Westports Malaysia Dragons

Westports Malaysia Dragons
Westports Malaysia Dragons
	Westports Malaysia Dragons logo
Leagues	ASEAN Basketball League
Founded	2009; 15 years ago
History	List KL Dragons; (2009–2010) ; Westports KL Dragons; (2010–2011) ; Westports Malaysia Dragons ; (2012–present) ; Blustar Detergent Dragons; (2016);
Arena	MABA Stadium
Capacity	2,500
Location	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Main sponsor	Westports Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
President	Datuk Wira Dani Daim
Head coach	Jamie Pearlman
Website	www.kldragons.com

Westports Malaysia Dragons are a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that currently plays in the ASEAN Basketball League. It also played as the Blustar Detergent Dragons at the 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 all the way 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.^[1]The Dragons again failed to win a single game in the tourney.^[2]

Achievements

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Logo as the Westports KL Dragons (2009–2010)

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Logo as the Blustar Detergent Dragons (2016)

ASEAN Basketball League


Year	ABL Regular Season Position	ABL Grand Finals Position
2009–10	4th place	Semi-finals
2010–11	3rd place	Semi-finals
2012	4th place	Semi-finals
2013	3rd place	Semi-finals
2014	1st place	Runners-up
2015–16	1st place	Champion
2016–17	5th place	Did not qualify
2017–18	8th place	Did not qualify

Team officials

Team owners:

Team President:

Datuk Wira Dani Daim

Roster

Westports Malaysia Dragons roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.
F	1	Shepard, Winston (WI)	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	95 kg (209 lb)
G	2	Gaines, Sundiata (WI)	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)
G	4	Chiang, Wei Er	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	80 kg (176 lb)
G	6	Sim, Benjamin	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	81 kg (179 lb)
F	8	Heng, Yee Tong	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (161 lb)
G	10	Wong, Jonathan	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	81 kg (179 lb)
G	13	Cheng, Wah Chin	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	82 kg (181 lb)
G	17	Gan, Teck Hwa	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	77 kg (170 lb)
G/F	20	Loh, Shee Fai	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)	91 kg (201 lb)
F	23	Chan, Kek Thai	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)	113 kg (249 lb)
G	25	Tan, Wei Long	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	85 kg (187 lb)
C	32	Egwu, Nnanna (WI)	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)	113 kg (249 lb)
F	33	Eversley, Chris (WI)	2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)	102 kg (225 lb)