Shirelijan Muxtar

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Shirelijan Muxtar
Nanjing Mokey Kings
Position Shooting guard/Point guard
Personal information
Born Xinjiang, China
NationalityChinese
Career information
Playing career2008–present
Career history
2008-2018 Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2018-2019 Guangzhou Loong Lions
2019-2020 Xinjiang Flying Tigers
2020-present Nanjing Monkey Kings
Shirelijan Muxtar
Other names
Alternative spellingShirelijan Muxtar
Xirelijan Muxtar
Shirelijan Muhtar
Xirelijan Muhtar
Xirelijiang Muhetaer

Shirelijan Muxtar is a Chinese basketball player of Uyghur origin, who plays in the shooting guard position for China and currently plays for Chinese club Nanjing Monkey Kings. [1] He is an elite three point shooter and perimeter defender, currently the 10th all-time CBA three point leader. Shirelijan played with the Xinjiang Flying Tigers for 11 years and was an important part of their three consecutive Grand Finals from 2009 to 2011 and their first championship in the 2016–17 season. He is widely regarded as the most iconic player of the Xinjiang Flying Tigers and a popular contender for the all-time greatest Flying Tiger.

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Career

Shirelijan Muxtar was promoted to the first team of Xinjiang Flying Tigers and debuted in Chinese Basketball Association in the 2008–09 season. He was an important part of the team's three consecutive trips to the Grand Finals in the 2008-09, 2009–10, and 2010–11 seasons, serving as an elite perimeter defender for the team. Through the seasons, he also became an elite three point shooter, and is currently the 10th all-time CBA three-point leader.

In the 2016–17 season, Shirelijan started 30 of the 45 regular season games he played, averaging 30.0 minutes per game. He also averaged 8.5 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.2 three pointers, 1.8 steals, and 1.7 assists per game. [2] He played an important role in the first CBA championship for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers franchise.

Before the 2018–19 season, Shirelijan was rented to Guangzhou Loong Lions for one year in a blockbuster trade. [3] In the same trade, Xinjiang traded Yao Tianyi and rented Sun Mingyang for three years to Guangzhou, and Guangzhou rented Fan Ziming for two years to Xinjiang. Shirelijan returned to Xinjiang Flying Tigers after the one-year rental terminated.

After the 2019–20 season, Shirelijan's contract with Xinjiang Flying Tigers terminated, and he became a free agent. He signed a three-year max (type-D) contract with Nanjing Monkey Kings, averaging 8 million CNY (US$1.2 million) a year. [1] He is the most notable free-agent pick for Nanjing Monkey Kings in their first year of rebuild.

Name

There are several alternative spellings to his name. Shirelijan, or alternatively Xirelijan, is the direct transliteration of his first name from his native Uyghur language. Alternatively, some sources indirectly transliterated his name via Mandarin Chinese (西热力江) as Xirelijiang. His patronym's direct translation from Uyghur is Muxtar, or alternatively, Muhtar. The indirect transliteration via Mandarin (木合塔尔) is Muhetaer. Therefore, alternative spellings of his full name include

Some sources [2] mistake his patronym's indirect transliteration via Mandarin as Mugedaer. Some sources [2] also mistake his name as a Chinese name, thus treating his first name as the surname or applying the Eastern name order.

As a Uyghur name, Shirelijan Muxtar uses the patronymic system and consists of the given (first) name Shirelijan and the patronym (father's name) Muxtar. Therefore, Muxtar is the name of Shirelijan's father. In general, it is not acceptable to refer to him using only Muxtar, even in a context which usually requires a surname (last name). One should always refer to him using the full name Shirelijan Muxtar or simply his first name Shirelijan.

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