Park Ji-su explained

Park Ji-su
박지수
League:Turkish Super League
EuroCup Women
Team:Galatasaray
Number:n/a
Position:Center
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lbs:206
Birth Date:1998 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Seongnam, South Korea
Nationality:South Korean
High School:Bundang (Seongnam, Gyeonggi)
Draft League:WNBA
Draft Year:2018
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:17
Draft Team:Minnesota Lynx
Career Start:2016
Years1:2016–2024
Team1:Cheongju KB Stars
Years2:
Team2:Las Vegas Aces
Years3:2024–present
Team3:Galatasaray
Highlights:
  • WKBL Top 5 Regular League MVPs of All Time
  • WKBL Top 5 Most Round MVPs of All Time
  • WKBL Top Scorer (2021,2022,2024)
  • WKBL All Star MVP (2020,2024)
  • WKBL Regular League MVP (2019,2021,2022,2024)
  • WKBL Championship MVP (2019,2022)
  • WKBL All Star Best Performance Award (2019)
  • WKBL Champion (2019,2022)
  • WKBL Best 5 (2018-2022,2024)
  • WKBL Defensive Player of the Year (2018-2020,2022,2024)
  • WKBL Rebounding Leader (2018-2022,2024)
  • WKBL Blocks Leader (2018-2021,2024)
  • WKBL The Yoon Duk-joo Award (2018,2019,2021,2022,2024)
  • WKBL Newcomer (2017)

Park Ji-su (; born 6 December 1998) is a South Korean professional basketball player.

Career

National team

Youth level

Park made her international debut 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in the Netherlands, at age 13.[1] Alongside this, Park participated at the 2014 U-17 World Championship in the Czech Republic, as well as the 2013 and 2015 U-19 World Championships in Lithuania and Russia respectively. Park had a prolific youth career at international tournaments, participating in seven FIBA events, across five years. This was highlighted by two bronze medals at FIBA Asia youth events.

Senior level

Park made her debut with the senior national team, at the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women in Turkey when she was 15 years old.[2] Park averaged 11 points and 5 five rebounds per game in her senior debut.

WKBL

In 2016, Park began her professional career with the Cheongju KB Stars for the 2016–17 season.[3] In 2017, Park received the WKBL Newcomer Award for the 2016–17 season.

WNBA

In 2018, Park Ji-su was drafted as the seventeenth overall pick by the Minnesota Lynx.[4] After being released by the Lynx, Park was then picked up by the Las Vegas Aces, where she made the final roster and her WNBA debut aged 19.[5]

In May 2020, Aces announced that Park would sit out the 2020 season to train in South Korea.[6]

Overseas

On July 20, 2024, she signed with Galatasaray of the Turkish Women's Basketball Super League (TKBL).[7]

Career statistics

WNBA

Regular season

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2018| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 32 || 11 || 13.0 || .388 || .000 || .619 || 3.3 || 0.9 || 0.3 || 0.6 || 0.7 || 2.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 25 || 0 || 6.5 || .216 || .000 || .444 || 1.1 || 0.4 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 0.3 || 0.8|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 25 || 0 || 8.9 || .327 || .000 || .833 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.1 || 0.6 || 0.8 || 2.0|-| colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"| Career| 82 || 11 || 9.8 || .337 || .000 || .667 || 2.2 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.5 || 0.6 || 1.9

Playoffs

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2019| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 3 || 0 || 4.7 || .200 ||  - ||  - || 0.7 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 2021| style="text-align:left;"| Las Vegas| 4 || 0 || 4.0 || .000 ||  - || .000 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 0.0|-| colspan=2; style="text-align:center;"| Career| 7 || 0 || 4.3 || .125 ||  - || .000 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.1 || 0.3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ji Su Park's profile. archive.fiba.com.
  2. Web site: Ji Su PARK. FIBA.com.
  3. Web site: Let's play Basketball!! . WKBL. korean.
  4. Web site: Lynx Make Trade On Draft Night, Add Two Pieces Including Familiar Face. lynx.wnba.com.
  5. Web site: Las Vegas Finalizes Inaugural Training Camp Roster. aces.wnba.com.
  6. Web site: Aces' JiSu Park to skip 2020 WNBA season, return to Korea. 2020-06-02. sports.yahoo.com. en-US.
  7. Web site: Galatasaray Çağdaş Faktoring'e Hoş Geldin Ji-Su Park!. Galatasaray S.K.. July 20, 2024. July 20, 2024.