Sun Jun (, born June 22, 1969, in Changchun, Jilin, China) is a retired Chinese professional basketball player who later served as a coach and general manager for the Jilin Northeast Tigers, as well as an assistant basketball coach with the Chinese national team. Standing 1.98 meters (6'6") tall, he played at the small forward position.
CBA career Sun Jun spent his entire playing career with the Jilin Northeast Tigers and helped the team gain membership in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) in 1998.CBA records (in Chinese) He set the league record by scoring 70 points in 139–94 win over the Jinan Army squad on December 17, 2000,2000-01 season's big events: Sun Jun 70 points / Bayi's first defeat in any finals game (in Chinese) a mark which stood for nearly a decade until it was broken in March 2010.Emmett outshines Marbury with record 71 pts in China Sun was an eight-time CBA All-Star, won the CBA regular season MVP award in 1999 and 2003, and led the league in scoring in 1999, 2001, and 2003.
National team career Sun was selected to join the Chinese national youth team in 1986 and was a member of the senior squad between 1989 and 2003. He helped China win gold at the 1994 Asian Games and 1998 Asian Games, as well as achieve qualification for the 1994 FIBA World Championship, and 1992, 1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Coaching career After serving as a player-coach with the Jilin Northeast Tigers for several years, Sun eventually became the club's CEO and general manager. After an ownership shake-up pushed him out in 2007,Rocky start in China’s rudimentary basketball league he moved to the national team as an assistant coach, before eventually returning to fill various roles in Jilin's front office.
Career statistics CBA statistics Regular season and Playoffs combined YearTeamGPMPG2P%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGPPG1998–99Jilin28N/A.501.399.8133.63.11.50.231.51999–00Jilin28N/A.455.318.8503.64.11.90.227.52000–01Jilin28N/A.452.368.7934.03.91.60.328.92001–02Jilin32N/A.496.410.8053.84.31.50.230.22002–03Jilin36N/A.543.442.8403.83.51.30.230.32003–04Jilin26N/A.483.409.9123.63.91.20.322.92004–05Jilin40N/A.431.379.7982.42.20.80.112.62005–06Jilin2N/A.400.000.3330.51.00.50.02.5Career220INC.484.391.8283.53.51.40.225.6
References
External links Sun Jun at olympedia.org