Liaoning Panpan Dinosaurs (辽宁盼盼巨龙) or Liaoning Dinosaurs or Liaoning Panpan are a basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association

Chinese Basketball Association

The Chinese Basketball Association , often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in China.The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese...

, based in Yingkou

Yingkou

Yingkou is located in the northwestern portion of the Liaodong Peninsula, and on the left bank of the Daliao River, which enters the sea in the city. To the west is the Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Gulf, and the city thus looks across to Jinzhou and Huludao...

, Liaoning

Liaoning

' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the northeast of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "辽" , a name taken from the Liao River that flows through the province. "Níng" means "peace"...

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The team used "Hunters" as their nickname before, but it changed their nickname in the 2008–09 season. Its corporate sponsor is presumably Liaoning Panpan Group Co., Ltd. (辽宁盼盼集团有限公司), a manufacturer of theft-proof doors.

In the 2004–2005 season, the Liaoning Hunters finished in first place in the North Division, but lost in the quarter-finals to the South Division's Yunnan Bulls

Yunnan Bulls

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Notable former players

Chris Richard

Chris Richard (basketball)

Chris Richard is an American professional basketball player. Richard, a power forward, played college basketball for the University of Florida. He has a wingspan of 7'4½". His role was that of the sixth man that came off the bench for the Florida Gators national championship men's team during the...

 1 season: '10-'11 - Sean Banks

Sean Banks

Sean Anthony Banks is an American]] professional basketball player currently in the NBA Development League and playing for Idaho Stampede...

 1 season: '10 Donta Smith

Donta Smith

Donta Lamont Smith is an American professional basketball player who formerly played in the NBA and Australian National Basketball League....

1 season: '10-'11

External links

• http://sports.sina.com.cn/cba/team/liaoning/index.shtml (in Chinese)
• http://www.bsgb.com/cbaclub/cbaln.php (in Chinese)