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From: Greedy

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Date: 5/2/2009 6:49:53 AM
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Who was the first asian to play? Yao Ming? Nah, I think he's the first well known asian to play.

From: Fridrik

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Wang Zhizhi, if I'm not mistaken was the first Asian to play in the NBA. He was then followed by Mengke Batere and then by Yao Ming and Milwaukee's Ji Yinlian (?).

There was also a Korean as well as a Japanese guard.

Last edited by Fridrik at 5/2/2009 8:52:06 AM

From: Greedy

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Date: 5/2/2009 12:07:59 PM
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There was also a Korean as well as a Japanese guard.


Thanks for this. I just remembered that the first asian to play an NBA game was the Japanese American, Wataru Misaka. He was drafted by the New York Knicks and played 3 games scoring 7 points for them in the 1947-1948 season.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Misaka

Hopefully, this message is still on the right place in the forums. :D

From: Fridrik

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Date: 5/2/2009 9:27:08 PM
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Wikipedia for the win! :-)

From: jelo
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Date: 5/3/2009 7:42:29 PM
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Date: 5/7/2009 6:24:55 AM
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the first asian player to play in the nba was HA from the korea

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Date: 5/7/2009 5:50:27 PM
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HA?? stands for?

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87998.11 in reply to 87998.9
Date: 5/8/2009 1:33:59 AM
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no. Greedy was right, it was Wataru Misaka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wataru_Misaka

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Date: 5/8/2009 2:00:51 AM
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HA ang last name nya.. nkalimutan ko kng ano ung first name nya.

From: Greedy

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Date: 5/8/2009 3:46:12 AM
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Sa tingin ko, si Ha Seung-Jin ito. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ha_Seung_Jin. Go Wikipedia ulit! Haha. Pero 2004 siya nadraft, so medyo late na.