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3392 - Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

The Shanxi Loongs play in Taiyuan太原. They play in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association 中国男子篮球职业联赛. They were founded in 2001 and play at the  Taiyuan Riverside Sports Centre Gymnasium 太原市滨河体育中心体育馆 in front of 8000 spectators. 

The team played in the International Basketball League in 2008, which is a spring/summer league based in Portland, Oregon. 

The team's roster consists of an all-Chinese teams except for three international players - two from the United States, and one from Russia. The American players are Isaiah Taylor, who played in the NCCA (American College) Big 12 with the Texas Longhorns. He went
undrafted, but signed with the Houston Rockets, first playing in their NBA Development League. He did make it in the NBA and has played 71 career games - four with Houston and 67 with Atlanta. He did sign with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, but was waived a month after signing his contract. He spent some time in the NBA Developmental League for the rest of the 2019-2020 season.

Taylor then went overseas playing in the Israeli Premier League, the Spanish Liga ACB, the Turkish  Basketbol Süper Ligi, and finally with the Chinese Basketball Association in 2023. 

Their second American player is Frank Jackson. Jackson played with Duke University for 2016-17. He only played one NCAA season. He was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets, but was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans. After two seasons in New Orleans, he signed with the Detroit Pistons and played with them for two seasons. He then signed with the Salt Lake City Stars, a development team for the Utah Jazz. He signed a 10 day contract with the Jazz, playing one game. 

Jackson NBA options dried up so he played in the French LNB Pro A and the EuroLeague. He joined the Loongs for the 2023-24 season. Jackson played 214 games in the NBA.

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