10 Rising Stars in Asia in 2021-Yeo Jun Seok (Korea)

The 19-year-old started by scoring 23 points against Thailand at the Asia Cup Qualifiers to logging some valuable minutes at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament before up leading the charge for Korea at the U19 World Cup – all in the span on just a few weeks.

While playing for the senior national team at such a young age during both the Asia Cup Qualifiers and Olympics Qualifying Tournament was certainly quite an achievement, Yeo stood out for his performance at the U19 World Cup. The 2.03M (6’8”) forward led the entire tournament in scoring with 25.6 points per game and was second in rebounding with 10.6 board per contest.

Again, only one player averaged more rebounds and none scored more that Yeo at the world’s biggest stage of competition for youth basketball.

We’ll keep our eyes glued to see if he can do that at the senior level in the future.

source：FIBA