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.

CBA
Season2015–16
Teams20
Games played38
DatesOctober 31, 2015 – February 5, 2016 (regular season)
February 15, 2016 – March 6, 2016 (Playoffs)
March 11, 2016 – March 25, 2016 (Finals)
Final positions
Top seedLiaoning Flying Leopards
ChampionsSichuan Blue Whales (1st title)
Runners-upLiaoning Flying Leopards
Awards
Finals MVP Hamed Haddadi
Domestic MVP Yi Jianlian
International MVP Michael Beasley
Statistical leaders
Points Jonathan Gibson 42.0
Rebounds Alan Williams 15.4
Assists Jeremy Pargo 8.5
2016–17 →

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.[1] 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").[2] 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.[3]
  • The Dongguan Leopards moved to Shenzhen and changed their name to the Shenzhen Leopards in October 2015.[4]

Regular season

Standings

# 2015–16 CBA season
Team W L PCT Pts Tiebreaker
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards317.81669
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers308.78968
3 Sichuan Blue Whales308.78968
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers2810.73766
5 Shandong Golden Stars2810.73766
6 Zhejiang Guangsha Lions2711.71165
7 Beijing Ducks2315.60561
8 Zhejiang Golden Bulls2216.57960
9 Shenzhen Leopards1919.50057
10 Shanxi Brave Dragons1820.47456
11 Jiangsu Dragons1820.47456
12 Shanghai Sharks1820.47456
13 Fujian Sturgeons1622.42154
14 Qingdao Eagles1622.42154
15 Beikong Fly Dragons1325.34251
16 Jiangsu Tongxi Monkey Kings1226.31650
17 Jilin Northeast Tigers1028.26348
18 Tianjin Gold Lions830.21146
19 Bayi Rockets731.18445
20 Foshan Long-Lions632.15844
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 teamsFacing Bayi Rockets
Chinese players+No LimitNo Limit
Asian players++4 quarters collectively+++
International players6 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

CategoryPlayerTeamGPTotalAVG
Points per gameJordan CrawfordTianjin Gold Lions261,12143.1
Rebounds per gameAlan WilliamsQingdao Eagles3553815.4
Assists per gameJeremy PargoZhejiang Guangsha Lions403358.5
Steals per gameHu XuefengJiangsu Dragons341103.2
Blocks per gameZhou QiXinjiang Flying Tigers421343.5

Playoffs

The 2016 CBA Playoffs began on Monday, February 15, 2016.

Bracket

This is the bracket for the 2016 CBA Playoffs.

Quarterfinals
Best of 5
Semifinals
Best of 5
Finals
Best of 7
         
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 3
8 Zhejiang Golden Bulls 0
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 3
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 1
4 Guangdong Southern Tigers 3
5 Shandong Golden Stars 0
1 Liaoning Flying Leopards 1
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 4
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 3
7 Beijing Ducks 1
2 Xinjiang Flying Tigers 0
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 3
3 Sichuan Blue Whales 3
6 Zhejiang Guangsha Lions 0
  • Bold Series winner
  • Italics Team with home-court advantage

CBA Awards

Playoffs

Hamed Haddadi (Sichuan Blue Whales)[5]

Regular Season

Yi Jianlian (Guangdong Southern Tigers)[6]
Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars)[6]

All-Star Game

  • CBA All-Star Game MVP
Michael Beasley (Shandong Golden Stars)[7]

See also

Chinese Basketball Association

References

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