Jordan Clarkson is on the list
With the NBA becoming more and more popular in the world, there are lots of European and Asian players. The US media listed the top 5 Asian players. Jordan Clarkson, who is well known in the Philippines, is also on the list.
Although Asian players are not as common in the NBA as North American or European players, there are still lots of remarkable players.
The top 5 included the Japanese player in the Lakers Rui Hachimura, the Filipino player in the Jazz Jordan Clarkson, the first Asian NBA player Wat Misaka, Linsanity, Taiwanese Jeremy Lin and the NBA Hall of Fame Chinese Yao Ming.
Only Rui Hachimura and Jordan Clarkson are still in the league currently.
Jordan Clarkson, who is currently 31 years old, still maintained strong offensive power last season.
He was also selected as the first NBA Sixth Man of the Jazz in 2021.
What’s interesting, Jordan Clarkson and Jeremy Lin were the startings, which was the first time that 2 Asian players were the startings.
During the World Cup, Jordan Clarkson represented the Philippines in 5 games. Averaged 26 points, 4.6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.2 blocks in 36 minutes per game.
It is obvious that he is better than Rui Hachimura and the best Asian player in the NBA.
