The Philippines men's national basketball team, commonly known as Gilas Pilipinas, is the basketball team representing the Philippines. The team is managed by the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas.
Pauliasi Taulava is a Tongan-born Filipino former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
The Iran national basketball team is controlled by the IR Iran Basketball Federation. Overall, the team won three out of the last five FIBA Asia Championship tournaments.
Marcus Eugene Douthit is a Filipino-American former basketball player. He graduated from Providence College. After his stint with the Providence Friars, he was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in the 2004 NBA draft. Born in Syracuse, New York, he became a naturalized Filipino citizen on March 11, 2011, thus allowing him to play for the Philippines' men's national basketball team.
Hamed Ehdadi Haddadi is an Iranian former professional basketball player. He played at the center position and is 7'2" tall and weighs 254 lbs. Haddadi was the first Iranian to play in the National Basketball Association (NBA) when he debuted with the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008. He played with the Grizzlies until 2013 before bouncing around the league with the Toronto Raptors and the Phoenix Suns. In 2013, he returned home to Iran before playing in China. He is now playing in Palayesh Naft Abadan BC
Konstantine Demetrios "Kosta" Koufos is a Greek-American professional basketball player who is a free agent. He played one season at Ohio State before being selected by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd overall pick in the 2008 NBA draft.
Zaid Abbaas is a Jordanian retired professional basketball player. He last played for Orthodox Basketball Club of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. He also was a member of the Jordan men's national basketball team.
Zaid Alkhas is a retired Jordanian Circassian professional basketball player. He started his career with Al Ahli club of Jordan.
Mohammad Hadrab is a Jordanian professional basketball player. He plays for Zaid of the Jordanian basketball league. He also is a member of the Jordan national basketball team.
Su Wei is a former Chinese professional basketball player. Born in Rizhao, Shandong, he is also a member of the China men's national basketball team
Jamal Maaytah, also Jamal Almutusem Habes Almaaytahand Dshamal Schoetz is a retired Jordanian-German professional basketball player. He was a member of the Jordan national basketball team.
Applied Science University was a Jordanian professional basketball club based in Amman, Jordan. The team competed in the Jordanian Premier Basketball League for 7 seasons from 2008 until 2015. In 2009, they finished 2–4 to earn third place in the federation. The team was disbanded in 2015. The team won four Jordanian Championships.
Guo Ailun is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Liaoning Flying Leopards of the Chinese Basketball Association and the Chinese national team. He is the first Chinese basketball player to sign with Jordan Brand. He is the nephew of former Chinese professional basketball player Guo Shiqiang.
Jordan Taylor Clarkson is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for two seasons with Tulsa before transferring to Missouri, where he earned second-team all-conference honors in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). After forgoing his senior year in college to enter the 2014 NBA draft, Clarkson was selected by the Washington Wizards in the second round with the 46th overall pick and was immediately traded to the Los Angeles Lakers. He was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Clarkson was traded to the Cavaliers in 2018. In December 2019 he was traded to the Jazz. On March 24, 2015, Clarkson along with Jeremy Lin, became the first Asian-American starting back court in NBA history. In 2021, Clarkson was named the NBA Sixth Man of the Year.
Isaiah Hartenstein is a German-American professional basketball player for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Rui Hachimura is a Japanese professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Gonzaga Bulldogs and has played for the Japan national team. He plays both the small forward and power forward positions. After being selected ninth overall by the Washington Wizards in the 2019 NBA draft, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie Second Team in 2020.
Justin Donta Brownlee is an American-Filipino professional basketball player for Pelita Jaya Bakrie of the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL).
The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup qualification was a basketball competition that was played from February 2018 to August 2021, to determine the fifteen FIBA Asia-Oceania nations who would join the automatically qualified host Indonesia at the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.
The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup was the 30th edition of the FIBA Asia Cup, the continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia.
Mahmoud Abdeen is a Jordanian professional basketball player for the Jordanian national basketball team and Al-Ahli of the Jordanian Premier Basketball League. He is the MVP of the 2019–20 season, and considered one of the all-star five players of the league.
