Park Ji-su

South Korean basketball player
Park Ji-su
박지수
Ji-Su Park in 2019
Personal information
Born (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 25)
Seongnam, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolBundang (Seongnam, Gyeonggi)
WNBA draft2018: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2016–present
PositionCenter
Career history
2016–presentCheongju KB Stars
2018–2021Las Vegas Aces
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  South Korea
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2015 China
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Representing  Korea
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Team

Park Ji-su (Korean: 박지수; born 6 December 1998) is a South Korean professional basketball player.

Career

National team

Youth level

Park made her international debut 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Netherlands, at age 13.[1] Alongside this, Park participated at the 2014 U-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic, as well as the 2013 and 2015 U-19 World Championships in Lithuania and Russia respectively. Park had a prolific youth career at international tournaments, participating in seven FIBA events, across five years. This was highlighted by two bronze medals at FIBA Asia youth events.

Senior level

Park made her debut with the senior national team, at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey when she was 15 years old.[2] Park averaged 11 points and 5 five rebounds per game in her senior debut.

WKBL

In 2016, Park began her professional career with the Cheongju KB Stars for the 2016–17 season.[3] In 2017, Park received the WKBL Newcomer Award for the 2016–17 season.

WNBA

In 2018, Park Ji-su was drafted as the seventeenth overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx.[4] After being released by the Lynx, Park was then picked up by the Las Vegas Aces, where she made the final roster and her WNBA debut aged 19.[5]

In May 2020, Aces announced that Park would sit out the 2020 season to train in South Korea.[6]

Career statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

Regular season

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018 Las Vegas 32 11 13.0 .388 .000 .619 3.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.8
2019 Las Vegas 25 0 6.5 .216 .000 .444 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8
2021 Las Vegas 25 0 8.9 .327 .000 .833 1.8 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.8 2.0
Career 82 11 9.8 .337 .000 .667 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.9

Playoffs

Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Las Vegas 3 0 4.7 .200 – – 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
2021 Las Vegas 4 0 4.0 .000 – .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Career 7 0 4.3 .125 – .000 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3

References

  1. ^ "Ji Su Park's profile". archive.fiba.com.
  2. ^ "Ji Su PARK". FIBA.com.
  3. ^ "Let's play Basketball!!". WKBL (in Korean).
  4. ^ "Lynx Make Trade On Draft Night, Add Two Pieces Including Familiar Face". lynx.wnba.com.
  5. ^ "Las Vegas Finalizes Inaugural Training Camp Roster". aces.wnba.com.
  6. ^ "Aces' JiSu Park to skip 2020 WNBA season, return to Korea". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2020-06-02.

External links

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