Asian point guard

With Castro as the floor general making his Asia Cup debut in , the Philippines made back-to-back trips to the championship game and achieved their highest Asia Cup finish in nearly 3 decades. Over three Asia Cup runs and 24 games from , the soft-spoken guard averaged In his first Asia Cup appearance, Ili was 4 th in assists while also leading the team in scoring. In the matchup against Jordan leading up to the semifinals, Lil recorded 19 points, 13 assists, 4 rebounds, and 2 steals.

Lebanon were unable to win a championship in any of the 5 FIBA Asia Cups during the span of the s, but they were the only nation to successfully make the semifinals each time. They had already broken through to the semifinals with a win over Japan and standing in their way was a Korean team that had taken them apart in the group stages. The win would be just the first of an exciting rivalry between Fahed and the Korean national team. Though Lebanon eventually lost to China in the finals, getting to the title game this year eventually started a long run of success for the national team.

Jeremy Shu-How Lin born August 23, [1] [2] is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent. He unexpectedly led a winning turnaround with the New York Knicks in , which generated a global craze known as "Linsanity". He is also known for his public expression of Christianity. After receiving no athletic scholarship offers, he attended Harvard University , where he was a three-time all-conference player in the Ivy League.

Lin — the first Asian-American to win an NBA title — was part of the Toronto Raptors team that won the championship this past season but he was often benched during the playoffs as he struggled with his form. The veteran point guard wept as he recounted his recent career trajectory while on stage at a church in Taiwan, from where his parents emigrated to the United States. Lin has struggled with injuries and inconsistency since he sparked Linsanity for the New York Knicks in when he led them to a seven-game win streak to level their record at That season elevated his stardom far beyond the United States to Asia, where basketball has a huge following even though there has long been a shortage in Asian NBA players.