10 Rising Stars in Asia in 2021-Lin Ting-Chien (Chinese Taipei)

Ever since his outstanding display during the FIBA U17 World Cup 2016, it had been expected that Lin would someday become a really good player for the senior national team. 5 years later, the rising star proved just that immediately in his first senior national team event and he couldn’t have picked a better setting to perform.

At the Asia Cup Qualifying Tournament for Third Ranked Teams, Chinese Taipei needed some superstar performances from their players in order to edge Guam out for the final Asia Cup spot. That’s exactly what they got from Lin who logged more than 20 points in both contests to average 25.0 points along with 3.5 steals per game. More than posting the raw numbers, Lin even stepped up in the clutch for Chinese Taipei and drained a cold-blooded jump shot that sealed the deal for good.

The expectations for Lin’s senior national team career have been lofty from the early stages, but his first two games here in 2021 may have even exceeded those expectations.

source：FIBA