Kuala Lumpur Dragons facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kuala Lumpur Dragons
Leagues	ASEAN Basketball League
Founded	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
History	List KL Dragons (2009–2010) Westports KL Dragons (2010–2011) Westports Malaysia Dragons (2012–2019) Blustar Detergent Dragons (2016) Kuala Lumpur Dragons (2019–present)
Arena	MABA Stadium
Capacity	2,500
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main sponsor	Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
President	Datuk Wira Dani Daim
Championships	ABL (2016) MNBL (2010) MNBL Champions Cup (2010)
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The Kuala Lumpur Dragons are a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that last played in the ASEAN Basketball League. They also played as the Blustar Detergent Dragons in the Philippines' PBA Developmental League in 2016.

History

In their first year of existence, they were known as the KL Dragons before becoming the Westports KL Dragons after a sponsorship deal with Westports. Before the 2012 season, the team became the Westports Malaysia Dragons.

Malaysia has made the ABL semifinals in all of its first four seasons in the league but lost all four times in the semi-finals: the AirAsia Philippine Patriots in its first two semi-finals appearances, the San Miguel Beermen in its third year, and to the Indonesia Warriors in its fourth semi-final appearance. But, in the 2014 season, the Dragons made it to the finals before losing to Hi-Tech Bangkok City in the finals.

In 2011, the Dragons was the ABL representative in the 2011 FIBA Asia Champions Cup held in the Philippines after the champion Chang Thailand Slammers failed to make it because of a suspension by FIBA. KL failed to win a single game in the tourney.

The team won the 2015–16 ASEAN Basketball League season and qualify for the 2016 FIBA Asia Champions Cup. They entered the 2016 PBA D-League Foundation Cup under the name Blustar Detergent Dragons. The Dragons again failed to win a single game in the tourney.

The team changed its name to the Kuala Lumpur Dragons for the 2019–20 ASEAN Basketball League season.

Achievements

ASEAN Basketball League

FIBA Asia Champions Cup

Season by season

Team officials

Team owners:

• Datuk Wira Dani Daim
• Datuk Robin Tan Yeong Ching
• Datuk Ruben Gnanalingam

Team President:

• Datuk Wira Dani Daim

Roster

Kuala Lumpur Dragons roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. 3.75 F 0 MYS Kuek, Tian Yuan 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 1.75 G 2 MYS Teoh, Yi Kang 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 68 kg (150 lb) 1.75 G 5 USA Bell, Amir (WI) 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 90 kg (198 lb) 1.75 G 6 MYS Sim, Benjamin 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 1.75 G 7 MYS Tem, Nicholas Zhen Jie 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 78 kg (172 lb) 3.75 F 9 MYS Tan, Wei Long 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 1.75 G 12 MYS Wong, John Khai Chiek 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 80 kg (176 lb) 3.75 F 20 MYS Loh, Shee Fai 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 95 kg (209 lb) 5.0 C 21 MYS Lepichev, Simeon 2.08 m (6 ft 10 in) 103 kg (227 lb) 3.75 F 23 MYS Thea, Zhong Shin 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) 85 kg (187 lb) 3.75 F 27 MYS Ting, Chun Hong 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 88 kg (194 lb) 5.0 C 31 TPE Artino, William (WI) 2.13 m (7 ft 0 in) 105 kg (231 lb) 1.75 G 34 USA Davis, Cade (WI) 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) 93 kg (205 lb) 1.75 G 44 MYS Chin, Cheng Wah 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 80 kg (176 lb)	Head coach Assistant coach(es) Adrian Wong Izran Edika Kamaruddin Team manager Yakub Hussaini Legend (C) Team captain (WI) World import (AI) ASEAN heritage import Injured Roster Updated: 15 October 2020

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 at any time.

Imports

Malaysians

Source:

Coaches

• Goh Cheng Huat (2009–11; 2016)
• Ariel Vanguardia (2011–16)
• Chris Thomas (2016–2018)
• Jamie Pearlman (2018–2020)