Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Height 2.03 m Listed weight 225 lb (102 kg) Weight 102 kg | Name Lee Seung-jun Position Power forward Role Basketball Player | |
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League Korean Basketball League Born March 18, 1978 (age 46) ( 1978-03-18 ) Nationality American (1978–2009)
South Korean (2009–present) High school Shorecrest (Shoreline, Washington) College Portland (1997–1999)
Seattle Pacific (2000–2002) Education Seattle Pacific University | ||
Lee Seung-Jun (born May 18, 1978 as Eric Lee Sandrin) is an American-born South Korean professional basketball player. He last played for Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League.
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Career
Lee's basketball career took him around the world, including two years in Luxembourg and one in Brazil. He later returned to the United States, and was playing for the Bellingham Slam in 2005 when he caught the attention of scouts for the Harlem Globetrotters, and signed for a season with them. On the team, he acquired the nickname "Shanghai". That year, he also played for the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Summer League and the Sacramento Kings in the NBA preseason. He went on to play for the Singapore Slingers, where he was noted for a September 2008 incident in which his trash-talking provoked members of the opposing Air21 Express team to violence; Ranidel de Ocampo deliberately walked under him during a dunk to cause him to lose his balance and fall over, while Homer Se later kicked him in the head and was ejected from the game. He played for South Korea at the 2010 Asian Games and the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.
In mid-November 2016, Alab Pilipinas of the ASEAN Basketball League announced that they have signed Lee.
Personal life
Lee grew up in the Pacific Northwest. His mother is Korean. His younger brother Daniel Sandrin also plays in the Korean Basketball League, for the Seoul Samsung Thunders under the name Lee Dong-Jun. He became a South Korean citizen in 2009, relinquishing his United States citizenship in the process. Lee is fluent in both Korean and English.
