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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. American basketball player (born 1988) This article is about the basketball player. For the Olympic swimmer, see Jeremy Linn. For the wrestler, see Jeremy Lynn. For the footballer, see Jeremy Lim. "JLin" redirects here. For the electronic musician, see Jlin. Jeremy Lin Lin in 2017 No. 7 ...
Yao met Chinese female basketball player Ye Li when he was 17 years old. ... Asian America, and the China Global. Inter-Asia Cultural Studies, 5(2), 263–278.
From Asian countries, China has produced 8 players, while Japan and Lebanon have produced 6. Among transcontinental countries, Turkey, Russia, and Georgia have produced 16, 13 and 11 players respectively. Including the United States, 94 countries have produced at least one NBA player in total.
Wataru Misaka (December 21, 1923 – November 20, 2019) was an American professional basketball player. A 5-foot-7-inch (1.70 m) point guard of Japanese descent, he broke a color barrier in professional basketball [1] [2] by being the first non-white player and the first player of Asian descent to play in the Basketball Association of America (BAA).
Wang Zhizhi (Chinese: 王治郅; pinyin: Wáng Zhìzhì, pronounced [uǎŋ ʈʂɻ̩̂ʈʂɻ̩̂]; born 8 July 1977) is a Chinese former professional basketball player who was the head coach of the Bayi Rockets, the team with which he spent his domestic career in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Yuki Kawamura (河村勇輝, Kawamura Yūki) (born 2 May 2001) is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Memphis Grizzlies of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Memphis Hustle of the NBA G League. He also plays for the Japan national team, with whom he played at the 2023 World Cup and 2024 ...
Asian American point guard Wataru Misaka broke basketball's color barrier as the first non-white player to play in the NBA in 1947. 1947: Wataru Misaka breaks the color barrier of the National Basketball Association (NBA), becoming the first Asian-American to play in the league. [89]
Yi Jianlian (Chinese: 易建联; pinyin: Yì Jiànlián [î tɕjɛ̂nljɛ̌n]; born October 27, 1984) [3] is a Chinese former professional basketball player who last played for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).