Something's Changing in Asian Basketball...
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- Something's Changing in Asian Basketball...
The Asian market is undoubtedly the NBA's second most important economic engine, behind only the U.S. market. This is led by China, with its 1.4 billion inhabitants and enormous growing love for basketball, the country that generates the second most revenue for the best basketball league in the world. However, despite the NBA's huge presence in Asia, there do not seem to be many elite-level players from the East.
A shocking phenomenon considering that, like pop culture, the NBA tends to raise the level of play in the regions where its product is sold. In the league's entire history, only 18 players of Asian descent have ever landed a spot on one of its rosters. However, massive cultural globalization is turning the tables on Asia's significance in world basketball. But... What is the continent's historical past? And... what can we expect from them for the future?
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Who is your favorite player of Asian descent?
Jeremy Lin and Yao Ming are top 1 and 2. Hope there will be more in the future!!
Clarkson, Yao, and JLin. Also, isn't Jaylin Williams of OKC half-Vietnamese? He should have been in the vid
Yao actually dominated and it's not even close
Linsanity Boys!!! The was epic haha 🔥🔥🔥
Seikaly had a tremendous career
I’m from Japan.
Basketball is becoming more popular since FIBA World Cup was held in Japan last year.
why are you making so mysterious and weird video I'm Japanese though
Rui Hachimura is a household name in LA
Must be popular there since Slam Dunk
Wasn't it popular from Slam Dunk already
Yao Ming achieved what no other 7 foot 6 inch player could do, become a hall of famer. He really is one of a kind not just in China, but in the world. He didn't get there by being popular, he was extremely skills and mobile for his size. The game may have changed midway (became faster, more outside shooting), but he still had a huge impact on the game because you can never leave a 7 footer who can shoot alone by himself.
Sadly, no 7'6" white player in history has come close to Yao Ming.
Yao Ming had the turnaround fade away shot and could shoot threes. He would still dominate today.
Keisei Tominaga 🔥
Flamethrower!
and Kawamura
Just watched him put on a show in the 3pt shootout. Thanks for the memories, Keisei!
It would be fun to see Tominaga in the NBA
Japanese Steph Curry!
@@sportscrunch7460no, he's Katsu Curry 🍛
Don’t forget Yuta Tabuse. He is the first full Japanese player.
You meant Yao Ming.
Japan with it's current 21 young college players in the united states is very promising. Though i hope we could finally get a homegrown filipino nba player even with a smaller number of rising young talent.
Kai sotto
Reinhard Jumamoy and SJ Moore
@@trenvi7073he’s ass bro 💀💀
Lin's career got derailed by Melo.
Lin is not having an Asian passport, he's American
@@mediumwiz Jeremy Lin actually has a Taiwanese passport now, but so many other Americans also have dual-citizenship including Karl Anthony Towns, Kyrie Irving, and Paolo Banchero.
@@mediumwizAnd yet he had to get past and overcome the same bias and discrimination that every Asian faces and it was literally at every single level of the game starting from HS. Kid couldn't even get a scholarship despite leading his HS team to cali state title FFS.
Remember he had a knee injury that ended his streak though. Then the trades to ball dominant guards like Kobe and Harden didn’t help.
And Kevin McHale
Forgot Jun Seok Yeo, Akira Jacobs, Bruce Kanno & Ibu Yamazaki. All playing D1 rn. Still more to come in the future. And Jeremy Lin is still playing in Taiwan.
Did Lin play for Chinese Taipei in FIBA?
@@bigradwolf5001 No, if Jeremy played for Taiwan, he would counted as a naturalized player because FIBA of rules.
Also missed Jaylin Williams and Kyle Anderson
Kyle Anderson played for China. He is Asian roots. ;)
Keisei is the one people are watching. He has the chance of being something special. He could also bust completely against NBA defender, but he's a super exciting player for sure. Utterly fearless.
Definitely has the mentality!
You forgot the Filipino-Italian Dalph Panopio with UC Bakersfield.
Kesei is a shooter, and Xavien Lee can ball. Im looking foward to see if those two can make an impact in the nba.
We can't wait!
Mongolian Mike’s father Sharavjamts is the first Asian to play for the Harlem Globetrotters. A legend in Mongolian basketball. Legacy family 🇲🇳
From the huge amount of Asian basketball players getting put into my feed, I imagine basketball is going through their own football (soccer) phase for Asians.
In football there were prominent good Asian players, however it was only one or two in a league at a time, however nowadays there’s 5-10 players in the premier league that are Asian. And they are good.
I think sports that are open play like basketball or football, or going through a phase with countries that aren’t known for that sport or being good at certain sports, having a new talent pool due to social media.
Historically weak countries are getting access to watching the best players since it’s so easy, and there’s bound to be one person, two people or more that can be good at a sport.
It’s very likely that they’ll be a lot more Asians in a lot of sports in the near future because of social media and it’s global influence.
Couldn't have said it better ourselves! The influence on the next generation is growing the game for the better
Pretty sure Mengke Bateer was the first Mongolian to make the NBA. His nationality is Chinese, but his ethnicity is Mongolian
He is inner mongolian not really mongolian
@@SuldSinthe heck you talking about so black americans are not black?
@@meteoricdec5337there is a difference between black American and black African. Mengke is Chinese Mongolian not Mongolian from Mongolia.
@@trunkdk fair point but we talking about ethnicity here, which is mongolian, not the nationality. Bateer is ethinically Mongolian but of Chinese nationality. hope that clarifies my point :)
@@meteoricdec5337 I think that SuldSin comment wanted to clarify that inner Mongolia is considered as “Chinese” and Outer Mongolia is considered as “Mongolian.”
i hope kai sotto and kevin quiambao would also be noticed as their talents are improving year by year
KQ has a better chance if he can continue playing superb basketball.
@@bigradwolf5001 well if kai sotto uses his height to his advantage which he's doing right now after tim cone handled the young prospect
Keisei is "Katsu Curry" 🍛
About damn time
Excited for more asian players in the NBA
JJ Mandaquit if he develops his passing skills and 3pt efficiency, has a realistic shot.
Plus yao ming has won 3x Fiba Asian Cup titles. The Asian cup trophy is much more prestigious than winning the NBA championship which is a domestic league championship. A continental championship meant alot to Yao like how Christano ronaldo won the Uefa European championship a continental title means more than a league championship.
Great video! Thanks for making it. Note, Zach Edey is also Asian. He's very likely to be the 2024 College Basketball Player of the Year, after already winning the award in 2023.
Nah he's played for Canada. Players tell who they identify with, not us and Zach says "I'm Canadian". We have to respect the person.
Edey's father is white.
@bigradwolf5001 he is correct, his nationality is Canadian. According to doctors (who have to look at family health history), he is genetically Asian and Caucasian.
Yeah a lot of people don't know that his mom was a baller, but in an immigrant household, sports weren't prioritized
@@bigradwolf5001 Zach Edey was also part of the Jeremy Lin foundation and the Toronto Chinese Youth association. He's heard racial slurs himself, and said "I'm proud to represent our culture". Xaivian Lee, of Korean descent, also played for Canada, doesn't mean he isn't of "Asian" descent.
Jeremy Lin never retired, after winning the title with Toronto in 2019, he went to play in China and Taiwan and also had a G-League stint as well. Yuta Watanabe however has retired from the NBA, stating that he wants to play the rest of his career back in Japan.
You left out Jaylin Williams of OKC Thunder & Johnny Nguyen Juzang of the Utah Jazz!
They are both of Vietnamese descent.
So proud of them for representing Vietnam🇻🇳 and making it to the NBA.
Both men are 50% West African.
Mongolian Mike’s influence on court is way more than the stat sheets! Sky is the limit for his potential
Xaivian Lee 🤞🇰🇷
Let’s go 🔥🔥🔥
We love your content Kenny 🙌👊🤘
Just one point of clarification: Wat Misaka was of Japanese descent, but was an American--born in Utah. He was playing college ball while most Japanese Americans (also American citizens) were imprisoned in internment camps.
Do a Dereck lively video
Let's not discount the potential of 7'3 Center, 21-year-old Kai Sotto. He's currently showcasing his best basketball skills in the Japan B-League, averaging 19.2 points and 10 rebounds in 24.6 minutes over his last five games. Additionally, in the FIBA Asia Qualifiers over the past month, he averaged 15.5 points and 12.5 rebounds in 21.5 minutes per game, showing remarkable defensive prowess with a high number of blocks during the same period.
Remarkably, Sotto is still younger than many NCAA players entering this year's draft. He will undoubtedly have another opportunity soon.
His success could have a significant impact on the development of basketball in Southeast Asia.
No doubt Kai has NBA potential, but it may take a few more years (2-3 years) of international experience before he's finally NBA ready. If he does make it, his best ceiling is alternating between starting and off bench. Similar to players like Zach Collins or Walker Kessler. But, Sotto just being in NBA will indeed create a tsunami of basketball fanfare across Southeast Asia.
And how has he done against non-asian competition? You know why the NBA doesn't even look at japan for recruiting? because the competition there is terrible compared to NCAA, EuroLeague, NBL, etc
Wait, Mengke Beteer was pro basketball player before? I thought he was an actor who played in Bodyguards and Assasins with Donnie Yen.
😂 he has the size to be!
Mike 🔥🔥🔥
Mongolian Mike!
Hope he gets drafted, but sadly he is the 3rd best player at the SF Dons after Williams and Mogbo
LETS go MIKE
The first Chinese person selected is Song Tao,
Man, I couldn't believe how Yao Ming was so well liked in the NBA. Yao had personality and was super skilled. When you win over Shaq, Kobe, and MJ that's saying something.
I like this Renaissance of Asian basketball. As Japan, South Korea, Iran, and the Philippines are now getting to the level which Mainland China have reached in the 2000s (its peak). Sending their best to have shot to play in the NBA, and some are currently playing right now.
Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon, Bahrain, and even Saudi Arabia (like Qatar using a log of cash incentives) are making waves as well, usually in the 3x3 basketball.
always good to see other races in the NBA.
This makes the game grow!
Keisei Tominaga is what they call the Japanese Steph Curry. Eui Hachimura, he's the Japanese Giannis.
Mongolian Mike 🤩
He's up next!
What about Rui Hachimura 🤔
What about Kai Sotto the 7 foot guy from the Philippines?
8:50 "Still fall short of talent" -- not talent but exposure. Philippines' Mason Amos, SJ Moore, and Reinhard Jumamoy can all go to NBA if given exposure.
You failed to mention Jeremy Lin got a ring with Toronto. One more than Carmelo.
NBA should adapt the DEI draft.
Make no mistake, it wasn't "injury" that ended Jeremy Lin career but racism and he is even an American...
How did racism end JLin's career?
Kai Sotto's up next too
bugok
He didn't even make it to the 2nd round on last year's draft. He could be a great intl player though but hopefully he'll progress to develop his talent as well as his physicality
Lmao no
This was said about him years ago and he never made the league.
Hope so 🇵🇭
Dude...Misaka was American not "Japan's" He was a Japanese American. Get it right.
Zach Edey 7'4" 300 lbs averaging 24+ points a game for Purdue. He will be a top 20 draft pick in the NBA this year
You forget Zach Edey from Purdue
Dylan Harper at Rutgers will be a 1 and done and will be a top draft choice in the 2025 pick
Yao Ming and Jeremy Lin played almost the same number of games in the league, not a coincidence.
Yao Ming quit due to injuries.
in 2022 Jaylin Williams and Johnny Juzang made history by being the first players of Vietnamese descent to sign with NBA teams
Yall also needa start giving credits to Indians too, they are also pushing themselves and I hope to be a very good basketball player one day too.
Mongolian Mike!! That dude gonna be a problem!!
We agree!
@sportscrunch7460 you put xaivian lee but you forgot zach edey lol
What about Yeo Jun Seok and Lee Hyun Jung?
Zac Edey?
My goal is the NBA and ro become a legend. I'm Asian so please anyone cheer me up!
Good luck to you!
Correction: several clips about barry wang are actually his national youth team teammate houran dan
Mongolian mike has a so much potential
We agree!
yuta Watanabe was not actually the first full Japanese player to step in the nba, yuta tabuse was in 2007
Jaylin Williams in OKC is Vietnamese
50% West African.
@@user-gw9sk1zy4s and?
Lin isn't retired.....
i like the idea of this video but there's a lot of wrong information
Another miss. Australia is the top Asian basketball country and is in top 5 of World Rankings. I get what you mean, they are from different continent. But since you are using FIBA data, Australia and NZ play for those 7 Asian slots allotted for the FIBA World Cup, which means there's really just 5 slots for Asian countries.
YOU FORGOT ZACH EDEY!!!❤
50% white.
@@user-gw9sk1zy4s and?
Forgot current NBA Players of Asian descent: Johnny Juzang (Utah Jazz, UCLA star), American player who is half Vietnamese (or Chinese? - his mom is Vietnamese but she might be a Chinese Vietnamese, I forgot) & Jaylin Williams (OKC Thunder, ex Arkansas player) whose mom is Vietnamese
plus forgot to mention Sim Bhullar (Canadian Indian) who was one of the heaviest & tallest NBA player in history (played only 3 games but the first of Indian descent - and played in the G-League, now playing in Taiwan I think).
Also I'm sorry but Russia & Turkey should be considered as Asian (even though they're not just for geopolitical / sports conferences reasons)
@@mikaanuba659 Indians aren't real Asians. neither are russians or turks.
Mongolian Mike 🇲🇳
You sleeping on boogie ellis.
you are going to see a ton more international players because the NBA has absolutely ZERO defense now so smaller players who can shoot are going to thrive.
That's a very good take!
👍
Rony seikaly (lebanese)
Mike Sharavjamts is very talented Mongolian player
💪 Mongolian Mike!
Bateer is ethnic monggolian but chinese by nationality basically bateer is chiniese
Are they going to get any taller though
Dont be racist. Are you still in the 90s? You probably haven't seen the new generations.
What a major miss -- Kyle Anderson of China. Jalen Green is American - has not represented Gilas yet. .
OKC has two, Half Vietnamese players
two? Jaylin Williams yes (mom is Vietnamese), who is the other?
I think you mistake with Johnny Juzang (he's in Utah)
Jeremy Lin and Xavian Lee are about as Chinese/Korean as Kobe and Lebron are African…They are American and Canadian respectively.
Mike Sharavjamts make Genghis Khan proud, counquer the NBA
Jeremy Lin was such a wasted talent. He got injured every time he activates he's Linsanity mode lol, so it's just unfortunate.
In The Philippines it's the national sport
You should have mentioned Yuki Kawamura! He competed in college over in Japan, but entered their highest level league as only a high schooler. He was the B League MVP last year and helped lead Japan to an Olympic spot at the World Cup.
Or Kai Sotto, the Philippines best uoung center who can run the floor, defend the rim, and finish strong inside.
Lin is a Taiwanese!
the official name of taiwan is the Republic of China so Lin is Chinese
@@hung-yv1lv Taiwan is Formosa they just colonize by Han!!! It's like you are saying the Philippines name by Spanish king so all Pilipino are Spaniards 😂
@@hung-yv1lv Taiwan is the Motherland of all Austronesian people!
@@hung-yv1lv during Dutch Colonize Taiwan they only see Native Austronesian people no single Han Chinese in Taiwan /Formosa!
Rony seikly is not an Asian. He's a Lebanese Christian from Middle Eastern levant. Before you say dumb stuff, get educated.
Jeremy Lin is American though.
Kobe was a hater for sure, looks closely he gave Lin a closed fist shake which is mad disrespectful
Mongolian Mike
We beg to differ. The best Asian player in history is Carlos Loyzaga of the Philippines, who was voted into the equivalent of the mythical five during the 1954 WC in Brazil, where the Philippines secured the Bronze, the highest ever finish by an Asian country in the WC. Yao Ming never accomplished that feat. And China has yet to win a medal in that level.
Yao Ming was the best and it's not even close (no disrespect)
Now its the European players taking over maybe in the Future gonna be Asian time idk hope so tho..
So sad Kai Sotto is no where in any NBA radar.. Such a wasted talent.. But we love you Kai, prove them wrong
How is Japan so much above China, with a fraction of their population. Not a single one from Chin
Manny Pacquiao
what about sengun, korkmaz, osman, turkoglu, ilyasova, asik, kanter from turkey.avdija, casspi, stoudemire from israel, sim bhullar and prince from india. townsend from philippines and jaylin williams and johnny juzang from veitnam. people always forget that turkey and israel is not a european country they were full asian country unlike russia who is half asia/europe. its annoying that people thinks asia is always about china, korea, japan, philippines, thailand,indonesia and other eastern/south eastern countries but the truth is asia is so big so diverse, also you associate countries from the fiba rules which is wrong turkey and israel was put in europe but they were not european countries
turkish, jewish, idnian people are not real asians.
Yao Ming was way overrated. He had only 4 seasons of playing more than 70 games.
Limited time in the league but even Shaq had trouble with Yao!
@@sportscrunch7460 They faced each other a total of 18 times in NBA games. Shaquille O'Neal has a 10-8 winning record over Yao Ming, including a 4-1 record in Playoffs.
There averages when playing each other (Shaq : Yao)
Points (21.1 : 17.6)
Rebounds (10.1 : 9.6)
Assist (2.4 : 2)
Steal (0.8 : 0.3)
Blocks (2.6 : 1.5)
Need I continue? In addition, Yao came along during the 3rd phase of Shaq's career, when he is entering the sunset phase of his career.
@@DP-8964 Created a playlist for 64 LOL? The self-hatred is REAL
@DP-fl8nb those numbers you posted don't tell the full story. For instance yao owned shaq when they were pitted against themselves. Yao held his own when he faced the lakers his rookie year.
Overrated lol he won 3x Fiba Asian Cup, the first Asian to be drafted a number 1 pick he played as a starter his whole career. It's not his fault he played for a shit team like Houston
Dylan harper
China basketball is rising after the party leadership made Village NBA. Now Chinese basketball skills rising fast and many young kids can dunk. We will beat Japan Korea Iran easy soon
Kevin Quiambao would be the next asian NBA player
Not good enough
Pinoys also said that about Paras and Sotto😂😂
Asian countries are becoming more and more competitive in team sports, Japan Korea and China are the powerhouse, Japan & Korea on sports such as Soccer or Baseball are getting more and more pro players abroad, in Volleyball Japan ranks as the 8th best world nation and I'm not even talking about Cricket with India and Pakistan... We've yet to see a generational talent coming from Asia, but that is bound to happen sooner than later in Basket.
Philippines wins it all