[1] Despite McGrady averaging 25 points per game, the team was unable to qualify for the CBA Playoffs.

[2][3] In the 2014–15 CBA season, thanks to the extra addition of Hamed Haddadi, Qingdao received their first playoff appearance with the third-best record in the league, going as far as the semi-final round before being swept by the Liaoning Flying Leopards.

The team won the top three in the national first-class league and the championship and runner-up was or many times.

In 1995, the Jinan Military Region men's basketball team became one of the founding members of the CBA.

The Qingdao Double Star Eagles men's basketball team was promoted to the CBA in 2009.