Eastern Sports Club (basketball)

The Eastern Sports Club basketball team, is a professional men's basketball team of the Eastern Sports Club. The team also known as and Hong Kong Eastern for sponsorship reason.

Eastern competes in the Hong Kong A1 Division, and the ASEAN Basketball League since 2016. It has won the Hong Kong A1 championship three times, in 1956, 2017 and 2023.

History


Eastern basketball team is a section of Eastern Sports Club (officially known as Eastern Athletic Association Football Team Limited). In 2015 season the team won Hong Kong A2 Division Championship and promoted to 2016 Hong Kong A1 Division Championship. The team became fully professional in 2016. In the same year, the club would adopt the name Hong Kong Eastern and join the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL).

They won the 2016–17 ABL season, and finished as semifinalists for the next two seasons. They also became Hong Kong A1 Division champions in 2018. The ABL's 2019–20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is scheduled to resume in 2023 with Eastern as among its participating teams. Eastern also plans to join the Chinese Basketball Association in the future.

Hong Kong Eastern won its second A1 Division championship in 2024.

Home arenas

 * Southern Stadium (2016–present)

Season by season
''*Note: Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. ''

2021–22 ASEAN Basketball League roster


Notable players

 * To appear in this section a player must have either:


 * 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 or one NBA game at any time.

Local players

 * 🇭🇰 Lam Man Chun (2018–21)
 * 🇭🇰 Siu Kin Fan (2018–20)
 * 🇭🇰 🇨🇦 Daniel Onwugbonu (2018–19)
 * 🇭🇰 Chan Yik Lun (2018–22)
 * 🇭🇰 Ng Chung Tsun (2018-22, 2024-)
 * 🇭🇰 Ip Chun Fung (2019–22)
 * 🇭🇰 🇺🇸 Adam Xu (2017–)
 * 🇭🇰 Chu Tsz Yung (2023-)
 * 🇭🇰 Chen Wan Tin (2021)
 * 🇭🇰 So Sheung Ying (2017–20)
 * 🇭🇰 Muhammad Sulaiman Sheikh (2019-)
 * 🇭🇰 Wong Ho Yin (2023-)
 * 🇭🇰 Cheung Yin Lung (2023-)
 * 🇭🇰 Pok Yuet Yeung (2019-)
 * 🇭🇰 So Chi Lok (2017–20)
 * 🇭🇰 Ip Chun Kit (2016–18)
 * 🇭🇰 Lee Shu Wing (2017–18)
 * 🇭🇰 Lau Tsz Lai (2015–20)
 * 🇭🇰 Chung Chun Sing (2016–19)
 * 🇭🇰 Wu Cheuk Pan (2016–)
 * 🇭🇰 Ricky Yang (2015–22)
 * 🇭🇰 Leung Ka Hin (2019-)
 * 🇭🇰 Yip Yiu Pong (2024-)
 * 🇭🇰 Chan Ka Ho (2024-)
 * 🇭🇰 Cheung Pan Yin (2019–20)
 * 🇭🇰 Tang Chi Hang (2015–21)
 * 🇭🇰 Ma Kong San (2019, 2021)
 * 🇭🇰 Chan Siu Wing (2015–)
 * 🇭🇰 Lee Ki (2015–22)
 * 🇭🇰 🇺🇸 Oliver Xu (2022–)
 * 🇭🇰 Ngan Wing Fai (2016–18)
 * 🇭🇰 Poon Chi Ho (2015–17)
 * 🇭🇰 Fong Shing Yee (2015–17)
 * 🇭🇰 Cheng Kam Hing (2015–17)
 * 🇭🇰 Wong Lut Yiu (2013–14, 2015–16)
 * 🇭🇰 Lau Hoi To (2015–16)
 * 🇭🇰 Heung Chun Keung (2015–16)
 * 🇭🇰 🇭🇰 Wu Kwok Fung (1992–94, 2014–15)

Imports

 * 🇺🇸 Brandis Raley-Ross (2019–20, 2021–22)
 * 🇺🇸 Brandon Costner (2019–20)
 * 🇳🇬 Joseph Eriobu (2019–20)
 * 🇭🇰 Joshua De Villa (2021–)
 * 🇭🇰 Austin Veloso (2020–2024)
 * 🇺🇸 🇸🇾 Trey Kell (2019)
 * 🇺🇸 T. J. Price (2019)
 * Dominic Gilbert (2022–)
 * 🇨🇦 Chris McLaughlin (2022–)
 * 🇺🇸 Michael Holyfield (2019, 2019–20)
 * 🇺🇸 O'Darien Bassett (2019, 2022–23)
 * 🇨🇴 Tonny Trocha-Morelos (2022–23)
 * 🇺🇸 Isaiah Eisendorf (2024-)
 * 🇲🇹 🇮🇹 Samuel Deguara (2018–19)
 * 🇺🇸 Eric Ferguson (2018)
 * 🇺🇸 Trey Gilder (2018)
 * 🇩🇪 Christian Standhardinger (2017–18)
 * 🇺🇸 Josh Boone (2017)
 * 🇺🇸 Jasonn Hannibal (2017–19)
 * 🇹🇭 🇺🇸 Tyler Lamb (2016–18)
 * 🇫🇷 Steven Guinchard (2016–17, 2019–20)
 * 🇺🇸 Patrick Sullivan (2016–17)
 * 🇺🇸 Marcus Elliott (2016–19)
 * Ryan O'Neal Moss (2016–18)
 * 🇺🇸 Chris Barnes (2015–17)
 * 🇺🇸 Reggie Johnson (2014–15)
 * 🇺🇸 Bryant Austin (2014–15)