Accordingly the team made Metro Manila as its temporary home for at least a year due to COVID-19-related restrictions in Hong Kong. The team also changed their name to the "Bay Area Dragons" upon joining the PBA, to avoid confusion with the Phoenix Super LPG Fuel Masters. They are also set to play at the 2022–23 PBA Commissioner's Cup of the Philippine Basketball Association as a guest team. įormer Chinese Basketball Association general manager Liu Quansheng was appointed as the team's first general manager. The Phoenixes are the only franchise team in the EASL, with other participating teams seeded from domestic leagues from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, and the Philippines. The team was established under the agreement of the Hong Kong Basketball Association and the existing second-tier Chun Yu Basketball Club. League+ champions of Taiwan were designated by the EASL as Greater China's representatives. While the team is meant to represent Greater China, the Phoenixes are seeded as a team from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong was made as the home venue of the Phoenixes. The Dragons were originally formed as the Bay Area Chun Yu Phoenixes as a franchise team for the East Asia Super League as a representative team for Greater China, with the core of the team intended to consist of players from mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.
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