10 Rising Stars in Asia in 2021-Mohammed Alsuwailem (Saudi Arabia)

To be completely fair, Mohammed Alsuwailem “broke out” way before 2021. He’s been Saudi Arabia’s main big man since the Asia Cup Pre-Qualifiers and that hasn’t changed as the level of competition has gotten higher in the later stages.

However, when you go through the calendar year with two separate 5-block games, that’s definitely worth highlighting. Alsuwailem swatted away 5 shots in the Asia Cup Qualifiers against Syria back in June and then repeated with another 5 blocks against India in the Asia Cup Qualifying Tournament for Third Ranked Teams. These two games stand as the most blocks in a game through the Asia Cup Qualifiers, also easily making Alsuwailem the leader in total blocks and blocks per game as well.

This cleared the path for Saudi Arabia to qualify for their first ever FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualifiers where Alsuwailem can continue to terrorize the paint for opposing players.

source：FIBA