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Macau Black Knights

The Macau Black Bears Sports Club (Chinese: 澳門黑熊體育會), which plays as the Macau Black Knights (Chinese: 澳門黑騎士), is a Macanese professional basketball team.


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The Macau Black Bears Sports Club (Chinese: 澳門黑熊體育會), which plays as the Macau Black Knights (Chinese: 澳門黑騎士), is a Macanese professional basketball team.

Originally based in mainland China, they played under a different name when they debuted at the ASEAN Basketball League in 2017. In 2018, they moved to Macau, becoming the Macau Black Bears and kept on playing in regular seasons of the ABL until 2020. They debuted at the East Asia Super League as representatives of the city in its 2024–25 season. In 2026, they entered the Philippine Basketball Association, playing as a guest team in the 2026 Commissioner's Cup.

Macau Black Bears was originally a basketball team based in mainland China which played in the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). The team was based in Nanhai District, Foshan, Guangdong and played their home games at the 4,000-seated Nanhai Gymnasium. They joined the ABL from 2017–18 season as "Nanhai Long Lions", the affiliate team of Guangzhou Loong Lions. They changed their name to Nanhai Kung Fu to differentiate themselves from their mother team, the Guanzhou Long Lions. After they partnered with Macau's Grupo Desportivo Chong Son they changed their name once again to "Chong Son Kung Fu Basketball Club" by November 2017.

After the 2017–18 ABL season, the team relocated to Macau to become the Macau Black Bears, in a bid to promote professional basketball in the city. The inaugural season was led by the general manager Lukas Peng.

They reached the playoffs in their first season (2018–19) representing Macau. The next iteration of the ABL, the 2019–20 season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic but the team remained active via the 3x3 basketball format competing in the 3×3 Super League and the Wynn Cup 3X3 Greater Bay Area Tour in China.

In 2023, they began taking part in The Asian Tournament. This led to their entry in the East Asia Super League starting the 2024–25 season.

On 6 February 2026, it was announced that they will join the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) as a guest team in the upcoming PBA Comissioner's Cup, and will change their name to the "Macau Black Knights". Special player eligibility rules were imposed for the purpose of their PBA participation. Players from Greater China are considered as "locals", while they can have two imports and only one can play at a time. They cannot have Filipinos in the roster. They plan to be a permanent member in the PBA. On March 25, the team have announced that they would replace Garrett Kelly as their head coach, after bringing in former player Marcus Elliott as their new head coach.

The Macau Black Knights is known as the Macau Black Bears Sports Club, with the current branding dating back to 2018. The logo features Bobo the Black Bear, an individual Asian black bear who first came to public attention in the 1980s when it was rescued from being cooked in a gourmet restaurant as a cub. In 2026, the team changed their branding from the Macau Black Bears to the Macau Black Knights with the bear on the logo given a knight's armor.

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  • Charles Dubé-Brais (2017–2018, 2022–2023)

  • Mu Jianxin (2018–2019)

  • Charles Hantoumakos (2019–2020)

  • Kevin Connelly (2023–2025)

  • Garrett Kelly (2024–2026)

  • Zhou Lu Nan (2025–2026)

  • Marcus Elliott (2026–Present)

  • Guangzhou Loong Lions

  • Chongson Kung Fu page at the ABL official website (archived)

  • Macau Black Bears on Instagram

  • Macau Black Knights on Instagram

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