2008–09 Chinese Basketball Association season
The 2008–09 CBA season was the 14th CBA season. Guangdong Southern Tigers defended their CBA title after defeating Xinjiang Flying Tigers in the Finals, four games to one.
| 2008–09 CBA season | |
|---|---|
| League | Chinese Basketball Association |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Duration | November 15, 2008 – May 3, 2009 |
| TV partner(s) | CCTV-5, and many local channels. |
| Regular Season | |
| Season champions | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Season MVP | Mengke Bateer |
| Finals | |
| Champions | Guangdong Southern Tigers |
| Runners-up | Xinjiang Flying Tigers |
| Finals MVP | Zhu Fangyu |
Tianjin Ronggang were promoted to the CBA after the team owners voted in favor of them over two other candidates, Qingdao DoubleStar and Guangdong Fenglü. Qingdao later replaced Beijing Aoshen for their place in the CBA, when the latter failed to submit relevant files on time and lost their qualification for the season.
Foreign players of each team could play unlimited time each game, except only 5 quarters collectively when facing Bayi Rockets. The two newly promoted teams and the bottom two teams of the last season could each have one extra Asian foreign players.
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