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{{Short description|Now-defunct Chinese professional basketball team}}
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{{Infobox basketball team
| color1 = white
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| founded = 1999
| folded = 4 December 2013
| league = [[Chinese Basketball Association|CBA]] 1999–2004 <br /> [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|ABA]] 2005–09 <br /> [[West Coast Pro Basketball League|WCPBL]] 2009–2010
| history = Aoshen Olympians <br /> 1999–2013
| arena = [[Don Bosco Technical Institute]]
| city = {{SIN}} Beijing
| colors =
| colors = yellow, white, red</br>{{colorbox|#ead72e}} {{colorbox|white}} {{colorbox|#db0c08}}
| owner = [[George Pickering]]
| coach = Lashun McDaniel
}}
 
The '''Beijing Olympians''' or '''Beijing Aoshen Olympians''' or '''Beijing Aoshen''' ({{zh|s=北京奥神|t=北京奧神|p=běi jīng ào shén}}) was a [[China|Chinese]] professional men's [[basketball]] team that formerly played in the [[Chinese Basketball Association]] and the [[West Coast Pro Basketball League]]. They have also played in the [[American Basketball Association (2000–present)|American Basketball Association]]. Some sources refer to them (slightly ungrammatically) as the '''Beijing Olympicians'''. They should not be confused with the [[Beijing Ducks]], which is a different team based in [[Beijing]].
 
In the 2003–04 season, they finished 7th out of 12 teams in the CBA regular season, and were eliminated in the quarter-finals by the [[Jiangsu Dragons]]. They were disqualified from play for the 2004–05 season (see below), and although it was intended that they would return for the 2005–06 season, negotiations to rejoin the league broke down at the end of June 2005.
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The Beijing Olympians joined the new [[American Basketball Association (2000-)|American Basketball Association]] for the 2005–06 season and played in the [[Spencer Haywood]] Division of the Red Conference. In their inaugural season in the ABA they played their home games in [[Maywood, California|Maywood]], [[California]] rather than [[Beijing]]. In 2006–07, the team moved to the [[Felix Events Center]] at [[Azusa Pacific University]], former home of the [[SoCal Legends]], who switched their affiliation to the [[Continental Basketball Association]], and relocated to [[Thousand Oaks, California|Thousand Oaks]]. For the 2007–08 season, the team moved again, this time to [[Singapore]]. In 2008–09, the team moved back to [[California]], this time to [[Don Bosco Technical Institute]] in [[Rosemead, California|Rosemead]].
 
The Beijing Olympians was officially disbanded on 4 December 2013. The announcement did not come as a surprise after the club's controversial and mysterious owner, a [[Chinese people|Chinese]] [[real estate]] tycoon and billionaire named Li Su ({{zh|s=李苏|t=李蘇|p=lǐ sū}}; often referred to in the Western media as Winston Li), suddenly died in mid September due to [[myocardial infarction|acute myocardial infarction]] ({{zh|c=急性心梗|p=jí xìng xīn gěng}}) at the age of 55.<ref>[http://sports.people.com.cn/n/2013/1206/c22149-23761647.html 北京奥神篮球俱乐部解散 世上再无奥神江湖徒留传说] {{zhin iconlang|zh}}</ref>
 
== History ==
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The newly promoted Beijing Aoshen then made their CBA debut in the 1998–99 season. A key player on the team was [[Ma Jian (basketball)|Ma Jian]] ({{zh|s=马健|t=馬健|p=mǎ jiàn}}). In an unprecedented move, they hired a female head coach, [[Li Xin (basketball)|Li Xin]] ({{zh|c=李昕|p=lǐ xīn}}), who thus became the first ever female head coach in the CBA, but she was fired after only five games and replaced by [[Mike McGee (basketball)|Mike McGee]], a former player of the [[Los Angeles Lakers]], who then became the first ever foreign head coach in the CBA. Aoshen finished fourth and lost in the semi-finals to the [[Bayi Rockets]].
 
The following season, they merged with Vanguard, but struggled and finished sixth. In 2000–01 they continued to struggle: Ma Jian was dropped from the team in mid-season and they finished seventh. So far, they have never equaled their first-year performance.<ref>[http://www.epochtimes.com/gb/1/1/8/n31437.htm 前卫奥神三年怪招迭出] {{zhcitation needed|date=June icon2021}}</ref>
 
=== 2004–2005 suspension ===
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=== WCPBL ===
After the 2008–09 ABA season, it was announced that the Olympians would play in the [[West Coast Pro Basketball League]] for the 2009 season. Since the WCPBL iswas a spring basketball league, they will continuecontinued playing in the winter based ABA.
 
== Notable players ==
* [[Ma Jian (basketball)|Ma Jian]] – first Chinese to play college basketball in the [[United States]]
* [[DeAngelo Collins]]
* [[Jevon Crudup]]
* [[Kevin Salvadori]]
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* [[Gabe Muoneke]]
* [[Paul Shirley]] – Former [[Iowa|Iowa State]] and [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player, and columnist for ESPN.com
* [[SunFred YueVinson (basketball)|SunFred YueVinson]] – Former [[2008-09Georgia NBA season|2008-09 NBA championTech]] with theand [[LosNational AngelesBasketball LakersAssociation|NBA]] player, and [[2013-14NBA CBAassistant season|2013-14 CBA champion]]coach withfor the [[BeijingNew Orleans DucksPelicans]]
* [[Sun Yue (basketball)|Sun Yue]] – [[2008&ndash;09 NBA season|2008-09 NBA champion]] with the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and two-time CBA champion with the [[Beijing Ducks]]
 
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20051125034902/http://www.aoshenbasketball.com/ Club official website]
 
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