text/Yangcheng Evening News All Media Reporter Hao Haoyu
Brian Gore , the six-time Australian National Basketball League (NBL) champion, led the Australian national team to win the Olympic medal (Tokyo Olympic bronze medal) for the first time, and has now become the first head coach of the Bay Area Winglong. The newly formed team announced that Gore will take charge of the coaching staff in the next two seasons.
"I am honored to be appointed as the head coach of the Bay Area Wingshocks, and I look forward to this challenge. It is exciting to be the first special invitation team of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) in 20 years and participate in the Asian Top League East Asian Premier League," Gore said.
In March this year, the Bay Area Wing Lotus and the Philippine Basketball Association announced that as the team's home court, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, introduced strict entry and exit controls and restrictions due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the newly established Bay Area Wing Lotus team will temporarily set its home court in the Philippine capital Manila , and will serve as a special invitation team to participate in the PBA League Committee Cup.
"Brian Gore is one of the best coaches in the world and has a deep understanding of Asian basketball. There is no doubt that he will make this club very competitive. He has trained some of the best players in Asia and coached the best teams. Gore's glory says enough," said Matt, CEO of the Eastern Super League.
Gore played an indispensable role in the development of Asian basketball. He coached in Chinese Basketball Association for more than ten years, with a winning rate of nearly 70%, and became the first foreign coach to win the CBA coach of the year in the 2013-2014 season. In addition, he has worked in the Chinese national team and the Japanese national team and .
Bay Area Winglong is fully cultivated by the East Asian Premier League, the East Asian Premier League. Earlier this year, the PBA League also recognized that the Eastern Super League was working hard to improve the regional basketball level and agreed to participate as the first Chinese special invited team in the PBA League.
"Under coach Gore's helm, the Winglong team will become a team that all Chinese fans are proud of. As the first Chinese club in history to participate in international competitions in a foreign professional league, our goal is to lay a solid foundation and build a top-ranked team. Hiring Gore as the team's head coach is a solid foundation for the team to achieve its goals." said Liu Quansheng, general manager of Bay Area Winglong Club.
Gor once led the CBA Xinjiang team as the head coach (2018) and the Guangsha team as the coach (2019) to participate in the Eastern Super League competition. In 2018, he also hosted a coaching camp in the East Asian Premier League, which received extensive participation from coaches around the world.
The next PBA League Committee Cup is tentatively scheduled to start on October 2 this year. The first home and away season of the Eastern Super League will start in October 2022, with a total of 8 teams participating. The last season's championship and runner-up of the Japanese B League, South Korea KBL League and the Philippines PBA League will directly qualify for the Eastern Super League. The Bay Area Winglong and the champion team from , Taipei P. LEAGUE+ will represent the Greater China area. (For more news, please follow Yangchengpai pai.ycwb.com)
source | Yangcheng Evening News·Yangchengpai
Editor | Wei Chaoran
