2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season

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. 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. 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 1Liaoning 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 Stephon Marbury Randolph Morris – – Beikong Fly Dragons Esteban Batista Dorell Wright Mehdi Kamrani – Foshan Long-Lions Jerrelle Benimon Jabari Brown – Scotty Hopson Fujian Sturgeons Dwight Buycks Jeremy Tyler Fadi El Khatib Jarrid Famous Guangdong Southern Tigers Justin Carter Ike Diogu – Will Bynum Jiangsu Dragons MarShon Brooks Greg Oden – Will McDonald Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings Jerome Jordan Von Wafer Sani Sakakini Liam McMorrow Jilin Northeast Tigers Josh Akognon Peter John Ramos - Marcus Williams Liaoning Flying Leopards Lester Hudson Shavlik Randolph – – Qingdao Eagles Jonathan Gibson Alan Williams – – Shandong Golden Stars Michael Beasley Eugene Jeter – – Shanghai Sharks Bernard James A.J. Price - - Shanxi Brave Dragons Jamaal Franklin Samuel Dalembert – Yancy Gates Dominique Jones Shenzhen Leopards Bobby Brown Dominic McGuire – – Sichuan Blue Whales Justin Dentmon Mike Harris Hamed Haddadi – Tianjin Gold Lions Jordan Crawford Casper Ware – Jason Maxiell Xinjiang Flying Tigers Andray Blatche Bryce Cotton – Andrew Goudelock Zhejiang Golden Bulls Charles Gaines Willie Warren Samad Nikkhah Bahrami – Zhejiang Guangsha Lions Eli Holman 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.

Bracket

This is the bracket for the 2016 CBA Playoffs.

CBA Awards Playoffs CBA Finals MVP: Hamed Haddadi (Sichuan Blue Whales)Sichuan Claims Maiden CBA Title

Regular Season CBA Domestic MVP Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers) CBA International MVP Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars)

All-Star Game CBA All-Star Game MVP 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.

2015–16 Chinese Basketball Association season

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