List of Philippine Basketball Association imports (K–O)

Main article: List of Philippine Basketball Association imports

This is a list of imports who have played or currently playing in the Philippine Basketball Association.

^	Denotes player who won the PBA Best Import Award.
*	Denotes player who has been inducted to the PBA Hall of Fame.
†	Denotes player who has been inducted to the 40 Greatest Players in PBA History

K

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Clarence Kea	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	No information	Lamar	No information
	Harold Keeling	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	No information	Santa Clara	[1]
	Jason Keep	C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	No information	North Idaho OSU Stillwater San Diego	No information
	Curtis Kelly	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	2018	Connecticut Kansas State	[2]
	Kim Jiwan	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2015	Yonsei	[3]
	Chris King	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1997–99	Wake Forest	[4]
	Kirk King	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	1998; 2000	Connecticut	[5]
	Victor King	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1981	Louisiana Tech	[6]
	Donnie Ray Koonce	G/F	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1982–83; 1986	UNC Charlotte	[7]
	Omar Krayem	G	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2015	Lower Columbia Eastern Washington Cal Baptist	[8]

L

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Hervé Lamizana	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	2014	RU New Brunswick	[9]
	Sean Lampley	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	2005–06	UC Berkeley	[10]
	Jerome Lane	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1994	Pittsburgh	No information
	Antonio Lang	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2001–02	Duke	[7]
	Gani Lawal	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	234 lb (106 kg)	2019	Georgia Tech	[11]
	Edmund Lawrence	C	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	228 lb (103 kg)	1981	McNeese State	[12]
	Clifford Lett	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1998	Florida	[13]
	C. J. Leslie	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2015	NC State	[14]
	Dana Lewis	C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	No information	Oral Roberts Tulsa	[15]
	Jai Lewis	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	2009–10	George Mason	[16]
	Terrence Lewis	G/F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	209 lb (95 kg)	1994	Howard Washington State	No information
	Marcus Liberty	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2000	UI Urbana–Champaign	No information
	Mario Little	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	2016	Chipola Kansas	[17]
	Lewis Lloyd	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	No information	NMMI Drake	[18]
	Kayel Locke	F	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2019	UNC Greensboro	[19]
	Art Long	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	2004	Dodge City CC Cincinnati Southeastern CC	[20]
	Dior Lowhorn	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2013–14; 2016	Texas Tech San Francisco	[21]

M

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Sam Mack	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1995	Iowa State Tyler JC Houston	No information
	Rudy Macklin	G/F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	No information	Louisiana State	No information
	Vernon Macklin	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	227 lb (103 kg)	2013; 2018	Georgetown Florida	[22]
	Michael Madanly	G/F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	2015–16	No information	[23]
	Cyrus Mann	C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1976–79	Illinois State	[24]
	Z. Mason	F/C	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	238 lb (108 kg)	2014	UT Chattanooga	[25]
	Lew Massey	G/F	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1981–83	UNC Charlotte	[26]
	Buster Matheney	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	No information	Utah	No information
	Wes Matthews	G	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	1991	UW Madison	[27]
	Tharon Mayes	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	1993; 1996	Florida State	No information
	James Mays	G/F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2014	Clemson	[28]
	D. J. Mbenga	C	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	2013	No information	[29]
	Tim McCalister	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	No information	1988	Oklahoma	No information
	Bob McCann	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	No information	Upsala Morehead State	No information
	Rashad McCants	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	2012	UNC Chapel Hill	[7]
	Amal McCaskill	C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	No information	Marquette	[30]
	Dwayne McClain	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	No information	Villanova	[7]
	Paul McCracken	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	1980	Los Angeles CC Cal State Northridge	No information
	Chris McCullough	F	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2019	Syracuse	[7]
	K. J. McDaniels	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2019	Clemson	[31]
	Glenn McDonald	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1979–80	The Beach	[29]
	Will McDonald	F/C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	2012	South Florida	[32]
	Aaron McGhee	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	266 lb (121 kg)	2008	Cincinnati Vincennes Oklahoma	No information
	Jameel McKay	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	2017	Indian Hills CC Iowa State	[33]
	Wendell McKines	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2013; 2015; 2017	NM State	[24]
	Liam McMorrow	C	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	2015	Durham Tennessee Tech	[34]
	Larry McNeill	F/C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	No information	Marquette	[26]
	Pete Mickeal	F	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	2002	Indian Hills CC Cincinnati	[35]
	Oliver Miller	C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	289 lb (131 kg)	No information	Arkansas	No information
	Elijah Millsap	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	2013; 2016	UL Lafayette UA Birmingham	[36]
	Tony Mitchell	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	2013	Alabama	[37]
	Tony Mitchell	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2017; 2019	North Texas	[38]
	Rodney Monroe	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	No information	NC State	[39]
	Gene Moore	C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	No information	Saint Louis	[40]
	Otto Moore	F/C	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1979–80	UT Rio Grande	[41]
	Chris Morris	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2002	Auburn	[42]
	Mike Morrison	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1992–94	Loyola Maryland	[43]
	John Morton	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	2000	Seton Hall	[44]
	Richard Morton	G	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	No information	Cal State Fullerton	No information
	Glenn Mosley	F	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	1980	Seton Hall	No information
	Perry Moss	G	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	No information	Northeastern	No information
	Terquin Mott	F/C	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1999	La Salle Coppin State	[45]
	Arnett Moultrie	F	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	249 lb (113 kg)	2018	UTEP Mississippi State	[46]
	Gabe Muoneke	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	No information	2002	UT Austin	[35]
	Kevin Murphy	G	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	2018	Tennessee Tech	[47]

N

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Hamady N'Diaye	C	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	2015	RU New Brunswick	[48]
	David Noel	F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	2009	UNC Chapel Hill	[7]
	Julius Nwosu	F	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	2002	Liberty	[49]

O

Nat.	Name	Pos.	Ht.	Wt.	Playing years	College/University	Ref.
	Patrick O'Bryant	C	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	2015	Bradley	[50]
	Chamberlain Oguchi	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	2011–12	Oregon Illinois State	[51]
	Cisco Oliver	G/F	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1975; 1976–78	Elizabeth State	[52]
	Arinze Onuaku	C	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	275 lb (125 kg)	2016; 2018	Syracuse	[53]
	Daniel Orton	F/C	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	2015	Kentucky	[54]

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References

• Hardcourt: The Official Philippine Basketball Association Annual

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8. "GlobalPort bringing back Omar Krayem, hopes to get Dominique Sutton release from TNT".
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34. "Liam McMorrow calls Canada refs 'awful', loves PBA officiating". 30 May 2015.
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36. "Petron signs D-League wingman Elijah Millsap as import for Governors' Cup". Interaksyon.com. June 22, 2013. Archived from the original on June 27, 2013. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
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45. "Former SMB import Terquin Mott pays tribute to Danding Cojuangco".
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