Park Ji-su

This article is about the basketball player. For the StarCraft player, see Jisu Park. For other people with the same Korean name, see Park Ji-soo (disambiguation).
Park Ji-su
박지수
Ji-Su Park in 2019
No. 9 – Galatasaray
PositionCenter
LeagueTurkish Super League
EuroCup Women
Personal information
Born (1998-12-06) 6 December 1998 (age 25)
Seongnam, South Korea
NationalitySouth Korean
Listed height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Listed weight206 lb (93 kg)
Career information
High schoolBundang (Seongnam, Gyeonggi)
WNBA draft2018: 2nd round, 17th overall pick
Selected by the Minnesota Lynx
Playing career2016–present
Career history
2016–2024Cheongju KB Stars
2018–2021Las Vegas Aces
2024–presentGalatasaray
Career highlights and awards
  • WKBL Top 5 Regular League MVPs of All Time
  • WKBL Top 5 Most Round MVPs of All Time
  • 3× WKBL Top Scorer (2021,2022,2024)
  • 2× WKBL All Star MVP (2020,2024)
  • 4× WKBL Regular League MVP (2019,2021,2022,2024)
  • 2× WKBL Championship MVP (2019,2022)
  • WKBL All Star Best Performance Award (2019)
  • 2× WKBL Champion (2019,2022)
  • 6× WKBL Best 5 (2018-2022,2024)
  • 5× WKBL Defensive Player of the Year (2018-2020,2022,2024)
  • 6× WKBL Rebounding Leader (2018-2022,2024)
  • 5× WKBL Blocks Leader (2018-2021,2024)
  • 5× WKBL The Yoon Duk-joo Award (2018,2019,2021,2022,2024)
  • WKBL Newcomer (2017)
Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing  South Korea
FIBA Asia Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2015 China
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Representing  Korea
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Jakarta Team
In this Korean name, the family name is Park.

Park Ji-su (Korean: 박지수; born 6 December 1998) is a South Korean professional basketball player for Galatasaray of the Turkish Super League.

Career

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National team

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Youth level

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Career statistics

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Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game  RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game  BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game  FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold  Career best ° League leader

WNBA

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Regular season

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2018 Las Vegas 32 11 13.0 .388 .000 .619 3.3 0.9 0.3 0.6 0.7 2.8
2019 Las Vegas 25 0 6.5 .216 .000 .444 1.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.8
2021 Las Vegas 25 0 8.9 .327 .000 .833 1.8 0.8 0.1 0.6 0.8 2.0
Career 82 11 9.8 .337 .000 .667 2.2 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.6 1.9

Playoffs

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Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG TO PPG
2019 Las Vegas 3 0 4.7 .200 – – 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.7
2021 Las Vegas 4 0 4.0 .000 – .000 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0
Career 7 0 4.3 .125 – .000 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3

References

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