems 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 95 kg (209 lb) F 24 Ren Junwei 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) 96 kg (212 lb) G 30 Li Binzhuo 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) 81 kg (179 lb) C 32 Trevor Thompson 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 113 kg (249 lb) PF 33 Wang Haoran 2.05 m (6 ft 9 in) 97 kg (214 lb) C 35 Jeremiah Tilmon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 118 kg (260 lb) G 66 Yang Linyi 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 76 kg (168 lb)	Head coach Zhou Peng Assistant coach(es) Zheng Yongguang Yu Shulong Ren Junwei Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: February 27, 2025

Notable players

- 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 at any time.

• Daryl Macon
• Shen Zijie^[4]
• Askia Booker^[4]