Ha Seung-jin

Ha Seung-Jin (born August 4, 1985) is a South Korean professional basketball player who has played in the NBA and the NBA D-League. He was a second round draft pick (46th overall) of the Portland Trail Blazers in the 2004 NBA Draft. At 7 ft 3 in, 305 lb, he was among the largest players in the NBA. He is also the first (and as of 2020, only) South Korean to play in the NBA.

Ha Seung-Jin
Free agent
PositionCenter
Personal information
Born (1985-08-04) August 4, 1985
Seoul, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Listed height7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
Listed weight305 lb (138 kg)
Career information
High schoolSamil Commercial
(Suwon, Gyeonggi Province)
CollegeYonsei (2002–2004)
NBA draft2004 / Round: 2 / Pick: 46th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Playing career2004–present
Career history
2004Portland Reign
2004–2006Portland Trail Blazers
2006→Fort Worth Flyers
2006–2007Anaheim Arsenal
2008–2012,
2014–2019		Jeonju KCC Egis
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men’s basketball
Representing  South Korea
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouMen's basketball
FIBA Asia Championship
2011 WuhanMen's basketball
Ha Seung-jin
Hangul
하승진
Hanja
河昇鎮
Revised RomanizationHa Seung-jin
McCune–ReischauerHa Sŭngjin
This is a Korean name; the family name is Ha.

Career

Before playing in the NBA, Ha played for in high school for Samil Commercial School and in college for Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea. Ha arrived in Los Angeles, California in 2004 to prepare himself for the 2004 NBA Draft. Ha played seven tournament games with the Yonsei basketball team in his high school senior year and averaged 12.6 points, 8.6 rebounds and 1.6 blocks; Yonsei won the national title.[1] He played briefly with the Portland Reign of the ABA.[2] Ha joined the Portland Trail Blazers in the middle of the 2004-05 season. Ha played in only 19 games that season, averaging 5.5 minutes per game; however, on April 20 against the Los Angeles Lakers, he scored a career high 13 points to help the Trail Blazers win the game. During the 2005-06 season Ha was assigned to the NBA D-League's Fort Worth Flyers on March 28, 2006,[3] where he played for five games but did not make an impact. When fellow Blazer centers Theo Ratliff and Joel Przybilla were unable to play due to injury, Ha started four games, averaging 11 minutes playing time.

On July 31, 2006, Ha was traded to the Milwaukee Bucks in a four-player deal.[4] On October 28, 2006 (prior to the start of the 2006-07 season[5]), he was waived by the Bucks.[6] He was acquired by the Anaheim Arsenal of the NBA Development League on December 31, 2006,[7] whom he spent time with.[5]

Ha later played professional basketball in South Korea as a member of the team KCC Jeonju, which won the 2009 and 2011 Korean Basketball League (KBL) championships. Ha has represented the South Korea national basketball team in the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship,[8] 2010 Asian Games,[9] and 2011 FIBA Asia Championship.[10]

NBA career statistics
Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
2004–05 Portland 1905.5.435.000.545.9.1.1.31.4
2005–06 Portland 2747.9.581.000.4711.8.0.1.31.6
Career 4646.9.519.000.5001.5.1.1.31.5

Family

Ha's older sister, Ha Eun-Joo, who has gigantism, is also a professional basketball player. A 6'8" center, she signed with Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA on February 6, 2006,[11] and was later waived on May 19, for failing to arrive in Los Angeles due to a conflicting contract with Chanson Cosmetics of the Japanese league.[12] On July, 2006, she signed with Incheon Shinhan Bank S-Birds of the WKBL.

See also

Notes
  1. "Centers". USA Today. 2004. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
  2. "Ha Seung-Jin info page". NBA.com. 1985-08-04. Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  3. "2005-06 Transactions". Nba.com. Archived from the original on 2007-01-12. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  4. "BLAZERS: Trail Blazers Acquire All-Star Center Jamaal Magloire". Nba.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  5. "Bucks, D-League Building Productive Pipeline". Nba.com. 2007-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  6. "Bucks waive Korean Ha Seung-Jin". Sports.yahoo.com. 2006-10-28. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  7. "2006-07 Transactions". Nba.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  8. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/44500/sid/7038/tid/313/_/2009_FIBA_Asia_Championship_for_Men/index.html
  9. "Seung-Jin Ha". asia-basket. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
  10. http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/44500/sid/5195/tid/313/_/2011_FIBA_Asia_Championship/index.html
  11. "Sparks Sign Korean Center Ha Eun-Joo". Wnba.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
  12. Contact rickchand: Comment (2006-10-04). "Five Tiny Tidbits On: The Milwaukee Bucks". Deadspin.com. Retrieved 2012-08-03.
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