Comments on: Can You Name Any Asians Playing Basketball Besides Yao Ming?

By: 8Asians.com » Tall Asians, Short Asians, Segregated Asians: Six Lessons from a Basketball Season

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:01:05 +0000

[...] my turn to say something that might be considered politically incorrect. While watching pro sports like basketball may be entertaining, getting butts off the couch and actually doing sports is, IMHO, far more [...]

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:28:55 +0000

My apologies, I meant Jeremy Lin (Harvard). Justin Lin is a director lol.

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:23:26 +0000

At this time, the only player of Asian descent that I know of to get major playing time is Justin Lin.

Some other players that are on NCAA rosters are Japeth Aguilar (Western Kentucky), Spencer Soo (UCLA), Max Zhang (Cal), and Jin Soo Kim (Maryland) but they don’t get much playing time.

I’ll have to look at the all the teams though who actually do make it and if there’s a player of Asian descent that gets major minutes, I’ll blog about them.

By: R Tucker

R Tucker — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 02:37:17 +0000

Recently visited China and met a client that is crazy for NBA. I want to alert him to college March Madness playoff, and was hoping there would be a few players of Asian descent possibly playing in the tournament. Probably unlikely??

By: 8Asians.com » More Jeremy Lin, and Why Yesterday Was a Good Day for Asian Basketball Fans: An Asian American/Asian Canadian Blog

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:00:27 +0000

[...] to keep staying aggressive on both the offensive and defensive ends of the floor; he has to face the controversy of both his age and the attention from the All-Star votes, but everything eventually falls on his performance. It should also be noted that Yi has been [...]

By: CaliStunna

CaliStunna — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:03:01 +0000

Yi just had one of the best games of his career tonight vs the Kings.

Yi had 22 pts, 13 rbs, 2 blocks, 3 assists as the Nets win 98-90.