Asian Basketball Players

You forgot Benny Hoang who played for Coach Yanai (the only Asian Coach who won the John Wooden Award) one of the fastest PG and Decorated PG in Southern California in the 90’s)

Hello, I am working on a project looking at how international players fair in the NCAA and NBA. I am curious where you got this data on nationalities. I am particularly having a tough time when it comes to the NCAA level. Any help or advice would be much appreciate!

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Please add Jalen Green to your list of Asian ballers.
https://youtu.be/CKEBWnJeun0
He is half Filipino on his mother’s side. Was the MVP of the 2018 FIBA u17 World Cup and is considered a top 3 prospect in the 2021 NBA draft.

6’6″ “Ben” Li Hongquan commits to LeHigh University [NCAA Division 1 – Patriot League]

[video=youtube;zf4Ox9B5Lq4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf4Ox9B5Lq4[/video]

There were a lot of Indian players that weren’t on the list.
Sai Tummala- 6’7″ University of Hawaii
Josh Sharma- 7’0″ Stanford University
Varun Ram-5’9″ University of Maryland
Aaryn Rai- 6’6″ Dartmouth
Pasha Bains-6’3″ Clemson
Vishal Banipal- 6’3″-Idaho State
Manroop Clair- 6’2″ Seattle University
Sameer Dhillon- 6’8″ USC
Sharminder Gill- 6’7″ Washington State University
Satnam Singh Bhamara-7’2″ Dallas Mavericks
There are many lesser known NCAA 1 Indian players and an even greater Canadian college Indian origin basketball players but these are just a couple.

Updates:
Johnny Juzang just got offers from University of California (Berkeley) and UCLA.

Christian David will be playing for Butler University this upcoming 2017-2018 season.

Kobe Paras transferred to Cal-State Northridge, same University Chinese player Sun Siyao is with.

Filipino-American Dwight Ramos will be going into Sophomore season at Cal State Fullerton:
http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-baskbl/2016-17/photos/23_-_Dwight_Ramos/index
http://www.fullertontitans.com/sports/m-baskbl/2016-17/photos/23_-_Dwight_Ramos/20161111_139.JPG?max_width=400

6’9″Chinese player Michael Wang (Mater Dei High school/Class of 2018) has several NCAA D1 offers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edezMfc69oo

Japanese player Rui Hachimura is going into his sophomore season at Gonzaga.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD7aHMQR5b0

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Japanese dude Darin Maki played at Dominguez Hills and pro ball in Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRaH3U2dNLU

Kobe Paras (Filipino National), committed to UCLA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj38j8znggc

Another Filipino-American, Stephen Holt, has been signed by the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Filipino – American / Canadian HS & College prospects
http://www.pbadraft.net/#!filipino-ballers-college/c26
http://www.pbadraft.net/#!filipino-ballers-abroad-hs/c229i
http://www.pbadraft.net/#!fil-canadian-players—hs–college/cj2g
http://www.pbadraft.net/#!filipino-ballers—graduates/c24kh
http://www.pbadraft.net/#!fil-am-players—d1-credentials/c1yad
http://www.pbadraft.net/#!filipino-ballers—women/cbfh

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I am a girls high school coach looking for a skilled player to come play this fall at a private school in Chattanooga, Tn. contact me at hillp@bereanacademy.net

Love your post. Here are some past and current Asian College players that played College ball in the Northeast that maybe you can add to your list.
James Wang – Sydney, Australia. guard- played at Williams College, MA (class of 2013; earned All-American honor 2012, currently playing pro ball in Taiwan.)
Joseph Lin – Palo Alto,CA. guard – Hamilton College, NY. (class of 2016, brother Jeremy Lin).
Michael Pang from Warren,NJ. guard – Babson College, MA. (class of 2017).
Ethan Lee from Chicago, Ill. guard – Swarthmore College, PA. (class of 2016).
Ryan Tana from Belmont, CA – New York Univ., New York (class of 2014)

Cindy Edamura was a starting point guard for the University of Oregon Women’s basketball team for 3 straight years (and they went to the NCAA tournament all 3 year).

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An international player who has a Japanese passport can play as a Japanese in pro-leagues in Japan.
Players with Japanese heritage who have competed in the States tend to be better athletes than Japanese players most of times.
(If you don’t have a Japanese passport, you will need to play as an import and your competition will be against ex-NBA or D-league players)
Therefore, a US player who has a Japanese passport has advantages.
Please feel free to ask me if you have further questions.
Thank you very much.

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I am a FIBA certified basketball agent who has been looking for Japanese-American talents.
We Norton Sports Management have placed successful basketball players in NBL and BJ league of Japan and would love to help Japanese-American athletes excel at the higher level of competitions.
Please let me know if you know any collegiate level athletes who have Japanese passports.

U do realize that IRAN is also in Asia? Like Haddadi.

check out the players of ateneo de manila high school and the other member schools of the university athletic association of the philippines and the national collegiate athletic association of the philippines. some of the member schools are some of the best high schools in the philippines in terms of academics and basketball programs. if you have not heard of basketball in the philippines please read the book the pacific rims: beermen ballin’ in flipflops so you will have an idea of the kind of players that you can get from here. unfortunately, you might have to be the one to get in touch with them since there are a lot of basketball programs here that these young players can get to in the future that’s why very few of them look for schools abroad where they can play.

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Here is a site that has information on ChangLin
http://www.asiancagers.com/player/chang-lin-%E5%B8%B8%E6%9E%97

Tony Bagtas of University of Pennsylvania.. (Filipino)

I found this blog by accident but I’m glad I did. Looking for Asian badsketball players playing college. Here in So Cal there’s a whole bunch of them playing for Chapman University in Orange. Taylor Hamasaki (full JA) is a sophomore starting point guard/tri-captain. he was second on the team in scoring and led the team in assists. Twins Jordan (6′ 4 shooting guard) and Justin Young (6′ 4 forward both full Chinese-American) are also sophomores that also started. Senior and tri-captain Takeshi Clifford (half-JA)was also a starter (that makes FOUR Asians) and he has a brother, 7’0 Conor, freshman at UC Irvine. Junior Brendan Rider (half-JA) is form Northern Ca. and the back up point guard. The main players on the Chapman team were sophomores, thus experienced growing pains. Watch out for this team next year! Chapman is a NCAA D3 team who plays in the SCIAC conference.

Lin Chang is currently playing for Beijing in the Chinese Basketball Association.

http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Lin_Chang/Summary/16624

Souphain Toun – 5’10” PG
NCAA Division II – Stonehill College

Two more basketball players from USC – one woman and one man
Jamie Hagiya – USC Point Guard – 2003 to 2007 – Pro in Greece and Spain
Ed Chang – USC Walk-on – 2002 to 2005

Great job. The info is very complete and interesting. I believe there are the men that have marked difference in basketball and they continue giving that talk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbKrV4Ymk5o

There are a few high school Chinese players who are playing well, Chris Tang 6-3 Class of 2014 guard at Hampton Roads Academy in Virginia, and I also seen 2 Chinese players at Atlantic Shores Christian School in Chesapeake Virginia, 6-8 forward Daniel He class of 2013, 6-4 guard Ray Shou class of 2014…all 3 should play in the NCAA

MORE ASIAN BALLERS COMING TO THE IVIES

Dartmouth recruited an Asian combo guard, Sofia Roman, for next season. Check out her ESPN evaluation and game highlights below.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/news/_/id/102729/sofia-roman

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy1TulrhirA

http://www.msgvarsity.com/westchester/white-plains/highlights-peekskill-52-white-plains-47-1.854543

Princeton recruited an Asian (actually half Asian) shooting guard/wing player, Michelle Miller, for next season. Click on the links below for Michelle’s ESPN evaluation and game highlights.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/girls-basketball/recruiting/player/news/_/id/101149/michelle-miller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=f1y5zaI_k_k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXHPaC8blMw&feature=player_detailpage

Anthony,

You forgot Emily Tay, whose parents are from Burma. She is the lesbian who played at Harvard and got her own documentary film.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgKe4ZKp2gw
http://nolookpassthemovie.com/

There’s also the senior guard who plays for USF, Jay Wey. He doesn’t get much PT though, it’s the same team that Rex Walters is the coach for.

http://www.usfdons.com/sports/m-baskbl/2011-12/bios/wey%20jay%20cxid

Dear Friend,
This is quite interesting. Composing information of all Asian basketball players who played in American is really difficult. They are many from Middle East that we don’t even pay attention. Not to mention there are so many playing in the D-II, D-III, and NAIA level. Anyway, on top of my mind, I think you have left out some of the following players. See if you would like to google them for more detailed information.

Arsalan Kazemi from Rice (he is not from Far East, but he is probably the best one among this list); he also has a teammate from Beirut
Who is the Philippine player played for the Western Kentucky?
Eric Shang (Shang Ping): played in Nebraska for a year.
Sung Fang: played for University of San Francisco for two years long time ago
Aaron Xia: played for Citadel for at least two seasons.
Tony Ling: A walk on for Northwestern long time ago
A Japanese player who played at Cal State LA

I forgot the name of the female Taiwanese player who played at St. Mary’s College. She was a member of Cathay. Is her name Chung Yi-chuan?
A Japanese lady who played at Evansville before.
Of course, don’t forget Ma Li-na of St. John’s as well.

Thanks so much for your zealous effort for putting up this site.