With the two-way contract of NBA Toronto Raptors Japanese forward Watanabe Yuta converted into a formal contract, Japan's "official employee" in the NBA became two people. Looking at the entire Asia, there are only three people playing in the NBA, and two of them are Japan. The other is Philippines defender Clarkson . He has Philippine descent and has played Asian games on behalf of the Philippines. In terms of overall strength, Clarkson is the number one in Asian basketball, followed by Japanese forward Hachimura Hiroshi . He is also a mixed-race, Watanabe Yuta is temporarily ranked third, and he is also the only yellow man among these three.
The development of Asian basketball has been full of twists and turns. Chinese players are the first to achieve success in the NBA, including Yao Ming , Yi Jianlian , Wang Zhizhi , Bater , Sun Yue , Zhou Qi , there are many people, but with Zhou Qi being cut by Rockets , there are no Chinese players in the NBA. Jeho Lin Although he is an Asian yellow race, he is of American nationality and he is not currently playing in the NBA. He plays in the Development League this season. After the end of the season, he did not get an NBA contract. Overall, there is no particularly outstanding leader in the Chinese men's basketball team now.
In history, other countries in Asia have also had NBA players, Iran 's Hadadi , was once the opponent of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian, and in the CBA are still the opponent of Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi. Korean Hashengzhen also played in the NBA for a while and scored 70 points in his career, which is more than Zhou Qi and Sun Yue combined. In addition, Japan has a guard named Tian Yong and Wata who has also played in the NBA, but his level is similar to Sun Yue. Sun Yue scored a total of 6 points in his NBA career, and Tian Yong and Wata scored a total of 7 points.
Just when everyone is still looking forward to who will be the next Asian player to log in to the NBA, there is news ahead of the United States that the next Asian person standing in the NBA are likely to be a Vietnamese. Everyone heard it right, Vietnam is about to have NBA players! On April 21, Beijing time, sophomore guard UCLA, Johnny Zhuzan , announced on his personal social media that he will participate in the NBA 2021 draft . The main point guard who led UCLA to the NCAA semi-finals this season announced his candidacy. If nothing unexpected happens, he will be selected in the first round of the next draft, and this famous Zhu Zan is from Vietnam.
Vietnam recognizes dual nationality . Zhu Zan is now a US nationality, but like Clarkson, he can join Vietnamese nationality at any time and represent Vietnam in international competitions. How powerful is Zhu Zan? Let’s take a brief look at his resume. He played for Kentucky in his freshman year, and he had few opportunities. He transferred to UCLA in his sophomore year and gradually became famous here. This season, Zhu Zan made 27 appearances, averaging 16.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. Zhu Zan performed outstandingly in March , scoring 20+ in 6 games and averaging 22.8 points and 4 rebounds per game!
Vietnam also needs NBA players? And it is a lottery show, with an average of 22.8 points per game in March Crazy. If such an outstanding potential stock really becomes Vietnamese nationality, the strength of the Vietnamese men's basketball team will also be greatly improved. With the continuous turmoil in the Asian basketball world, Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam are all using naturalized players to gradually improve their overall strength, but our national team seems to be a little on the spot and stagnant.
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